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THE  DIARY 


HENRY     MACHYN, 


CITIZEN  AND  MERCHANT-TAYLOR  OF  LONDON, 


FROM  A.  D.  1550  TO  A.D.  1563. 


EDITED  BY 


JOHN  GOUGH  NICHOLS, 


F.S.A.  LOND.  AND  NEWC. 


PRINTED  FOR  THE  CAMDEN  SOCIETY. 


M.DCCC.XL.VIII. 

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THE  RIGHT  HON.  LORD  BRAYBROOKE,  F.S.A. 

THOMAS  AMYOT,  ESQ.  F.R.S.,  F.S.A.  Director. 

BERIAH  BOTFIELD,  ESQ.  M.P.,  F.R.S.,  F.S.A. 

JOHN  BRUCE,  ESQ.  F.S.A. 

JOHN  PAYNE  COLLIER,  ESQ.  Treas.  S.A.  Treasurer. 

C.  PURTON  COOPER,  ESQ.  Q.C.,  D.C.L.,  F.R.S.,  F.S.A. 

WILLIAM  DURRANT  COOPER,  ESQ.  F.S.A. 

BOLTON  CORNEY,  ESQ.  M.R.S.L. 

SIR  HENRY  ELLIS,  K.H.,  F.R.S.,  Sec.  S.A. 

THE  REV.  JOSEPH  HUNTER,  F.S.A. 

PETER  LEVESQUE,  ESQ.  F.S.A. 

THE  REV.  HENRY  HART  MILMAN,  M.A. 

THOMAS  JOSEPH  PETTIGREW,  ESQ.  F.R.S.,  F.S.A. 

THOMAS  STAPLETON,  ESQ.  V.P.S.A. 

WILLIAM  J.  THOMS,  ESQ.  F.S.A.,  Secretary. 

SIR  HARRY  VERNEY,  BART. 


The  Council  of  tBe  Camden  Society  desire  it  to  be  under- 
stood that  they  are  not  answerable  for  any  opinions  or  observa- 
tions that  may  appear  in  the  Society's  publications ;  the  Editors  of 
the  several  works  being  alone  responsible  for  the  same. 


PREFACE. 


The  most  remarkable  passages  of  the  Diary  now  printed  have 
already  attained  their  position  in  history  from  having  been  largely 
incorporated  in  the  works  of  Strype,  and  quoted  on  his  authority 
by  subsequent  writers. 

It  must  not  therefore  be  expected  that  the  present  publication 
will  develope  much  new  information  of  high  historical  importance: 
but  it  will  have  its  value^  like  some  former  publications  of  the 
Camden  Society,  in  ascertaining  the  real  authority  for  certain 
statements  of  general  history,  the  credit  of  which  materially  de- 
pends upon  the  quarter  from  whence  they  are  derived. 

The  writer  was  a  citizen  of  London,  of  no  great  scholarship  or 
attainments,  as  his  language  and  cacography  plainly  testify,  suffi- 
ciently prejudiced  no  doubt,  and  not  capable  of  any  deep  views 
either  of  religious  doctrine  or  temporal  policy ;  but  the  matters  of 
fact  which  he  records  would  be  such  as  he  either  witnessed  him- 
self, or  had  learned  immediately  after  their  occurrence :  and  the 
opinions  and  sentiments  which  he  expresses  would  be  shared  by  a 
large  proportion  of  his  fellow-citizens. 

For  a  great  part  of  the  period  of  his  Diary,  the  times  were  very 
eventful.  Important  changes  in  the  Church  and  in  the  State  were 
attended  by  many  extraordinary  occurrences,  particularly  those 
deprivations,  imprisonments,  trials,  and  executions,  the  promotion 
of  new  ministers  and  prelates,  and  other  incidents  in  the  personal 


VI  PREFACE. 

career  of  the  great  actors  in  the  political  drama  which  were  most 
likely  to  attract  the  attention  of  a  popular  chronicler.* 

Though  the  most  important  particulars  which  he  affords  on 
these  subjects  are  known  (as  already  remarked)  from  the  extracts 
made  by  Strype,  still  their  detail  is  occasionally  more  interesting, 
and   not  unfrequently  more   accuratCjf  in  the  language  of  the 

*  On  one  occasion  of  the  deepest  interest  our  citizen  is  wholly  silent — very  probably 
from  fear.  It  is  the  execution  of  Lady  Guilford  Dudley,  commonly  called  Lady  Jane 
Grey.  The  Manuscript  diary  from  which  Stowe  and  the  other  chroniclers  derived  their 
most  interesting  details  on  this  event,  is  also  preserved  in  the  British  Museum,  and  the 
present  Editor  hopes  to  recommend  it  to  the  future  attention  of  the  Camden  Society. 

+  Strype's  extracts  commence  with  a  misapprehension  as  to  the  identity  of  the  countess 
of  Southampton,  as  pointed  out  in  the  note,  p.  313.  Some  other  instances  of  his  errors 
are  as  follow:  in  his  Ecclesiastical  Memorials,  vol.  ii.  p.  281,  he  mentions  a  ^^  walking 
watch  "  instead  of  "  riding;"  in  p.  285  "  coats  of  maile  "  instead  of  "marble;"  in  p.  371 
the  7th  of  October  for  the  17th.  In  p.  397,  two  passages  which  belong  to  the  year  1553 
are  ascribed  to  the  year  1652.  In  vol.  iii.  p.  59,  he  kills  deer  with  hands  and  swords 
instead  of  hounds  ;  in  p.  301  he  has  the  name  of  Wra'jf  for  Verney ;  in  p.  310  he  says  a 
lord  bore  queen  Mary's  train  instead  of  lady  Montagu  ;  in  p.  384  he  records  the  funeral 
of  Thomas  Mildmay  esquire  instead  of  that  of  his  wife  ;  in  p.  385  he  names  lady  North 
and  lady  Sentleger  instead  of  lord  North  and  sir  Anthony  St.  Leger  ;  in  p.  386  the  name 
oi  Dorel  instead  of  Tyrell ;  in  p.  452  the  corpse  of  queen  Mary  "  was  brought  out  of  her 
chappel,"  instead  of  "  brought  out  of  her  chamber  into  her  chapel."  In  p.  298,  besides 
the  Diarist's  error  of  the  name  of  Dacre  for  Darcy,  Strype  has  altered  the  town  of 
"  Roderam  "  into  Redegund ;  and  in  p.  443  he  changes  the  same  into  Rothegam.  In 
Annals,  vol.  i.  p.  169,  he  names  St.  Botolph's  Billingsgate  instead  of  Bishopsgate ;  in  p. 
192  CTiardin  for  Garden,  or  Cawarden.  In  p.  196  he  says,  **  The  20th,  Bentham  of  Lon- 
don Bridge  (so  styled  in  my  MS.)  where  at  St.  Magnus  he  seems  to  have  been  Preacher, 
now  Bp.  of  Litchfield  and  Coventry,  preached  at  St.  Paul's :"  but,  by  reference  to  p.  229, 
the  reader  will  find  that  the  MS.  tells  a  very  different  story,  viz.  that  bishop  Bentham's 
wife  was  that  day  brought  to  bed,  at  a  house  on  London  bridge  :  and  there  is  nothing 
to  show  he  had  any  connection  with  St.  Magnus.  In  p.  235  he  introduces  the  Earl  of 
Hunsdon  instead  of  Lord  Hunsdon.  These  are  a  few  of  the  more  glaring  out  of  many 
minor  errors  which  Strype  committed  in  making  his  extracts,  and  in  modernising  at  once 
their  orthography  and  their  language.  In  many  other  cases  he  has  slightly  altered  the 
dates  and  numbers.  The  Editor  has  not  thought  it  necessary  to  point  all  these  out  in  the 
notes  ;  for,  wherever  any  doubt  may  arise  from  discrepancies  between  Strype  and  the 
present  edition,  it  may  be  easily  set  at  rest,  as  the  original  is  perfectly  accessible.  It  may 
be  hoped,  however,  that  in  the  next  edition  of  Strype  all  his  extracts  from  Machyn  will  be 
corrected  from  the  Manuscript. 


PREFACE.  Vn 

original  writer,  however  colloquial  and  ungrammatical  that  lan- 
guage may  be ;  and  as  even  this  rude  London  language  has  some 
philological  interest,  I  have  appended  a  brief  glossarial  index,  at 
the  suggestion  of  one  whose  judgment  on  the  subject  will  not  be 
disputed,  and  who  has  favoured  me  with  his  assistance  in  its  com- 
pilation,— Mr.  Albert  Way. 

After  the  times  became  less  stirring,  when  Elizabeth  was 
securely  seated  upon  the  throne,  Strype  has  made  but  little  use  of 
this  Diary,  which  in  that  part  is  now  for  the  first  time  made  public. 
There  are  also  large  portions  throughout  of  matters  which  Strype 
deemed  of  minor  importance,  but  which  are  not  without  their 
value,  in  illustration  of  the  manners  and  customs  of  the  age  :  these 
have  been  hitherto  unpublished,  except  by  occasional  extracts.* 

The  Diarist  takes  a  lively  interest  in  the  pageantry  and  holiday- 
making  of  the  City,  which  were  certainly  esteemed  by  our  ancestors 
as  matters  more  important  and  indispensable  than  they  are  by 
their  close-working  posterity.  He  seldom  fails  to  notice  the  shows 
of  Lord  Mayor's  day,  the  gay  doings  in  May,  or  the  mummeries 
of  Christmas ;  and  so  deep  was  the  impression  which  such  per- 
formances made  upon  his  mind  that,  on  the  death  of  a  past  Sheriff, 
in  1557,t  be  recurs  to  the  magnificence  with  which  that  gentle- 
man had  maintained  his  "lord  of  misrule,^'  when  in  office  five 
years  before. 

Throughout  the  whole  runs  a  pervading  series  of  the  Funerals 


*  In  the  Gentleman's  Magazine  for  Oct.  1833,  p.  315,  I  extracted  several  passages 
relative  to  the  Lord  Mayor's  Shows  (of  which  the  Diary  gives  the  earliest  description) ;  and 
in  the  Collectanea  Topographica  et  Genealogica,  vol.  iv.  I  extracted  the  funerals  which 
took  place  at  St.  Dunstan's  in  the  West.  It  is  this  Diary  also  that  Mr.  Collier  has  re- 
peatedly quoted  in  his  History  of  the  Stage. 

f  See  p.  157. 


VIU  PREFACE. 

of  the  nobility  and  principal  citizens,*  in  respect  to  which  the 
author  was  engaged  in  the  way  of  his  business.  These  records 
will  afford  valuable  assistance  to  the  family  historian  and  genealo- 
gist ;  and  more  especially  so  because  they  are  antecedent  in  date  to 
the  series  of  Funeral  Certificatesf  recorded  in  the  College  of  Arms. 

In  the  Notes  the  Editor  has  furnished  references  to  all  the 
works  he  could  consult,  as  containing  the  epitaphs  or  pedigrees 
of  the  same  parties ;  and  with  regard  to  the  civic  senators,  he  has 
entered  somewhat  more  fully  into  biographical  and  heraldic  par- 
ticulars, supposing  such  information  may  be  especially  looked  for 
in  a  London  chronicle.  Among  these  are  several  names  which  not 
only  London  but  their  country  is  still  proud  to  remember,  as  the 
founders  of  some  of  the  most  flourishing  sources  of  public  educa- 
tion— Sir  Thomas  White  the  founder  of  St.  John's  college  at 
Oxford,  Sir  Andrew  Judd  of  the  grammar-school  at  Tunbridge, 
Sir  William  Harper  of  that  at  Bedford,  Sir  Rowland  Hill  of  that 
at  Drayton,  and  Sir  William  Laxton  of  that  at  Oundle. 

It  is  a  remarkable  circumstance  that  in  a  diary  extending  over 
only  thirteen  years,  occasion  should  be  given  to  notice  nearly  forty 
contemporary  aldermen — an  evidence  in  part,  perhaps,  of  the 
prevalent  mortality  of  the  times,  and  in  part  of  the  advanced  age 
at  which  citizens  were  then  raised  to  that  honourable  pre- 
eminence. In  one  period  of  ten  months  no  fewer  than  seven 
Aldermen  were  removed  from  their  mortal  career.J 

*  See  a  classified  list  of  them  in  the  Index,  voce  Funerals. 

t  These  Certificates  commence  in  1567.  There  are,  however,  several  Funerals  of  earlier 
date  upon  record  in  the  College  of  Arms,  to  which  the  Editor  has  been  permitted  to  make 
reference  ;  and  he  has  also  availed  himself  of  a  very  valuable  MS.  in  the  Harleian  Col- 
lection (No.  897),  which  contains  brief  records  of  a  large  number  of  Funerals,  principally 
in  the  16th  century. 

X  See  the  note  in  p.  353. 


PREFACE.  IX 

The  Diary,  in  fact,  originated  from  the  nature  of  the  writer's 
business  as  a  furnisher  of  funeral  trappings ;  and  it  is  at  first  a 
mere  record  of  the  principal  Funerals  for  which  he  was  employed 
to  provide.  Commencing  in  August  1550,  he  describes  two 
funerals  in  that  and  one  in  the  following  month,  one  in  October, 
and  several  in  November,  the  last  of  which  belongs  to  Christopher 
Machyn,  his  own  brother. 

The  first  event  of  another  kind  commemorated  is  the  committal 
of  Bishop  Gardiner  to  the  Tower  in  Feb.  1550-1;  after  which 
he  enters  every  occurrence  that  struck  him  as  deserving  of  remem- 
brance. 

On  religious  matters  his  information  is  valuable,  so  far  as  it 
represents  the  sentiments  and  behaviour  of  the  common  people  at 
this  vacillating  period  of  our  ecclesiastical  history.  It  is  evident 
from  mimerous  passages  that  his  own  sympathies  were  inclined  to 
the  old  form  of  worship  :  which,  indeed,  in  its  pompous  ceremonial, 
was  the  best  encourager  of  the  craft  by  which  he  gained  his  liveli- 
hood. He  hailed  with  delight  its  re-establishment  on  the  acces- 
sion of  Mary,  and  rejoices  to  chronicle  all  the  ceremonies  and  pro- 
cessions which  then  enlivened  the  churches  and  streets  of  the  city. 
From  an  extraordinary  passage  at  p.  160,  in  which  he  mentions 
the  uncompleted  performance  of  the  communion  by  the  Gos- 
pellers at  Islington,  it  is  evident  that,  after  having  witnessed  all 
the  "  gospel  light  '^  of  king  Edward's  reign,  master  Machyn  had 
still  very  confused  ideas  of  the  doctrines  or  objects  of  the 
Reformation.  At  that  period,  too,  he  gave  credit  to  the  charge 
made  against  Street  the  joiner  for  having  drawn  his  dagger  upon 
a  priest  that  bore  the  sacrament  in  procession  on  Corpus  Christi 

CAMD.  soc.  b 


X  PREFACE. 

day ;  whilst  the  same  occurrence  is  explained  by  Foxe  as  a  casual 
and  unpremeditated  rencontre.*  It  is  instructive;  however,  to 
observe  that,  in  common  with  the  population  at  large,  he  after- 
wards took  a  great  interest  in  the  public  sermons  which  were  so 
zealously  multiplied  by  the  new  preachers ;  at  one  of  which  it  was 
his  fate  to  perform  penance,  in  consequence  of  having  spread 
reports  defamatory  of  master  Veron,  the  French  protestant 
minister.f 
f  With  this  exception  the  Diary  contains  scarcely  anything  of 

personal  adventure.  It  is  as  little  egotistical  as  a  private  Diary 
could  well  be.  With  all  the  dignity  of  an  old  chronicler  the 
writer  even  mentions  himself  in  the  third  person,  on  the  few  oc- 
casions that  he  makes  his  appearance,  and  in  the  unfortunate 
penance  affair  he  further  disguises  himself  in  French  costume, — a 
\  whim  which  has  amusingly  misled  our  Ecclesiastical  Historian.]; 
Henry  Machyn  has  twice  noticed  the  occurrence  of  his  birth- 
day,§  from  which  we  learn  that  he  was  more  than  fifty  years  of  age 
at  the  time  the  Diary  commences,  and  approaching  seventy  at  the 
period  of  its  close.     In  1557  he  records  a  birth  in  his  family, ||  but 

*  Strype  has  placed  together  both  sides  of  the  story,  and  in  so  doing  regards  our  author 
as  a  prejudiced  witness,  speaking  of  him  as  "the  writer  of  the  Journal  whence  I  take  this 
and  divers  other  things,  otherwise  a  diligent  man.''''     Eccl.  Memorials,  vol.  iii.  p.  122. 

t  See  p.  272. 

X  "  At  Paul's  Cross  a  certain  French  Gentleman,  named  de  Machin,  sat  at  the  sermon- 
time  [i.e.  in  the  place  of  penance]  for  reporting,"  &c.  (Annals,  vol.  i.  p.  237.)  Strype 
was,  perhaps,  misled  the  more  readily  because  the  person  slandered  was  himself  a 
Frenchman. 

§  There  seems  to  have  been  some  little  forgetfulness  on  this  point  about  the  old  man, 
as  the  two  entries  do  not  perfectly  agree.  On  the  16th  May,  1554,  he  was  fifty-six  (p.  63) ; 
and  on  the  20th  May,  1562,  he  was  sixty-six  (p.  283). 

II  P.  153. 


PREFACE.  XI 


SO  obscurely  that  it  is  uncertain  whether  the  child  was  his  own  or 
no  :  possibly  it  was  a  grandchild.   The  "  Harry  Machyn  merchant- 
taylor,"  mentioned  shortly  before,*  seems  to  have  been  the  Diarist 
himself.     His  brother  Christopher,  who  died  in  1550,t  was  of  the    J 
same  company. 

Machyn  himself  has  been  taken  by  some  for  a  herald,  or  at  least 
a  painter  employed  by  the  heralds.:|:  In  the  absence  of  any  direct 
proof  of  his  occupation,  I  rather  think  that  his  business  was  in 
that  department  of  the  trade  of  a  merchant-taylor  which  we  now 
call  an  undertaker  or  furnisher  of  funerals.  The  banners,  &c. 
which  he  provided  were  probably  painted  by  men  who  worked  as 
journeymen  under  his  superintendence. 

His  parish,  from  several  passages,§  is  shown  to  have  been  that      ^ 
of  Trinity  the  Little,  by  Glueenhithe ;  and  in  Trinity-lane  adjoining 
was  the  Painter-Stainers'  hall,  in  the  vicinity  of  which  would  live 
many  of  the  workmen  with  whom  he  had  so  much  to  do. 

From  the  attention  which  he  paid  to  events  in  the  family  of 
Hethe  or  Heath,  it  is  highly  probable  that  he  was  connected  with 
it.  Two  married  couple  of  this  name  are  mentioned :  John, 
Serjeant  of  the  King's  bakehouse,  who  died  and  was  buried  at 
Linton  in  Cambridgeshire,  the  seat  of  Philip  Paris  esquire,||  and 
whose  widow  Annes  was  remarried  to  James  Sutton,  clerk  of  the 
green  cloth  ;1[  and  John,  a  painter-stainer,  dwelling  in  Fenchurch- 
street,  who  died  in  1552-3,**  and  his  widow  Annes  in  1556.     This 


*  P.  151.  t  P.  3. 

1  Some  pages  after  he  had  begun  to  use  the  Diary,  Strype  speaks  of  it  as  a  manuscript 
in  the  Cotton  Library,  "  which  formerly  seems  to  have  been  a  Journal  of  one  who  belonged 
to  the  Heralds'  College." — Eccl.  Memorials,  vol.  ii.  p.  285. 

§  See  pp.  105,  132,  166,  205.  ||  Pp.  9,  168.  ^  P.  15.  **  P.  32. 


Xll  PREFACE. 

latter  Annes  I  suspect,  from  the  minuteness  of  our  chronicler's 
entry  *  of  the  event,  to  have  been  his  own  sister  or  daughter.f 

I  have  traced  nothing  of  the  family  of  Machyn  from  any  other 
quarter.  The  only  possible  connection  that  I  am  aware  of  is  an 
alderman  of  Gloucester  in  the  reign  of  James  the  First,  to  whom  a 
handsome  monument  still  stands  in  that  cathedral.J 

The  manuscript  Diary  (Vitellius  F.  v.)  is  one  of  those  volumes 
which  suffered  severely  in  the  fire  of  the  Cottonian  Library; 
but,  though  much  was  burnt  away  from  the  upper  parts  and  edges 
of  the  pages,  it  does  not  appear  that  any  leaves  have  been  lost 
since  the  time  when  it  was  employed  by  Strype.§  Indeed,  the  way 
in  which  it  commences,  as  already  described,  would  show  that 
little,  if  anything,  can  have  disappeared  from  the  beginning ;  and 
the  circumstance  of  its  closing  at  a  time  when  the  plague  was  pre- 
valent in  London,  renders  it  not  improbable  that  the  author  was  a 
victim  of  that  deadly  scourge. 

After  the  Cottonian  fire  the  injured  leaves  of  the  Manuscript 
were  kept  loose  in  a  case  until  the  year  1829,  when  they  were 

*  P.  105. 

•f  In  the  MS.  Harl.  1096,  at  f.  49,  is  a  pedigree  of  Heath,  which  states  that  John 
Heath  of  Twickenham  married  Agnes  Lee,  and  had  issue  1.  John  and  2.  Stephen.  The 
latter  married  Agnes,  daughter  of  Mildmay  of  Chelmsford,  and  had  issue  Thomas,  Wil- 
liam, Mary  wife  of  Jjawrence  Lynnes  grocer,  Margaret,  Elizabeth,  and  Agnes.  There 
seems  to  have  been  a  decided  partiality  in  the  Heaths  to  the  name  of  Agnes  or  Annes;  if 
this  was  the  same  family,  the  father  and  his  two  sons  all  selected  wives  of  that  name. 

X  Thomas  Machen,  esq.  late  alderman  of  the  city  of  Gloucester  and  thrice  maior  of  the 
same,  died  1614.  Christian  his  wife,  with  whom  he  lived  in  the  state  of  marriage  60  years, 
died  1615.  There  is  a  plate  of  this  monument,  engraved  by  Bonner,  in  Fosbroke's 
History  of  the  city  of  Gloucester,  but  in  that  engraving  the  arms  of  the  city  are  erroneously 
repeated  instead  of  those  of  the  alderman,  viz.  Or,  a  chevron  engrailed  gules,  between 
three  ....  leaves  stalked  vert;  quartering.  Azure,  a  branch  of  columbine.'  proper, 
flowered  and  tied  with  a  ribbon  or. 

§  The  interval  deficient  in  the  year  1558,  (noticed  in  p.  169,)  has  not  been  lost  since 
the  fire,  as  is  evident  from  Strype's  exti'acts,  Memorials,  iii.  446,  449. 


PREFACE.  XIU 

carefully  arranged,  and  inlaid,  under  the  superintendence  of  Sir 
Frederick  Madden,  who  recorded  the  accomplishment  of  his  useful 
labours  by  the  following  memorandum  on  a  fly-leaf: 

"  The  fragments  forming  the  present  Volume  were  formerly  kept  in  a  case, 
without  any  regard  to  order,  and  are  thus  described  by  Dr.  Smith  in  his  Cata- 
logue : 

"  Cod.  chartac.  in  fol.  constans  foliis  solutis  circiter  150.  in  pixide  asser- 
vatis,  qucB  rite  disponere  frmtra  tentavimus.^ 

"  By  the  aid  of  Strype,  who  made  use  of  the  MS.  when  perfect,  and  who 
quotes  largely  from  it,  the  leaves  have  been  restored  to  their  proper  order ;  the 
chronology  marked  on  each  folio,  and  references  given  to  the  pages  of  Strype, 
who  often  supplies  the  lacunce  here  visible.  The  curiosity  and  value  of  these 
fragments  seemed  a  sufficient  warrant  for  the  labour  and  time  consumed  in 
arranging  them  in  their  present  form. — F.  M.  1829." 

The  first  page  of  the  MS.  is  shown  to  have  been  the  original 
first  page,  by  its  soiled  and  worn  appearance.  It  bears  a  memo- 
randum, scarcely  legible,  connected  with  the  author's  accompts, 
"  Remem'  y'^  my  lade  Masun('s)  byll  (for)  armes  and  hers  in 
m penter  in     .     .     .     ." 

It  only  remains  to  be  added  that  the  deficiencies,  occasioned  by 
the  partial  loss  of  the  manuscript  from  fire,  have  been  supplied  in 
the  present  edition,  either  from  Strype  where  he  had  quoted  the 
injured  passages,  or  in  some  other  cases  by  conjecture  from  the 
context,  such  supplied  readings  being  always  distinguished  by 
brackets  [  ]  and  by  modern  orthography.  Parentheses  (  )  have 
sometimes  been  introduced  to  complete  sentences  left  grammati- 
cally imperfect  by  the  writer :  and  most  of  the  obscurities  of  his 
spelling  are  made  clear  by  the  marginal  notes. 


OFFICERS  OF  STATE 
DURING  THE  PERIOD  OF  THIS  DIARY. 

According  to  the  usage  of  the  times  many  of  the  great  nobility  and 
courtiers  are  named  by  our  Diarist  under  their  titles  of  office.  As  there  is 
no  ready  means  of  ascertaining  their  names  (the  best  lists  extant,  those  in 
Beatson's  Political  Index,  being  incorrect  and  very  incomplete  at  this  period 
of  our  history),  it  will  be  useful  to  consult  the  following  lists,  which  have 
been  compiled  from  authentic  documents,  and  include  references  to  certain 
passages  of  the  Diary  in  which  the  parties  are  mentioned.  They  commence 
with  the  accession  of  Edward  the  Sixth.  In  the  case  of  Bishops  the  same 
difficulty  does  not  exist :  and,  indeed,  the  Editor  has  generally  added  their 
names  in  the  marginal  notes. 

Governor  of  king  Edward  VI.  and  Protector  of  the  realm, 

1546-7.  Edward  Seymour,  earl  of  Hertford,  declared  Protector  by  the 
privy  council  31  Jan.  1346-7  ;  created  duke  of  Somerset  on  the  16th 
of  the  following  month;  confirmed  Protector  by  letters  patent  12 
March,  1 546-7  (printed  in  Burnet's  History  of  the  Reformation),  and 
by  further  letters  patent  24  Dec.  1547  (printed  in  the  Archaeologia, 
vol.  XXX.  p.  478),  revoked  by  letters  patent  13  Oct.  1549  (printed 
ibid.  p.  489). 

Great  Master  of  the  Household  (afterwards  Lord  Steward* ),  and 
President  of  the  Council, 

1544.  William  Paulet,  lord  Seynt  John  of  Basing  ;  created  earl  of  Wilt- 
shire 19  Jan.  1550-1. 

*  When  the  duke  of  Suffolk  was  Lord  Steward  of  the  Household,  in  1531,  the  desig- 
nation of  the  office  was  altered  to  Great  Master,  copying  the  French.  The  earl  of 
Arundel,  when  made  Great  Master  soon  after  the  accession  of  Mary,  procured  the  restora- 
tion of  the  former  designation.  The  acts  of  parliament  for  both  changes  are  printed  in  the 
Statutes  of  the  Realm. 


OFFICERS  OF  STATE.  XV 

1549-50.  John  Dudley,  earl  of  Warwick ;  patent  20  Feb.  4  Edw.  VI. 
(printed  in  Rymer's  Foedera,  xv.  208) ;  created  duke  of  Northumber- 
land 11  Oct.  1551  [p.  19]. 

1553.  Henry  FitzAlan,  earl  of  Arundel ;  re-appointed  by  queen  Eliza- 
beth in  1558  [pp.  46,  126,  &c.] ;  resigned  in  1564. 

Lord  Chancellor^  or  Lord  Keeper, 

1544.  Sir  Thomas  Wriothesley,  received  the  great  seal  as  Lord  Keeper 
22  April,  and  as  Lord  Chancellor  3  May  1544;  surrendered  it  6 
March  1546-7.    (Close  Roll,  and  Privy  Council  Book.) 

1546-7,  William  Paulet,  lord  Seynt  John,  appointed  Lord  Keeper  7 
March  1546-7,  resigned  23  Oct.  1547. 

1547.  Richard  lord  Rich,  received  the  seal  23  Oct.  1547  ;  surrendered  it 
21  Dec.  1551. 

1551.  Thomas  Goodrick,  bishop  of  Ely ;  received  the  seal  as  Lord 
Keeper  22  Dec.  1551;  as  Lord  Chancellor  19  Jan.  1551-2;  sur- 
rendered it  20  July,  1553. 

1553.  Stephen  Gardyner,  bishop  of  Winchester ;  constituted  Lord  Chan- 
cellor 23  Aug.  1553,  died  12  Nov.  1555. 

1555-6.  Nicholas  Heath,  archbishop  of  York  ;  received  the  seal  1  Jan. 
1555-6  ;  surrendered  it  18  Nov.  1558. 

1558.  Sir  Nicholas  Bacon,  received  the  seal  as  Lord  Keeper  22  Dec. 
1558 ;  died  20  Feb.  1578-9  [pp.  192,  197]. 

Lord  Treasurer, 

1546-7.     Edward  Seymour,  earl  of  Hertford;  patent  10  Feb.  1  Edw.  VI. 

(printed  in  Rymer,  xv.  124). 
1549-50.     William  Paulet,  earl  of  Wiltshire  ;  patent  1  Feb.  4  Edw.  VI. 

created  marquess  of  Winchester  12  Oct.  1551  [pp.  12,  19,  &c.]; 

patent  of  re-appointment  by  queen  Mary  in  1553  in  Rymer,  xv.  341  ; 

re-appointed  by  queen  Elizabeth,  and  died  in  this  office  in   1571-2, 

aet.  97. 

Lord  Privy  Seal. 

1543.  John  lord  Russell,  appointed  by  pat.  3  Dec.  34  Hen.  VIII.  (printed 
in  Rymer's  Foedera,  xiv.  765)  ;  reappointed  by  patent  21  Aug.  1  Edw. 


XVI  OFFICERS  OF  STATE 

VI.  (ibid.  XV.  155);  created  earl  of  Bedford;  died  14  March  1554^5 

[pp.  19,  83]. 
1555.     Edward  Stanley,  earl  of  Derby.    [Beatson  :  but  of  his  appointment 

I  have  met  with  no  proof.] 
1555-6.     William  lord  Paget,  pat.  29  Jan.  2  &  3  Phil,  et  Mar.  [pp.  126, 

168,  169]. 

Lord  Great  Chamberlain  of  England, 

1546-7.  John  Dudley,  viscount  Lisle;  created  earl  of  Warwick,  and  made 
Lord  Great  Chamberlain  on  king  Edward's  accession. 

1549-50.  William  Parr,  marquess  of  Northampton  by  patent  4  Feb. 
1549-50  (printed  in  Rymer,  xv.  203).     [See  p.  19.] 

Earl  Marshal  of  England. 

1546-7.     Edward  Seymour,  duke  of  Somerset;  pat.  17  Feb.  1  Edw.  VI. 
1551.     John  Dudley,  duke  of  Northumberland;  pat.  20  Apr.  5  Edw.  VI. 

1553.  Thomas  Howard,  duke  of  Norfolk ;  died  25  Aug.  1554. 

1554.  Thomas  Howard,  duke  of  Norfolk  (grandson  of  the  preceding). 

Lord  Admiral. 

1542.  John  Dudley,  viscount  Lisle,  pat.  27  June,  34  Hen.  VIII. ;  he  re- 
signed this  office  for  that  of  Lord  Great  Chamberlain,  the  latter  being 
relinquished  by  the  duke  of  Somerset  when  made  Protector  and  Earl 
Marshal. 

1547.  Thomas  lord  Seymour  of  Sudeley;  patent  30  Aug.  1  Edw.  VI. 
(printed  in  Rymer,  xv.  157);   attainted  and  beheaded  1548-9. 

1548-9.  John  Dudley,  earl  of  Warwick,  again ;  pat.  28  Oct.  3  Edw.  VI. 
(printed  in  Rymer,  xv.  194). 

1550.  Edward  lord  Clinton  and  Say,  by  patent  14  May,  4  Edw.  VI.  [pp. 
6,  20]. 

1553-4.  Lord  William  Howard,  by  patent  10  March,  1  Mary  [pp.  52, 
59];  created  lord  Howard  of  Effingham  11  March,  1553-4. 

1557-8.  Edward  lord  Chnton  and  Say,  again,  by  patent  13  Feb.  4  and  5 
Ph.  and  M.;  continued  by  queen  Elizabeth,  created  earl  of  Lincoln  in 
1572,  and  died  lord  admiral  in  1585. 


DURING  THE  PERIOD  OF  THIS  DIARY.  XVU 

Lord  Warden  of  the  Cinque  Ports. 

1540.  Sir  Thomas  Cheney,  K.G.  pat.  32  Hen.  VIII.  [pp.  20,  37,  65]; 
died  20  Dec.  1558  [p.  184]. 

1558.  William  lord  Cobham,  "late  made  lord  warden  of  the  v.  portes ;" 
[p.  213]  died  Lord  Warden  in  1596. 

Lord  Chamberlain  of  the  Household, 

15 4-.     Henry  earl  of  Arundel. 

15--.     Thomas  lord  Wentworth ;  died  3  March  1550^1  [pp.  3,  314]. 

1551.  Thomas  lord  Darcy  of  Chiche,  K.G.  [pp.  10,  13,  20].  «  April  3, 
1551,  Thomas  Darcy  made  lord  Darcy  of  Chiche,  and  Lord  Chamber- 
lain, for  maintenance  whereof  he  had  given  100  marks  to  his  heirs 
general,  and  300  to  his  heirs  males."     (King  Edward's  Diary.) 

1553.     Sir  John  Gage,  K.G.  (Stowe);  died  18  April  1556  [p.  105]. 

1556.  Sir  Edward  Hastings,  appointed  25  Dec.  1557  [p.  162];  created 
lord  Hastings  of  Loughborough,  Jan.  19,  1557-8. 

1558.     William  lord  Howard  of  Effingham. 

Treasurer  of  the  Household. 

1541.  Sir  Thomas  Cheney,  K.G.  [pp.  13,  20];  died  20  Dec.  1558  [p. 
184]. 

1560.     Sir  Thomas  Parry. 

Comptroller  of  the  Household. 

1542.  Sir  John  Gage. 

1547.  Sir  William  Paget,  K.G.  resigned  on  being  summoned  to  parlia- 
ment as  lord  Paget  of  Beaudesert  3  Dec.  1550.  (King  Edward's 
Diary.) 

1550.     Sir  Anthony  Wingfield,  K.G.  (p.  5);  died  15  Aug.  1552  (p.  23). 

1552.  Sir  Richard  Cotton ;  appointed  Aug.  27 ^  1552  (p.  23,  and  King 
Edward's  Diary). 

1553.  Sir  Robert  Rochester,  appointed  by  queen  Mary  on  her  accession, 
Aug.  1553  (p.  39). 

1557.  Sir  Thomas  Cornwallis  ;  appointed  25  Dec.  1557  [p.  162]. 

1558.  Sir  Thomas  Parry  ;  made  Treasurer  in  1560. 
1560.     Sir  Edward  Rogers;  he  died  Comptroller  in  1565. 

CAMD.  SOC.  C 


XVlll  OFFICERS  OF  STATE 

Vice- Chamberlain  and  Captain  of  the  Guard, 

154-.     Sir  Anthony  Wingfield,  K.G. ;  made  Comptroller  Dec.  1550. 

1530.     Sir  Thomas  Darcj.     Promoted  to  be  Lord  Chamberlain  1531. 

1551.  Sir  John  Gates  "made  Vice- Chamberlain  and  Captain  of  the 
Guard;  and  120/.  land,  April  8,  1331."  (King  Edward's  Diary.) 
Sent  prisoner  to  the  Tower  23  July  1553  [p.  37], 

1553.  Sir  Thomas  Jerningham,  appointed  31  July,  1333  [p.  38];  pro- 
moted to  be  Master  of  the  Horses  23  Dec.  1337  [p.  162]. 

1537.     Sir  Henry  Bedingfeld,  appointed  23  Dec.  1557  [p.  162]. 

1358.     Sir  Edward  Rogers  [?];  afterwards  Comptroller  in  1560. 

1360  ?     Sir  Francis  KnoUys  [p.  306].    (Q.  Eliz.  Progresses,  i.  114.) 


Cofferer  of  the  Household. 

In  1547  Sir  Edmond  Peckham — (among  the  council  nominated  in  the 
patent  of  the  protectorship).  Still  in  office  1553,  and  probably  to  the 
death  of  king  Edward. 

In  1557  Sir  Richard  Freston  [pp.  143,  148]  died  Jan.  1557-8  [p.  163]. 

1538.     Michael  Wentworth  esquire  died  Oct.  1338  [p.  368]. 


Master  of  the  Horses, 

1339-40.     Sir  Anthony  Browne,  K.G. ;  appointed  12  March  1539-40 ;  died 

6  May,  1548. 
1348.     Sir  William   Herbert,  created  earl  of  Pembroke   10  Oct.  1551. 

"  April  18,  1552.     The  earl  of  Pembroke  resigned  his  Mastership  of 

the  Horses,  which    I   bestowed   on   the   earl  of  Warwick."     (King 

Edward's  Diary.) 
1552.     John  Dudley,  earl  of  Warwick  [p.  19];  sent  prisoner  to  the  Tower 

25  July  1553  [p.  37]. 
1333.     Sir  Edward  Hastings,  appointed  July  1553  [p.  38];  promoted  to 

be  Lord  Chamberlain  [p.  162]. 

1557.  Sir  Henry  Jerningham,  appointed  23  Dec.  1557  [p.  161]. 

1558.  Lord  Robert  Dudley,  patent  1  Eliz.  [pp.  214,  242]. 


DURING  THE  PERIOD  OF  THIS  DIARY.  XIX 

Lord  Chamberlain  "  to  the  Prince  of  Spain  " — King  Philip, 
1554.     Sir  John  Williams,  lord  Williams  of  Thame,  8  April,  1554  [p.  59]. 

Master  of  the  Prince  of  Spain  s  Horses. 

1554.  Sir  Anthony  Browne  8  April  1554  [p.  59];  created  Viscount 
Montagu  27  Sept.  following.  (In  CoUins's  Peerage,  &c.  this  appoint- 
ment is  erroneously  stated  as  Master  of  the  Horses  to  the  Queen.) 

Constable  of  the  Tower  of  London, 

1540.     Sir  John  Gage,  K.G.  pat.  32  Hen.  VIII.  p.  3. 

In  p.  35  it  will  be  found  stated  that  sir  James  Crofts  was  discharged  from  the  office  of 
Constable  of  the  Tower  July  7,  1553,  and  the  lord  admiral  put  in  his  place  :  a  statement 
which  (through  Strype)  has  found  its  way  into  Bayley's  History  of  the  Tower,  p.  80.  Sir 
James  Crofts,  however,  was  certainly  not  Constable :  he  may  have  been  Lieutenant  of  the 
Tower. 

Stowe  incorrectly  terms  sir  John  Gage  "  lieutenant "  at  the  time  of  the  duke  of 
Northumberland's  execution  in  1553. 

On  Sir  John  Gage's  death,  in  1556,  the  constableship  is  stated  by  Bayley,  History  of 
the  Tower,  p.  663,  to  have  devolved,  in  pursuance  of  a  reversionary  grant,  on  sir  Edmund 
Bray  :  but  sir  Edmund  Bray  had  been  long  dead,  in  1539.  Indeed,  that  work  affords 
scarcely  any  assistance  to  the  present  purpose. 

Lieutenant  of  the  Tower  of  London, 

154-.     Sir  John  Markham  ;  removed  by  the  Council  of  Warwick's  party 

in  Oct.  1549.     (Holinshed.) 
1549.     Sir  Leonard  Chamberlain.     (Ibid.) 

Sir  John  Markham,  again. 
1551.     Sir  Arthur  Darcy.     "Oct.  31.  A  letter  directed  to   sir  Arthur 

Darcy  to  take  the  charge  of  the  Tower,  and  to  discharge  sir  John 

Markham,"  &c.     (King  Edward's  Diary.) 
In  1553  Sir  James  Crofts?  (see  note  above). 
In  1553  Sir  John  Brydges  [pp.  41,  398]. 
In  1556  Sir  Robert  Oxenbridge  [pp.  108,  127]. 
In  1559  and  1561-2  Sir  Edward  Warner  [p.  203,  and  Queen  Eliz.  Prog. 

i.  114]. 


NOTE  UPON  FUNERALS. 

As  Funerals  occupy  so  large  a  share  of  the  ensuing  pages,  it  may  be 
acceptable  to  give  references  to  some  other  accounts  of  a  ceremonial  on 
which  so  much  time  and  expense  was  bestowed  in  former  times. 

Of  Royal  Funerals,  that  of  Elizabeth  queen  of  Henry  VII.  is  printed 
in  the  Antiquarian  Repertory ;  that  of  her  son  Arthur  prince  of  Wales  in 
Leland's  Collectanea  ;  that  of  king  Henry  the  Eighth  is  inserted  at  length 
in  the  Appendix  to  Strype's  Ecclesiastical  Memorials ;  that  of  queen 
Mary  is  in  Leland's  Collectanea;  and  that  of  queen  Elizabeth  in  the 
Vetusta  Monumenta  of  the  Society  of  Antiquaries,  and  Nichols's  Progresses 
of  queen  Elizabeth.  Those  of  Henry  prince  of  Wales,  queen  Anne  of  Den- 
mark, and  king  James  the  First,  are  also  printed  at  length  in  the  Pro^ 
gresses,  &c.  of  king  James  I.  and  that  of  the  Protector  Oliver  in  Noble's 
House  of  Cromwell. 

Of  nobility,  the  funeral  of  Margaret  duchess  of  Norfolk,  1563,  is  printed 
in  Lord  Braybrooke's  History  of  Audley  End ;  those  of  George  earl  of 
Shrewsbury,  1541,  and  Francis  earl  of  Shrewsbury,  1560,  in  Hunter's  History 
of  Hallamshire;  those  of  Robert  earl  of  Sussex,  1542,  and  Henry 
earl  of  Sussex,  1556,  in  Wilson's  History  of  the  Parish  of  St.  Lawrence 
Pountney ;  those  of  Muriel  viscountess  Lisle,  1505,  Sir  Thomas  Lovell, 
K.G.  1524,  and  John  lord  Bray,  1557,  in  Lysons's  Environs  of  London ; 
that  of  John  Islyppe  abbat  of  Westminster,  1532,  in  the  Vetusta  Monumenta, 
vol.  iv. ;  and  that  of  sir  Humphrey  Stanley,  1505,  in  Malcolm's  Londinium 
Redivivum.  The  dates  of  all  these  are  antecedent  to  the  regular  Funeral 
Certificates.  Of  the  latter,  several  have  been  published  in  Bigland's  Obser- 
vations on  Parish  Registers,  1764,  in  the  Collectanea  Topographica  et 
Genealogica  and  its  sequel  the  Topographer  and  Genealogist,  and  others 
interspersed  in  various  topographical  works. 

The  funeral  of  Edward  Earl  of  Derby,  in  1572,  is  described  at  great 
length  in  CoUins's  Peerage,  edit.  1779,  in  Dallaway's  Heraldry,  4to.  1793, 
and  in  Nichols's  Illustrations  of  the  Manners  and  Expenses  of  Ancient 
Times,  4to.  1797. 

The  general  writers  on   Heraldry  have  of  course  something  to  say  on 


NOTE  UPON  FUNERALS.  XXI 

Funerals ;  but  it  seems  little  and  unsatisfactory  when  compared  with  the 
abundant  materials  which  are  stored  in  the  MS.  collections  of  their  prede- 
cessors. The  twenty  folio  pages  devoted  to  this  subject  in  Edmondson's 
"  Complete  Body  of  Heraldry,"  are  very  ill  digested,  and  chiefly  occupied 
with  papers  belonging  to  the  more  recent  disputes  between  the  College  and 
the  painters  from  the  reigns  of  Charles  II.  to  George  II.  when  the  ancient 
state  and  cost  of  these  funeral  pomps  had  nearly  fallen  into  disuetude,  and 
the  interested  parties  were  consequently  quarrelling  (as,  indeed,  they  had 
often  done  before,)  over  the  little  that  remained.  In  these  pages  of  Ed- 
mondson,  however,  will  be  found  three  formularies, — for  the  funerals  of  a 
Countess,  an  Earl's  daughter,  and  an  Earl,  all  temp.  Eliz.  ;*  but  he  tells  us 
nothing  of  the  funerals  of  Citizens,  upon  which  the  Author  of  the  present 
Diary  details  so  much,  though  generally  more  in  the  way  of  eulogy  than 
regular  description,  and  consequently  in  a  manner  that  seems  to  require  the 
marshal's  staff  to  restore  the  confused  groups  to  their  original  order. 

The  Editor  has  consequently  selected  two  or  three  documents  of  a  more 
formal  character,  which  will  supply  that  arrangement  in  which  master 
Machyn's  descriptions  are  deficient,  and  will  render  intelligible  some  matters 
in  which  he  is  occasionally  obscure. 

The  first  is  the  Funeral  of  an  Alderman  before  the  Reformation  (in  the 
year  1523,)  from  the  records  of  the  Drapers'  Company  : 

"  The  right  worshipfull  sir  William  Roche  knight  and  alderman,  decessyd 
betwene  ix.  and  x.  of  the  clock  before  none.  On  whose  soule  Jh'u  have 
mercye.  Amen.  He  was  buryed  the  xv*^  daye  of  this  instant  moneth  of 
September  at  afternone,  in  this  wyse.  First,  ij.  branchy s  of  whyte  wax  were 
borne  before  the  priests  and  clerks  in  surplesys  syngyng.  Then  a  standard 
of  his  crest,  which  was  the  red  roobuck's  hedd,  with  gylt  homes,  havyng 
also  ij.  wynges,  the  one  of  gold,  the  other  verde.  Thereafter  certayne 
mourners  ;  then  a  pynion  of  his  arrays,  and  his  cote  armour,  borne  by  the 
herald,  which  armys  was  a  cheker  of  warren  of  sylver  and  azure,  a  bull 
passaunt  goules,  with  homes  of  sylver,  and  iij.  roches,  also  sylver,  being  all 
sett  in  a  felde  of  gold.  Then  the  corps  borne  next  after  the  cote  armure, 
by  certayne  clerks,  and  iiij.  of  the  assystans  of  the  Drapers,  viz.  Mr.  Warner, 
Mr.  Blower,  Mr.  Spencer,  and  Mr.  TuU,  who  went  in  their  livery  and 

*  The  "  proceeding  "  (or  order  of  procession)  at  the  funerals  of  an  Earl,  a  Countess,  a 
Baron,  a  Baroness,  a  Knight,  and  a  Citizen,  follow  the  ceremonial  of  the  Earl  of  Derby's 
funeral  in  the  "Illustrations,"  &c.  mentioned  in  the  preceding  page. 


Xkii  NOTE  UPON  FUNERALS. 

hodes  about  the  said  corps.  Ther  foUowyd  the  corse  Mr.  John  Roche 
his  sone,  as  chief  mourner,  alone ;  and  after  hym  ij .  copies  of  mourners 
more.  Then  the  sword-berer  and  my  lord  maire  in  black.  Then  the  alder- 
men and  sheriflfs  after  theim,  and  the  hole  lyvory  of  this  felowshippe,  in 
order.  Then  the  ladys  and  gentylwomen,  as  the  aldermen's  wyfes  and 
others,  which,  after  dirige,  cam  home  to  his  house  and  dranke,  where  they 
had  spice-brede  and  comfetts,  wyne,  ale,  and  beere. 

"  On  the  morrow,  the  mourners  went  again  in  order  to  the  church,  where 
they  had  a  collacion  made  by  sir  Stephen.  After  which  coUacion  the  herald 
appointed  the  chief  mourners,  in  order,  to  oflFer  up  the  target,  sword,  and 
helmet,  to  the  priest ;  and  after  they  offered  in  order,  and  also  my  lord 
mayor,  the  aldermen,  the  livery,  and  others,  which  offering  went  to  the 
poor.  Then  the  whole  communion  was  ministered.  After  which  done,  the 
herald  again  going  before,  there  followed  him  the  banner-bearers,  aod 
offered  the  banners  also ;  and  then,  in  order,  again  the  mourners,  my  lord 
mayor,  and  others,  returned  to  the  house  of  the  said  Mr.  Roche,  where  they 
dined  all,  save  the  livery  of  this  fellowship,  which  dined  in  the  Drapers' 
Hall,  by  reason  he  had  given  them  towards  the  same  vj/.  xiij*.  iiijc?.  which 
was  bestowed  by  John  Quarles  and  William  Berwyck,  stewards  for  the  same, 
the  xvj.  day  of  September,  in  eight  mess  of  meat,  as  follows  :  First,  brawn 
and  mustard,  boiled  capon,  swan  roast,  capon  and  custard.  The  second 
course,  pidgeons  and  tarts,  bread,  wine,  ale,  and  beer.  And  my  lady  Roche, 
of  her  gentylnes,  sent  moreover  four  gallons  of  French  wine,  and  also  a  box 
of  wafers  and  a  pottell  of  ipocras. 

"  For  whose  soul  let  us  pray,  and  all  Christian  souls.  Amen !" 
(Herbert's  History  of  the  Twelve  Companies,  vol.  i.  p.  445.) 

After  the  Reformation  we  have  "  The  proceedinge  to  the  funerall  of  a 
Knight  in  London,"  as  follows  :* 

Fyrste,  the  children  of  the  hospitall  two  and  two. 

Then  two  yeomen  conductors,  in  blacke  cotes,  with  blacke  staves  in  their 
handes. 

Then  poor  men  in  gownes  two  and  two. 

Then  poor  weomen  in  gownes  two  and  two. 

•  MS.  Harl.  1354,  p.  37''.  In  MS.  Harl.  2129,  p.  40,  is  "  The  order  of  the  Obseque 
of  sir  William  Garratt  knight,  late  lord  maior  of  London,"  who  died  temp.  James  I.  which 
agrees  in  most  particulars  with  this  formulary. 


NOTE  UPON   FUNERALS.  XXIU 

Then  the  quyer. 
Then  the  preacher. 

Then  the  standard  borne  by  a  gentleman  in  gowne  and  hoode. 
Then  gentleweomen  in  gownes. 

Then  all  the  aldermen  of  the  cytie  that  weare  blackes. 
Then  the  executors  of  the  defunct. 
Then  the  preacher,  yf  he  be  a  deane. 

Then  the  penon,  borne  by  a  gentleman  in  gowne  and  hoode. 
Then  the  healme  and  creaste  borne  by  a  pursuevant. 
Then  the  coate  of  armes  borne  by  a  herald. 
Then  Clarentius,  kinge  of  armes  of  the  province. 

The  corpes,  covered  with  a  pall  of  blacke  velvett,  borne  by  vj.  yeomen 
in  blacke  cotes,  assisted  by  iiij.  gentlemen  in  gownes  and  hoodes,  as  also 
betweene  iiij.  penons  of  armes,  videliz.  one  of  the  defuncts,  one  of  the  cities, 
one  other  of  the  companie  wherof  he  was  free,  and  the  iiijth  of  the  Mar- 
chante  Venturers  or  of  the  Marchants  of  Muscovye,  or  such  lyke. 
Then  next  after  the  corpes  followeth  the  chief  mourner. 
Then  other  two  mourners. 
Then  other  two  mourners. 

Then  followeth  the  chamberlayne  and  towne  clerke  of  London. 
Then  the  swordbearer. 
Then  the  lorde  maior  in  blacke. 
Then  the  aldermen  havinge  no  blackes. 
Then  the  estates  of  weomen  havinge  blackes. 
Then  aldermen's  wyfes  havinge  no  blackes. 
Then  the  companyes. 

Then  the  masters  of  the  hospitalls,  with  grene  staves. 
Then  the  neyghbours  and  other  parishoners. 
The  offerings 

Firste  the  chief  mourner  to  offer  aloane,  beinge  attended 
on  by  other  iiij  mourners. 

Then  the  coate  of  armes  by  ...  . 

Then  the  sworde  by  ...  . 

Then  the  targe. 

Then  the  heaulm  and  creste. 

Then  the  pennon. 

Then  the  standard. 


XXIV^  NOTE   UPON  FUNERALS. 

Then  the  chief  mourner  to  offer  aloane  for  himselfe. 

Then  the  lorde  maior. 

Then  the  other  iiij.  mourners. 

Then  the  aldermen  havinge  blackes. 

Then  the  aldermen  havinge  no  blackes. 

Then  the  executors. 

Then  the  chamberlayne  and  towne  clerke. 

Then  the  gentlemen  in  blacke. 

Then  the  maisters  of  the  hospitalls. 

Then  the  companies. 

Then  the  weomen  in  blacke. 

Then  all  the  aldermen's  wyfes  and  other  gentleweomen 
havinge  no  blackes. 
In  *<  The  order  observed  by  the  Lord  Maior,  the  Aldermen,  and  SherifFes 
for  their  meetings  and  wearing  of  their  apparell  throughout  the  whole 
yeere,"  printed  in  Stowe's  Survay,  is  the  following :  "  For  the  buriall  of 
Aldermen — the  last  love,  duty,  and  ceremony  one  to  another.  The  Alder- 
men are  to  weare  their  violet  gownes,  except  such  as  have  (of  their  friends' 
allowance)  blacke  gownes  or  mourning.*  When  an  Alderman  dieth,  master 
Swordbearer  is  to  have  a  blacke  gowne,  or  three  and  thirty  shillings  and 
fourepence  in  money.  And  if  the  Alderman  deceased  doe  give  the  Lord 
Maior  mourning,  then  master  Swordbearer  is  to  have  mourning  also,  or 
forty  shillings  in  money  as  the  value  thereof,  and  so  to  carry  the  Sword  in 
blacke  before  the  Lord  Maior.  Master  Chamberlain  is  not  to  weare  his 
tippet  but  when  the  Lord  Maior  or  Aldermen  doe  weare  their  scarlet  or 
violet." 

My  friend  John  Nicholl,  Esq.  F.S.A.  has  kindly  communicated  to  me 
the  following  entries  regarding  Funerals,  which  occur  in  the  books  of  the 
Ironmongers'  Company,  with  the  contents  of  which  he  has  made  himself 
very  conversant. 

1531.     Mr.  John  Guyva  gave  a  herse-cloth  richly  imbroydered. 
1570.     It   is  agreyed  at  this  court  that  Robart  Goodyng  and  Giles 
Garton  shalbe  steuards  for  the  buriall  dynnar  of  the  Lady  Maris  of  Lon- 
don, which  dynner  to  be  kept  at  hir  burriall  daye,  viz.  the  xvij  of  Julye,  at 
oure  hall ;  and  the  Lorde  Mayor,  sir  Alexander  Avenon,  gave  to  the  same 

*  Thus,  in  p.  218,  "  divers  aldermen  had  black,  and  the  residue  in  violet."  See  also 
pp.  112,  307. 


NOTE  UPON  FUNERALS.  XXV 

dynner  the  somma  of  syxe  pounds  thirteen  shyllings  and  foure  pence, 
vj  li.  xiij*.  iiijc?. 

1576.  Yt  is  ordred  that  Robart  Benne  and  Raphe  Bright  shalbe 
steuards  for  the  dynner  at  the  buryall  of  Mr.  Alderman  Hardyng,  and 
whearas  the  same  Mr.  Hardyng  dyd  gyre  to  this  company  the  some  of 
tenne  pownde,  viz.  ylu  to  the  poorest  of  the  company,  and  the  other  \li.  to 
make  the  company  a  dynner ;  and  for  the  better  accomplyshment  of  the  same 
dynner  the  steuardes  shalbe  allowyd  them  xxxiij*.  iiijc?. 

1580.  At  this  court  wear  apoynted  to  be  stewards  for  Mr.  Alderman 
Harvies  wyfTs  burryall,  which  was  appoynted  to  be  the  xxvij  of  June  next 
comyng,  beyng  Monday,  the  persons  underwrytten,  John  Masters  (?), 
Harry  Page,  which  persons  had  tenn  pound  delyvred  unto  them  to  make 
thear  provission  for  a  dynner  for  the  hoU  lyverye  and  ther  wyves,  that  had 
bynne  wardens,  &c. 

1585.  At  this  courte  it  is  ordered  that  the  auncyents,  or  ensignes,  or 
anye  other  artilorye  or  furniture  whatsoever  pertayninge  to  the  companie 
shall  not  be  lent  without  the  consent  of  a  courte  (the  herse  clothe  appoynted 
for  funeralls  onelie  excepte)  uppon  payne  of  fyve  pounds. 

1620.  A  court  the  12th  March,  whereas  the  lady  Harvey  hath  paid  to 
the  wardens  xxi//^.  for  a  dynner  for  the  companye  the  21st  of  this  moneth, 
being  the  funerall  day  of  Sir  Sebastian  Harvey  deceased,  it  is  ordered  that 
Mr.  Thomas  Large  and  Mr  John  Wilson  shall  joine  with  the  wardens  for 
the  provision  of  that  dinner,  to  husband  the  same  to  the  company's  best 
profit. 

1637.  From  the  will  of  Thomas  Willetts.  Item,  I  give  unto  the  master 
and  wardens  of  the  com.pany  of  Ironmongers  of  London  the  sum  of  twenty 
pounds  of  like  money  to  be  by  them  bestowed  on  a  dinner  for  themselves 
and  such  of  the  livery  of  the  said  company  as  shall  go  with  my  corps  to 
the  church  at  my  funeral. 

1657.  Notice  being  given  unto  this  court  that  the  executors  of  the  lady 
Cambell  did  desire  the  use  of  this  hall  upon  Tuesday  next  for  the  said 
ladyes  funerall,  ansuare  was  returned  by  this  court  that  they  willingly 
assent  thereunto. 

1672.  Notice  being  taken  that  since  the  rebuilding  of  severall  halls  in 
London  there  hath  not  been  many  funerialls  out  of  this,  by  reason  of  the 
30*.  extraordinary  charge  layed  thereon  since  the  Fire,  it  is  thereupon 

CAMD.  soc.  d 


XXVI  NOTE  UPON  FUNERALS,^ 

ordered  that  from  this  tyme  each  funerall  shall  only  pay  50*.  amongst  the 
officers  for  their  attendance,  and  the  master  and  wardens  to  be  invited  to 
each  funerall. 

1678.  It  is  ordered  in  the  future  that  40*.  shalbe  taken  for  all  funeralls 
of  strangers  out  of  the  hall,  and  of  all  freemen  half  that  some  that  are 
members  of  this  company,  which  is  to  be  distributed  amongst  the  company's 
officers,  &c. 

1719.  The  master  acquainted  the  court  that  one  John  Turney,  an 
undertaker  for  funeralls,  had  lately  buried  one  Mrs.  Mason  from  the  hall, 
but  had  refused  to  give  the  master,  wardens,  and  clerk  each  a  ring  &c.  ac- 
cording to  his  agreement,  the  persons  invited  being  served  with  gloves, 
hatbands,  and  rings.  Ordered,  the  said  undertaker  be  compelled  to  per- 
forme  his  agreement  as  the  master  and  wardens  shall  direct. 


A  few  observations  may  now  be  added  on  the  various  accessories  em- 
ployed at  Funerals,  and  first  of  the  several  kinds  of  flags  (to  use  that  some- 
what undignified  word  for  want  of  a  better  generic  term).  The  more 
ancient  varieties  of  these  insignia  were  Banners  and  Penons  ;  the  former  of 
which  answered  to  the  "  colours  "  of  modern  armies  :  the  latter  was  the 
appendage  of  a  weapon, — ^the  lance. 

The  Banner  was  originally  oblong  in  form,  that  is,  about  twice  the  depth 
of  its  width,  thus  corresponding  to  the  early  fashion  of  the  shield;  but  latterly 
it  grew  to  be  nearly  square.  It  displayed  the  armorial  coat  of  its  owner, 
spread  entirely  over  its  surface.  The  royal  standard,  as  it  is  now  called,  is 
more  properly  a  banner. 

The  Standard  waa  originally  an  ensign  too  large  to  be  borne  by  a  man 
into  battle  :  it  was  fixed  on  a  carriage  and  placed  in  the  centre  of  the  host, 
where  it  remained  stationary,  as  their  rallying  point ;  or,  in  the  absence  of 
alarm,  it  was  posted  at  the  entrance  of  the  commander's  tent.  But  after- 
wards standards  were  also  made  "to  be  borne."  In  the  reign  of  Henry  VIII. 
the  King's  standard  for  this  purpose  was  of  less  dimensions  than  that  set 
before  his  pavilion  ;  and  those  of  other  persons  were  graduated  according  to 
their  owner's  rank,  from  the  duke's  standard  of  seven  yards  and  a  half  in 
length,  to  the  knight's  of  only  four.*     Standards  differed  from  banners,  not 

*  See  Excerpta  Historica,  1831,  p.  50;  where,  in  line  22,  for  "  two  yards"  read  ten. 


NOTE  UPON  FUNERALS.  XXVll 

only  in  form,  but  in  not  bearing  the  arms  of  their  masters.  Every  standard 
and  guydon  was  "  to  have  in  the  chief  (that  is,  next  the  staff,)  the  cross  of 
Saint  George ;  next,  the  beast  (the  modern  supporter)  or  crest,  with  his 
devise  or  word  (his  motto)  ;  and  to  be  slit  at  the  end."  The  standards  borne 
at  funerals,  as  mentioned  in  the  present  volume,  were  made  after  this  model. 
Standards  became  more  frequent  in  use  than  banners.  They  were  borne 
by  knights  ;  but  banners  were  confined  to  bannerets  and  persons  of  higher 
rank. 

The  Guydon  resembled  the  standard,  but  was  only  two  and  a  half  or 
three  yards  in  length  ;  and  it  was  allowed  to  esquires,*  or  lieutenants.  Its 
derivation  was  the  French  Guide-homme ;  but  the  word  was  corrupted  to 
guydon,  gytton,  and  geton.f 

In  the  musters  described  in  pp.  12,  1 9,  the  distinction  of  the  Banner, 
Standard,  and  Guydon  may  be  observed.  Only  one  great  Banner  appeared, 
that  of  the  king,  carried  by  his  pensioners ;  the  great  lords  each  displayed 
their  Standards  ;  the  earl  of  Warwick  (the  duke  of  Northumberland's  son), 
the  lord  admiral,  and  master  treasurer  Cheney  had  only  Guydons. 

At  funerals  banners  and  bannerolls  seem  to  have  been  allowed  to  all 
peers  and  their  ladies  ;  standards,  but  not  banners,  to  all  knights  and  their 
ladies  ;  penons,  but  not  standards,  to  esquires.  Mere  gentlemen  had  no 
penons,  but  only  scocheons  of  arms. 

In  p.  6,  therefore,  where  the  word  "  banners  "  has  been  inadvertently 
supplied  to  the  funeral  of  a  knight's  widow,  we  should  read  only  penons  (as 
before  in  the  same  page) ;  and  in  p.  8  master  Henry  Williams  would  be 
buried  only  with  a  penon  of  arms,  like  the  esquire  in  the  next  paragraph.;}: 
Sir  Anthony  Wingfield  had  a  banner  at  his  funeral  (p.  24),  as  had 
other  knights  of  the  Garter  ;  and  sir  William  Sydney  (p.  31)  had  the  same 


*  A  docquet  of  a  guydon  allowed  to  Hugh  Vaughan  esquire  in  1491  is  recorded  in  the 
College  of  Arms.     Excerpta  Historica,  uhi  sup. 

f  See  pp.  13,  19.     The  word  "  costerells"  in  p.  13  remains  unexplained. 

%  In  p.  307  Machyn  himself  baa  committed  the  inadvertence  of  mentioning  the 
**  banner  of  arms  "  of  master  Cholmley  the  recorder;  but  from  the  church  notes  of  the 
herald  Nicholas  Charles,  we  are  assured  it  was  only  a  penon,  as  he  saw  in  Saint  Dunstan's 
church  all  the  three  penons  which  were  carried  at  this  funeral;  one  of  the  city  of  London, 
one  of  the  Mercers'  company,  and  the  third  of  his  own  arms.  See  the  Collectanea  Topo- 
graphica  et  Genealogica,  vol.  iv.  p.  102. 


XXVlll  NOTE  UPON  FUNERALS. 

distinction,  being  a  knight  banneret  (see  the  quotation  from  his  epitaph  in 
p.  329). 

The  Penon  displayed  at  funerals  (at  which  we  do  not  meet  with  guydons) 
also  resembled  the  standard  in  form,  but  was  of  a  less  size,  and  was  rounded, 
instead  of  slit,  at  the  end.  It  was  also  entirely  different  in  its  charges  ;  as 
it  bore  the  arms  of  the  party,  like  the  banner.  This  being  the  case,  it  was 
not  superseded  where  a  standard  appeared,  but  always  accompanied  it, 
unless  there  were  banners  and  bannerols. 

The  Bannerolls  were  banners  of  increased  width,  made  to  display  impale- 
ments, representing  the  alliances  of  the  ancestors  of  the  deceased ;  as  the  duke 
of  Norfolk  (p.  70)  had  a  dozen  of  baueroUs  of  his  "progeny"  or  pedigree; 
and  at  lady  Cobham's  funeral  were  nine  banners  of  arms  "of  his  and  her 
pedigree"  (p.  213);  and  they  are  sometimes  mentioned  as  banners  or 
bannerolls  of  marriages  (pp.  244,  291,  &c.). 

But,  if  banners  of  arms  were  confined  to  persons  of  high  rank,  there  was 
another  kind  of  banner  which  was  probably  allowed  to  all  who  were  inclined 
to  pay  for  it.  During  the  prevalence  of  the  i^tes  of  the  church  of  Rome, 
we  meet  with  Banners  of  Images,  (pp.  59,  61,  70,  81,  83,  &c.)  which 
were  square,  and  represented  either  the  personification  of  the  Trinity  or  the 
figures  of  saints.  Their  number  is  almost  uniformly  four,  and  they  were 
carried  about  the  corpse,  "at  the  four  corners"  (p.  155),  but  in  two 
instances  only  two  are  mentioned. 

The  rich  citizens  of  London  *  increased  their  funeral  pomp  with  penons 
of  the  arms  of  the  city  and  of  the  companies  to  which  they  belonged,  in 
addition  to  one  of  their  own  arms.  Thus,  master  Hussey  (p.  237)  had  as 
many  as  five,  which  would  be,  1 .  his  own ;  2.  the  city's  ;  3.  the  merchant- 
adventurers' ;  4.  the  merchants'  of  Muscovy,  and  5.  the  haberdashers'. 

Pensels,  the  diminutive  of  penon,  penicillus,  were  very  small,  like  the 
vanes  which  sometimes  terminate  the  pinnacles  of  pointed  architecture,  or 
the  ironwork  of  the  same  period.  They  were  supplied  in  large  quantities, 
as  at  the  funeral  of  sir  William  Goring  there  was  a  herse  of  wax,  and  eight 
dozen  of  pensels,  and  eight  dozen  of  scocheons ;  the  pensels  and  scocheons 
being  chiefly,  if  not  entirely,  to  deck  out  the  herse.     The  queen  of  Spain's 

*  In  the  civic  shows,  particularly  on  the  river,  there  was  always  abundance  of  banners 
and  of  streamers  (pp.  38,  &c.)  In  the  Clerks'  procession  in  1555  there  were  a  hundred 
streamers  borne  (p.  88).     They  were  the  peculiar  flags  of  shipping. 


NOTE  UPON  FUNERALS.  XXIX 

herse  (p.  90)  took  no  less  than  thirty-six  dozen  of  pensels ;  and  so  many  as 
a  thousand  pensels,  as  well  as  flags  and  streamers,  were  used  to  adorn  the 
two  pinnaces  in  the  lord  mayor's  water  show  in  1553  (p.  96). 

A  Herse  is  occasionally  mentioned  by  our  author ;  but  the  term  was  not 
then  applied  in  its  modern  sense.  With  few  exceptions  the  corpse  was 
carried  by  men,  whether  on  their  shoulders  or  in  a  bier  is  not  stated.  The 
bodies  of  king  Edward,  queen  Mary,  the  earl  of  Bedford,  and  the  marchio- 
ness of  Winchester  (pp.  40,  83,  182,  187),  were  conseyed  in  *' charetts  ;'* 
that  of  bishop  Gardiner  in  "  a  wagon  with  iiij .  wheels  all  covered  with  black  " 
(p.  101)  ;  that  of  sir  John  Haryngton  "went  into  the  country  in  a  horse- 
litter  "  (p.  43),  and  in  the  same  way  that  of  lady  Cawarden  was  conveyed 
to  Blechingley  (p.  225).  But  the  Herse  was,  on  grand  occasions,  ready  to 
receive  the  corpse  when  it  had  arrived  within  the  church :  having  been 
erected  a  day  or  two  before  (see  pp.  155,  189,  &c.)  It  was  a  frame  "  made 
of  timber,*  and  covered  with  black,  and  armes  upon  the  black,"  (pp.  44, 70). 
The  grandest  are  often  mentioned  as  being  "  of  five  principals,"  (pp.  Ill, 
155,  173,  189,  &c.)  and  that  of  lady  Anna  of  Cleves  was  of  seven  fp.  145). 
Bishop  Gardiner's  was  a  herse  of  four  branches  (p.  97).  The  marchioness 
of  Winchester's  (p.  188)  was  "  a  herse  of  wax,  adorned  with  eight  dozen 
pensells,  and  arms  and  scocheons,  and  garnished  with  angels  and  arch- 
angels." The  term  "  herse  of  wax  "  is  one  of  continual  recurrence  (pp.  41, 
71,  160,  &c.),  and  is  to  be  understood  not  of  the  material  of  the  herse 
itself,  but  of  the  candles  and  tapers  with  which  it  was  covered,  and  which, 
perhaps,  in  some  cases,  where  economy  was  studied,  were  of  tallow  instead 
of  wax.  In  the  Vetusta  Monumenta  will  be  found  an  engraving  of  the 
herse  of  abbat  Islyppe  at  Westminster,  with  all  its  lights  burning.  In  some 
instances  Machyn  mentions,  in  further  commendation  of  the  herse,  its  "  fair 
majesty,  and  valence  gilded  and  fringed,"  (pp.  43,  160,  244),  which  may  be 
supposed  to  have  been  a  canopy  or  termination  of  the  whole.  The  goodliest 
herse  that  he  ever  saw  was  that  erected  in  Saint  Paul's  cathedral  for  the 
queen  of  Spain,  which  he  has  described  in  p.  90. 

In  the  absence  of  a  "  herse  of  wax,''  there  was  an  abundance  of  other 
lights ;  as,  for  instance,  at  the  funeral  of  lady  Bowes  (p.  46),  four  great  gilt 


*  The  plan  of  the  timber-work  of  a  Herse  is  given  in  the  Funeral  Ceremonials  in 
Nichols's  Illustrations,  &c.  before  cited;  and  Malcolm  has  engraved  one  of  them  with  the 
mourners  kneeling  around  it  in  his  Londinium  Redivivum,  i.  414. 


XXX  NOTE  UPON  FUNERALS. 

candlesticks,  four  great  tapers,  and  two  great  white  branches,  besides  twelve 
staff-torches  borne  by  her  servants. 

The  Herse-cloth  was  another  sumptuous  article  of  funereal  pomp.  That 
used  at  the  funeral  of  the  lady  Anna  of  Cleves  was  "  a  herse-cloth  of  gold," 
(p.  146) ;  and  that  at  the  king  of  Portugal's  obsequies  (misnamed  Den- 
mark's in  p.  148),  was  "  a  goodly  herse-cloth  of  tensell,  the  crosse  of  cloth 
of  silver."  Every  parish  kept  a  herse-cloth  for  the  use  of  the  inhabitants, 
for  the  loan  of  which  at  St.  Margaret's  Westminster  the  churchwardens 
received  viijc?.  in  the  reign  of  queen  Mary.  The  city  companies  had  still 
more  magnificent  herse-cloths  for  their  members,  whose  funerals  they 
attended,  and  some  of  these  are  still  preserved.  That  of  the  Fishmongers, 
which  is  beautifully  embroidered  with  designs  representing  their  patron 
Saint  Peter,  has  been  engraved  in  Miss  Lambert's  volume  on  Church 
Needlework.  The  Sadlers'  company  also  preserve  their  herse-cloth,*  and 
so  do  the  Brewers. 

The  wardens  of  the  Goldsmiths  in  3  Hen.  VIII.  showed  the  company  the 
goodly  and  rich  herse-cloth  which  was  made  with  the  goods  of  sir  Hugh 
Brice,  dame  Elizabeth  his  wife,  and  dame  Elizabeth  Terrell ;  when  it  was 
agreed  that  the  said  cloth  should  not  be  lent  to  any  other  person  than  a 
goldsmith,  or  a  goldsmith's  wife  ;  that,  whenever  used,  the  company  assem- 
bled should  pray,  as  well  for  the  said  two  donors'  souls  as  for  the  soul  of 
the  said  dame  Elizabeth  Terrell ;  and  that  the  beadle  should  have  for  his 
safeguard  and  attendance  at  least  xij</.f 

The  Drapers  had  a  burial-cloth  given  to  them  in  1518  by  alderman  John 
Milbonie  and  his  lady,  "  late  the  wife  and  executrix  of  John  Chester,  whilst 
he  lived  Draper  of  London."  It  is  described  as  "  a  beryall-cloth  of  the 
value  of  j^.  markes,  for  the  wele  of  the  soul  of  the  said  John  Chester  in 
especiall,  and  all  other  his  good  friends  in  generall."J 

Nor  did  the  Reformation  lead  to  the  disuse  of  these  public  funerals,  and 
the  corporate  provision  made  for  them.  In  the  middle  of  Elizabeth's  reign, 
in  the  year  1572,  John  Cawoode  (who  had  been  printer  to  queen  Mary) 
left  to  the  Stationers'  company  "  a  herse-cloth  of  cloth  of  gold,  pouderyd 
with  blew  velvet,  and  bordered  abought  with  blacke  velvet,  embroidered  and 
steyned  with  blew,  yellow,  red,  and  green." 

*  Described  in  the  Gentleman's  Magazine,  vol.  LXXXIII.  i.  82. 
-t*  Herbert's  History  of  the  Twelve  City  Companies,  i.  211. 
+  Ibid.  p.  444. 


NOTE   UPON  FUNERALS.  XXXI 

There  were  also  other  msignia  which  were  necessary  adjuncts  of  the 
funeral  furniture,  as  they  were  offered  at  the  altar  before  the  conclusion  of 
the  ceremonies  (see  pp.  xxii.  xxiii.),  and  afterwards  suspended  in  the 
church.  These  were  usually  carried  by  the  heralds.  At  the  earl  of  Bed- 
ford's funeral  (p.  83)  there  officiated  (besides  master  Garter)  five  heralds, 
who  bore,  1.  his  helmet,  mantles,  and  crest;  2.  his  banner  of  arms  ;  3.  his 
target  with  the  garter ;  4.  his  coat-armour ;  and  5.  his  sword.  With  the 
exception  of  the  banner  and  the  garter,  those  several  articles  will  be  found 
mentioned  on  every  occasion  ;  and,  in  place  of  the  banner,  the  standard  or 
the  penon  were  substituted  for  inferior  ranks,  as  already  stated. 

The  Helmet  is  still  seen  lingering  in  some  country  churches  :  it  is  seldom 
found  to  be  more  than  a  fictitious  helmet,  made  for  the  purpose  to  which  it 
is  applied.  In  early  times  a  knight's  real  helmet  was  offered  ;  but  such 
have  now  almost  entirely  disappeared,  having  proved  too  tempting  objects 
of  antiquarian  curiosity  or  cupidity. 

The  Mantles^  wliich  used  to  be  made  of  black  velvet  (see  pp.  126,  127), 
and  the  Crest,  have  now  generally  perished  from  decay ;  and  the  tattered 
fragments  of  the  banner  and  standard  have  fallen  from  their  poles. 

The  Target  was  a  shield  of  the  arms  of  the  defunct,  the  successor  of  the 
knight's  real  shield,  like  that  of  Edward  the  Black  Prince,  which  is  still 
suspended  over  his  tomb  at  Canterbury.* 

The  Coat- Armour  was  made  like  a  herald's  tabard,  worked  or  painted 
before  and  behind  with  the  same  arms,  and  which  were  also  repeated  on 
its  short  sleeves. 

The  Sword  was  generally  of  the  same  description  as  the  helmet;  made 
rather  for  show  than  for  use. 

The  lowest  description  of  heraldic  ensign  allotted  for  Funerals  was  the 
Scocheon,  Mere  gentlemen  had  no  penon  ;  but  as  many  scocheons  as 
were  desired.  "  Master  Coldwell  gentleman,  and  a  lawyer  "  was  buried 
"  with  half  a  dozen  scocheons  of  buckeram  "  (p.  309).  Mistress  Draper 
(p.  144)  had  two  dozen.  A  gentleman  of  Gray's  Inn,  who,  perhaps,  had 
no  arms  of  his  own,  was  buried  with  six  "  scocheons  of  arms  of  the  house," 
i.  e,  the  arms  of  his  Hon.  Society. 

But  the  funerals  of  the  higher  ranks  were  also  provided  with  scocheons,f 

*  See  the  interesting  account  of  its  recent  examination  by  the  Rev.  C.  H.  Hartshome. 
+  It  was  a  practice  (and  which  was  kept  up  until  recent  times)  for  ambassadors  to  leave 
scocheons  at  the  houses  where  they  slept.     An  instance  occurs  in  p.  248  of  the  earl  of 


XXXll  NOTE  UPON  FUNERALS. 

in  addition  to  their  other  insignia,  and  that  sometimes  profusely, — to  the 
extent  of  four,  six,  or  eight  dozen;  and  at  the  funeral  of  sir  Ralph  Warren 
alderman  there  were  no  less  than  twelve  dozen  :  together  with  his  standard 
as  a  knight,  and  five  penons,  like  master  Hussey,  already  instanced. 
These  scocheons  were  the  prototypes  of  our  modern  hatchments.  Originally 
made  of  some  perishable  material,  and  fastened  up  in  the  churches,  they 
were  required  to  be  painted  on  panel,  in  order  to  last  longer ;  and  from 
these  small  atchievements  on  panel  (still  to  be  found  in  some  country 
churches)  they  have  grown  into  the  large  and  unwielding  frames  of  canvas 
now  spread  on  the  front  of  modern  mansions,  or  stretched  on  the  roof  of 
the  chancel  or  aisle,  the  walls  of  which  scarcely  offer  sufficient  space  for 
their  accommodation. 

In  p.  291  master  Machyn  is  communicative  as  to  the  materials  of  which 
his  articles  were  made.  He  there  mentions  scocheons  of  metal,  of  silk,  of 
buckeram,  of  paper  royal,  and  of  pasted  paper.  In  p.  290  he  speaks  of  a  herse 
of  velvet  and  a  pall  of  velvet;  in  p.  293  a  black  velvet  pall  with  a  white  cross 
of  satin  and  arms  upon  it ;  in  p.  297  a  pall  of  black  velvet  with  arms  upon 
buckeram  scocheons.  He  elsewhere  mentions  a  coat-armour  as  made  of  damask 
(p.  116).  The  royal  mantles  for  the  French  king  (p.  209)  were  of  cloth  of 
gold ;  but  they  were  usually  of  black  velvet,  as  is  repeatedly  mentioned. 

The  appearance  of  a  set  of  funeral  trophies,  as  left  suspended  in  a  church, 
is  shown  in  the  following  engraving,  from  a  sketch  by  Nicholas  Charles  in 
the  MS.  Lansdowne  874.  They  are  those  of  sir  John  White,  who  was 
lord  mayor  of  London  in  1563,  and  was  buried  in  1573  in  the  church  of 
Aldershot  in  Hampshire  (see  a  note  respecting  him  in  p.  405).  He  had, 
it  will  be  seen,  a  standard  as  a  knight ;  four  penons,  of  his  own  arms,  the 
city  of  London,  the  merchant-adventurers,  and  the  grocers  ;  a  coat-armour ; 
a  target ;  helmet,  crest,  and  mantles  ;  and  sword.  His  armorial  coat  was, 
Per  fess  azure  and  or,  a  pale  counterchanged,  three  fountains  two  and  one, 
and  three  lion's  heads  one  and  two.  The  crest,  a  lion's  head  erased 
quarterly  azure  and  or,  guttee  de  sang  in  each  quarter. 

It  will  be  observed  that  peculiar  rests  of  iron  were  made  for  the  reception 
of  these  trophies,  which  were  inserted  in  the  wall  of  the  church.  Suspended 
on  these,  they  were  left  to  testify  to  the  worldly  grandeur  of  the  defunct  so 
long  as  their  fragile  materials  might  endure. 

Bedford,  who  was  going  ambassador  to  France,  being  provided  with  "  three  dozen  of 
lodging  scocheons  "  for  this  purpose. 


STANDARD,  FOUR  PENONS,  COAT  ARMOUR,    TARGET,   SWORD,   HELMET,  CREST,  AND   MANTLES, 
OF  SIR  JOHN  WHITE,  IN  ALDERSHOT  CHURCH,  HAMPSHIRE. 


"^ 


DIARY 


OF    A 


RESIDENT     IN     LONDON. 


The  imperfect  paragraph  with  which  the  Manuscript  now  begins 
relates  to  the  funeral  of  Sir  Thomas  Wrioihesley ^  Earl  of  South- 
ampton, K,G.  who  died  on  the  Slst  July  1550,  and  was  buried  on  the 
4th  of  August  at  St.  Andrew's,  Holborn,  Sir  John  Hoper,  priest, 
preaching  at  his  funeral, — Strype,  Memorials,  fol.  1721,  ii<.  (283). 

and  dyd  there 

prest,  and  there  was  hys  standard  borne,  and  the  .  .  .  then 
came  ys  banurs  of  armes  and  the  clarkes  and  pr[estes,  and  then] 
the  haroldes  a  v,  one  carehyng  ys  elmet,  anodur  .  .  .  with  the 
garter,  and  anodur  ys  sword,  and  anodur  ys  crest,  then  came 
the  cors  with  iiij  baner  of  armes,  then  mo[urners]  for  hym  a  c 
powre  men  havyng  gownes  of  manty[lle  fryse]  and  ther  was  a 
grett  dolle  of  monay  and  after  a  grett  [dinner]  and  iiij  banars 
rolles  of  armes  borne  a-bowt  the  body. 

The  xxvij  day  of  August  was  bered  sir  Wylliam  [Locke  knight] 
and  alderman  and  late  shreyfF  of  London,  and  bered  [at  St.] 
Thomas  of  Acurs,  and  a-fFor  hym  whent  a  Ix  pore  men  in  mo[urn- 
ing]  gowns  and  whytt  stayfFes  in  ther  handes  ij  and  ij  to-gether ; 
[after]  them  the  standard,  and  then  mornars,  and  then  came  a  .  . 
with  odur  mornars,  and  then  the  clarkes  and  prestes,  and  then 
[a  herald]  with  ys  cott  armor,  target,  elmet,  sword,  and  then  the 

CAMD.    SOC,  B 


2  DIARY   OF    A  [1550. 

corse  [with]  penons  of  armes  borne  a-bowt  hym,  and  the  stret 
[was]  hangyd  with  blake  and  armes  a-pone  the  cloth,  and  ther 
[was  a]  doUe  of  monay,  and  a  grett  denner  as  I  have  be  hat. 

The  fFurst  day  of  September  was  bered  the  good  [lady]  the 
contes  of  Hamtun,  sum  tyme  the  wyff  of  sir  WyUiam  [Fitz] 
WylHam,  lord  of  the  Preve-selle,  and  ded  and  bered  att  Farnham 
with  mony  mornars  and  harolds,  and  a-bowt  the  corse  iiij  banars 
of  armes,  and  then  the  cheyfF  mornars  sir  Garves  ClyfFtun  knyght 
and  sir  Antony  Browne,  with  odur,  and  a  gret  dener. 

The  xviij  day  of  October  was  bered  Juge  Hynde  in  sant  Don- 
stones  parryche  in  the  whest,  with  standard,  cot,  elmet,  sword, 
and  penon,  target,  and  a  harold,  and  Juges  ij  and  ij  to-gether,  and 
then  serjantes of  coyfFe ij  andij  together, and  then  clarkes  syngyng, 
and  my  lade  Hynde  dyd  make  anodur  standard,  and  a  cote  ar- 
mur,  and  a  penon,  and  a  elmet,  and  target,  and  sword,  to  be  had 
at  the  moynthe  myn[d]  in  the  con  trey  for  hym,  and  a  grett  doUe 
of  monay  and  of  mett  and  drynk,  and  gownes  to  the  pore ;  for 
ther  was  a  myche  a  doo  ther  for  hym. 

The  next  paragraph  belongs  to  another  funeral :  the  beginning 
of  which  is  lost : — 

gayffe  unto  xiij  powre  men  xiij  gowns     .     *     , 

.  .  .  yfFe  having  a  bage  ^  of  bokeram  logent-fassyon  c  .  .  .  . 
gold,  with  prestes  and  clarkes,  with  a  pennon  of  ys  armes  .  .  . 
.  .  ,  tes  of  armes,  and  hangyd  with  blake  and  schochyons  ^  of 
the     .     .  with  a  harold  beyryng  ys  cott  in  ys  armes. 

The  xvij  day  of  November  was  bered  the  old  contesse  [of 
Derby],  bered  at  CoUam,  sir  Edward  Hastyngs  behyng  her  se — 
unfinished. 

The  xviij  day  of  November  was  bered  M.  Heys,  he  ...  . 
of  London,  in  the  parryche  of  saynt  Peter's,  in  Cornhylle  .  .  , 
awUter  with  the  feyleshyp  of  the  Clarkes  of  London. 

The  xix  day  of  November  was  bured  my  lade  Jude,  ma[yress] 

»  MS.  wache.  "  badge.  «  i.  e.  lozenge-fashion. 

*  MS.  shokoyn'. 


1550-1.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  3 

of  London,  and  wyff  of  sir  Androw  Jude,  mayr  of  London,  and 
bered  in  the  parry che  of  saynt  Ellen  in  Bysshope-gatt  stret,  for  he 
gayff  mony,  gownes,  and  to  the  powre  men  and  women  ij  C* 
gownes  of  mantyll  .  .  .  and  the  Clarkes  of  London  had  the 
beryng  of  my  lade,  and  then  came  .  .  .  with  ij  harolds^  a-for 
with  iiij  baners  a-bowt  her  borne,  and  after  my  [lord]  mayre  and 
ys  bredurne,  and  alle  the  stret  and  the  chyrche  wher  hangyd  with 
blake  and  with  schochyons  of  ther  armes,  and.  a  gret  doUe  and  a 
grett  [dinner.] 

The  xxiiij  day  of  November  was  bered  the  nobulle  ca[ptayn] 
ser  James  WylfFord  knyght,  sum  tyme  captayn  in  Franse  and 
.  .  .  .  and  ded  at  the  CruchydfFrers,  and  was  cared  to  beryng 
from  [thence]  unto  lytyll  saynt  Bathellmuw  besyd  sant  An- 
tonys, with  a  standard,  a  penon,  and  a  harold  carehyng  the  cott 
armur,  and  mony  m  [ourners],  and  bered  in  the  sam  tombe  that 
ys  grett  unckuUe  M.  James  [WylfFord] .  Ther  was  at  ys  bereyng 
my  lord  Gray  and  the^  Wylfford  .  .  .  captaynes,  and  the  com- 
pany of  the  Clarkes.     Mylles  Coverdalle  dyd  [preach]. 

The  XXX  day  of  November  was  bered  CrystofFer  Machyn, 
Marchand-tayllor,  in  the  parryche  of  saynt  James,  and  brodur 
[of  J  Henry  s  Machyn  ;  the  compeny  of  Marchand-tayllers  behyng 
at  ys  berehyng,  and  the  compeny  of  the  Clarkes  syngyng,  and 
.     .     .  Maydwell  dyd  pryche  for  hym, — the  iiij  yer  of  K.  E.  vj*. 

The  xiiij  day  of  Feybruarii  was  dysposyd  of  ys  bysshoppr  [icke] 
of  Wynchestur,  the  old  bysshope  M.  Stevyn^  Gardener,  and  cared 
in  to  the  Towre — the  v  yer  K.  E.  vj'^. 

and  the  compyny  of  the  Clarkes  .     .     .     cheyfFe 

mornar  was  sir  Garves  ClyiFtun  and  M dyd  pryche 

ther,  and  after  they  whent  to  dener  unto  the  [earl  of]  Ruttland 
plasse  in  Wyttyngton  Colege  parryche. 

The  vij  day  of  Marche  was  bered  my  lord  Wentworth,  the  lord 
Chamburlayn  of  the  kynges   howse,  in  Westminster  abbay,  in 

«  MS.  harord.  f  Sic  orig.  i  MS.  Hnery.  ^^  MS.  Stheyn. 


4  DIARY    OF    A  [1550-1. 

the  samchapell  that  the  old  abbatt  was  be  [red  ;  there]  was  iiij  of 
the  cheyfFe  harolds  ther,  M.  Garter,  M.  Clar[enceuxJ  M.  Yorke, 
M.  Chester,  beyryng  the  cote  armur,  the  elmett,  t[arget],  then 
cam  the  standard,  and  then  mornars  alle  in  blake  .  .  .  and  a 
C.  chylderyn  and  prestes  and  clarkes  in  ther  surpl[ices;  then]  the 
cors  with  iiij  baners  rolles,  and  the  qwyre  was  hangyd  [with  black] 
and  the  raylles  and  armes.  Mylles  Coverdalle  dyd  pryche,  and 
ther  [was  a  grett]  doUe,  and  a  grett  compeny  of  lordes  and  knyghtes 
and  genty[lmen]  morners. 

The  ix  day  of  Marche  was  a  proclamasyon  that  no  [man  or] 
woman  shuld  nott  ett  no  flesse  in  lent,  nor  fryday,  nor  [Wednes- 
day] thrught  the  yere,  nor  ymberyng  days,  nor  no  days  that  ys 
co[ndemned?]  by  the  chyrche  apone  payne  of  forfyte. 

The  xiiij  day  of  Marche  was  hangyd,  in  Smyth-feld,  on  John 
Mosbe  and  ys  syster,  for  the  death  i  of  a  gentyll  man  of  Feyver- 
sham,  one  M.  Arden  the  custemer,  and  ys  owne  wyiF  was  decaul .  . 
.  .  .  and  she  was  burnyd  at  Canturbery  and  her  sarvand  hangyd 
ther,  and  ij  at  Feyversham  and  on  at  Hospryng,  and  nodur  in  the 
he  way  to  Canturbery,  for  the  death^  of  M.  Arden  of  Fey versham. 
[and  at  Flusshyng  was  bernyd  Blake  Tome  ^  for  the  sam  deth  of 
M.  Arden.  "^] 

The  xiiij  day  of  Marche  wa(s)  raynyd  at  the  yeld-halle  a  C. 
mareners  for  robyng  on  the  see,  and  the  captayne,  behyng  a 
Skott,  n  was  cared  to  Nugate  the  sam  day,  and  serten  cast,  o 

The  sam  day  was  cared  in-to  Norfoke  on  P  Wyth,  a  grett  ryche 
man,  and  he  was  condemnyth  to  be  drane  and  hangyd,  for  the 
besenes  that  was  done  in  NorfFoke,  at  ys  owne  dore. 

[The  XV  day  the  Lady  Mary  rode  through  London  unto  St. 
John's,  her  place,  with  fifty  knights  and  gentlemen  in  velvet  coats 
and  chains  of  gold  afore]  her,  and  after  her  iiij  [score  gentlemen 


»   MS.  derth.  ^  MS.  derth.  *  Black  Will  in  other  accounts. 

'"  This  last  line  was  added  to  the  entry  some  time  after  it  was  written. 

"  MS.  shott.  ^  i.  e.  some  were  condemned.  p  one. 


1551.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  5 

and  ladies,  every]  one  havyng  a  peyre  of  bedes  o  [of  black.  She 
rode  through]  Chepe-syde  and  thrugh  Smythfeld, — the  v.  K.  E.vj. 

The  xvij  day  my  lade  Marie  rod  thrugh  from  Saynt  [John's 
through]  Flettstrett  P  unto  the  court  to  Westmynster  [with  many] 
nobull  men  of  lordes  and  knyghtes  and  gentyllmen  and  ladies  and 
gentyllwomen,  and  at  the  court  gatte  she  a-lyttyd,  and  M.  [Wing- 
field],  the  comtroller  of  the  kynges  howse,  and  mony  lordes  and 
[knights],  and  so  she  was  browth  thrught  the  halle  unto  the  cham- 
[ber  of]  pressens ;  and  so  she  tared  there  and  ade  a  goodly  ba[n- 
quet]  ij  owrs,  and  sone  after  she  toke  her  horse  and  rod  unto 
Sy[nt  John's  ;]  and  ther  she  laie  alle  nyght,  and  on  the  morowe 
her  [Grace]  rod  to  Nuw  Hall  in  Exsex,  and  ther  byd  yn  grasse  *i 
with  honor,  thanke  be  God  and  the  kyng  her  brodur. 

The  iij  day  of  May  ther  was  a  grett  tryhumpe  at  Grenwyche. 
The  Kyng  and  alle  ys  compeny  wher  alle  blacke  and  whyt,  fott 
men  and  trumpeters,  hats,  clokes,  and  baners  blacke  and  whytt, 
and  speres ;  and  the  thodur  parte  was  the  yerle  of  HariFord, 
and  a  grett  compeny  of  lords  and  knyghts,  alle  yonge  men,  and 
trompeters,  ther  hats,  baners,  and  fott  men  alle  in  yelow,  and 
so  they  rayne  [at  the]  rynge,  and  at  tornay  with  swords — the  v  yer 
K.  E.  vjth. 

The  xiiij  day  of  May,  Chestur  the  reseyver  ^  toke  possessyon 
[of]  the  halle  of  the  compeny  of  the  Clarkes  of  London  by 
fre  .  .  the  gentyllman,  of  wyche  they  have  as  sure  a  corpo- 
rasyon  [as]  any  hafF  in  London,  has  I  pray  God  gyiF  ym  ylle 
sped,  be  [cause]  of  the  pore  men  and  women  and  other  that  yfF 
they  had  falne  to  a  [sudden]  poverte  ther  they  wher  sure  of  a 
onest  lyvyng  as  longe  as   [life  did  last.] 

The  XV  day  of  May  was  bered  my   lade    Hobullthorne,    late 


"  Beads;  "To  make  an  open  profession,  no  doubt,"   remarks  Strype,  "  of  their 
devotion  for  the  Mass." 

P  MS.  fflettrett.  t  i.  e.  grace. 

'  In  the  margin  is  written,   [I]  pray  God  he  be  a  good  man. 


6  DIARY   OF    A  [155U 

[mayoress]  of  London,  with  ij  harolds,  iiij  penons  of  armes,  and 
ther  was  [the]  Clarkes  of  London,  and  ther  had  powre  men  and 
women  had  many  fryse  gownes,  and  ther  was  iiij  aldermen  mor- 
nars,  and  ij  of  them  knyghts,  and  ther  a  grett  dolle  ^  was,  and  the 
morow  a  grett  dener. 

.     ,     .     .     .     for  the  spasse  of  xiiij  days. 

The  xxij  day  of  Maij  was  bered  my  lade  Mores,  wyif  of  sir 
CrystofFer  Mores  knyght,  and  the  M.  of  [the  Ordnance]  by  kyng 
Henry  the  viij^^,  the  wyche  he  ded  of  the  h  .  .  at  Bullayn,  and 
she  ded  in  saynt  Peters  in  Cornhyll  ...  in  saynt  TowUes  s 
in  the  OIF  Jury,  and  ther  she  .  .  .  her  first  husband,  with 
ij  harolds  ;  and  she  gayff  .  .  .  men  and  women  vij^^  mantylls, 
fryse  gownes,  and  o[ther]  gownes  and  cotts  a  iiij"^,  and  then  cam 
the  corse  [with  banners]  of  armes  borne  abowt  her,  with  iiij  morn- 
ers  .  .  .  .  dyd  pryche  the  Skott  the  curett,  and  a  gret  dolle 
and  a  gret  [dinner]  as  I  have  sene  off  fysse  and  odur  thynges. 

The  XXV  day  of  May  was  be  syd  Rygatt  and  Croydon,  Suttun, 
and  Darkyng,  a  grett  wondernus  of  berth  "...  and  spess- 
hall^  at  Darkyng,  and  in  dyvers  plasys  ....  pottes,  panes, 
and  dyssys  donst,^  and  mett  ^  felle  doune  .  .  .  abowt  howse, 
and  with  mony  odur  thyngs. 

The  xxxj  day  of  May  my  lord  the  yerle  of  Darbe  [came]  to 
Clessay  y  owt  of  the  North,  with  a  goodly  compeny  of  men  and 
horssys. 

The  V  day  of  Juin  cam  to  Clessay  the  yerle  of  Shrusbery  with 
vijx^  hors,  and  a-for  hym  xl  welvet  cotts  and  chynes,^  and  in  ys 
owne  leveray,  to  hys  plasse,  and  the  resyduw  of  ys  servandes. 

The  vj  day  of  July  the  Kynges  grace  rod  thrugh  Grenwyche 

parke  unto  Blake  heth,  and  my  lord  of  Darbe,  and  my  lord  of 

Warwyke,  and  my  lord  admerall  Clyntun,  and   sir  Wylliam  Har- 

bard,  and  odur  lordes  and  knyghts  and  gentyllmen,  and  trumpeters 

^  dole.  *  St.  Olave's.  "  earthquake.        '^  specially.        "^  dishes  danced .' 

»  meat.  y  Chelsea  ?  ^  chains. 


1551.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  7 

playhyng,  and  alle  the  gardes  in  ther  dobelets  and  ther  hosse, 
with  bowes  and  arowes  and  halbards  ij  and  ij  to-gether,  and  the 
Kynges  grace  in  the  myds  on  horsse-bake,  and  ther  the  Kynges 
grace  ran  at  the  ryng  on  Blake  heth  with  lordes  and  knyghtes.  [The 
earl  of  Warwick  met  the  King  there  with  a  hundred  men  of  arms, 
and  great  horses^  and  gentlemen]  in  clothe,  and  brodered  the  alffe, 
and  the  same  night  the  Kyng  suppyd  at  Depforth^  in  a  shype 
with  my  lord  Admyral,  [and  the  lords]  of  the  conselle,  and  with 
many  gentylmen. 

The  vij  day  of  July  begane  a  nuw  swet  in  London,  and  .  .  . 
ded  my  lord  Crumwell  in  Leseter-shyre,  and  was  bered  [with  a 
stand]  ard,  a  baner  of  armes,  and  cote,  elmett,  sword,  targett,  and 
sc[ochyons,  and]  harold;  and  the  sam  tyme  ded  my  lord  Powes, 
and  thex  day  [at  W]ollwyche,  sir  John  Lutterell,  knyght,  a  nobuU 
captayne. 

The  viij  day  of  July  was  a  plage,  and  a  proclamasyon  that  [a 
testern  shou]ld  be  but  ixd,  and  a  grot  iij^ ;  and  anodur  proclama- 
syon cam  [out  the]  xviij  day  of  August,  that  testerns  cryd  at  vj^  a 
pese;  a  grot  [at  ijd]  •  ijd  but  jd;  and  a  j^  ofe. ;  and  a  alpeny  a 
fardyng. 

The  X  day  of  July  the  Kynges  grace  removyd  from  Westmyn- 
ster  unto  Hamtun  courte,  for  ther  ded^  serten  besyd  the  court, 
and  [that]  causyd  the  Kynges  grase  to  be  gone  so  sune,  for  ther 
ded  in  Lo[ndon]  mony  marchants  and  grett  ryche  men  and  wo- 
men, and  yonge  men  and  [old],  of  the  nuw  swett, — the  vof  K. 
E.  vjth. 

The  xij  day  of  July  ded  sir  Thomas  Speke  knyght  in  Chanseler 
lane,  ^  in  saynt  Donstonys  parryche  in  the  whest,  at  ys  owne 
howsse  ;  he  fell  [sick]  in  the  court ;  and  was  bered  with  standard, 
penon,  cote  armur,  elmet,  sword,  and  target;  and  vj  dosen  of 
shokchyons  of  armes,  and  the  compeny  of  the  Clarkes ;  and  the 
sam  day  ded  on  of  the  Gard,  and  bered  ther  by. 

*  Deptford.  ''  died,  of  the  Plague.  '^  Chancery  Lane. 


8  DIARY    OF    A  [1551. 

The  xiij  day  of  July  ded  the  old  knyght  and  gentyll  sir  John 
[Wallop]  and  knyght  of  the  nobull  order  of  the  garter^  and  cap- 
tayn  of  the  castyll  [of  Gynes] ,  for  he  was  a  nobull  captayne  as 
ever  was,  the  wyche  I  [pray]  Jhesu  have  mercy  on  ys  solle; 
and  he  was  bered  with  standard  and  [banners]  of  ys  armes,  cote 
armur,  elmet,  target  of  the  garter,  sw[ordJ  and  viij  dosen  of 
skochyons ;  and  a  marmed  ^  was  ys  crest ;  and  [in  his]  stede  ys 
chossen  captayn  sir  Andrew  Dudley  knyght  of  the  ga[rter.] 

The  xvj  day  of  July  ded  of  the  swet  the  ij  yonge  dukes  of 
Suffoke  of  the  swet,  boyth  in  one  bed  in  Chambryge-shyre ;  and 
[buried]  at  (blank  in  MS.J;  and  ther  ded  from  the  viij  day  of  July 
unto  the  xix  ded  of  the  swett  in  London  of  all  dyssesus,e  viijc.  iij^. 
and  xij .  and  no  more  in  alle,  and  so  the  chanseller  is  serteffyd. 

The  ensuing  imperfect  passage  probably  relates  to  the  funeral  of 
sir  Peryn  Negroo  knt.     fStrype,  Mem.  ii.  279.) 

targett,  elmet,  and  sword     .     .     .     and  apone  the 

castyll  a  man  with  a  shurt  of  .  .  .  hand  and  with  xij  stayfFes, 
torchys  bornyng     ,     .     .    flut  playng,  hoveles,  and  ys  flag  borne, 

and in  the  grond,  and  the   stret  honge  with  blake 

with  ys  armes  .  .  .  ther  dyd  pryche  the  Doyttur  Bartelet, 
and  ther  was  the  compeny  [of  Clarkes,]  and  a  harold  of  armes, 
and  mony  morners  of  capt.     .     .     . 

The  xxvij  day  of  July  was  the  nuw  bisshope  of  W.  .  .  was 
devorsyd  from  the  bucher  wyff  with  shame  enog[h.] 

The  XX  day  of  August  was  the  berehyng  of  M.  Har[ry  Wylliam] 
sqwyre,  sune  and  here  unto  sir  John  Wylliam  knyght,  with  [ban- 
ners of]  armes  and  cote  armur,  and  iiij  dosen  of  schochyons, — the 
v.K.E.vj. 

The  xxj  day  of  August  bered  yonge  M.  Sandes,  sun  unto  the 
lord  Sandes,  sqwyre,  with  a  penon  and  cote  armur  [and]  iiij  dosen 
of  skochyons, — the  v.  K.  E.  vj. 

The  xxij  day  of  August  was  bered  sir  Recherd  Ly[ster],  sune 

•^  mermaid.  «  Sic  in  MS.  the  sense  appears  to  be,  that  during  the  prevalence 

of  the  sweat  there  died  of  all  diseases  872. 


1551.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  9 

and  here  to  the  lord  cheyiFe  Justes,  with  standard,  penon,  and  a 
baner  roUe,  target,  elmet,  and  vj  dosen  of  [skochyons] . 

The  xxiij  day  of  August  ded  the  bysshope  of  Lynckolne,*^ — the 
V  yer  of  Kyng  Edward  the  vj*. 

The  xxiij  day  [of]  August  the  Kynges  grace  went  from  Amton 
courte  unto  Wyndsore,  and  ther  was  stallyd  the  Frenche  Kyng 
of  the  nobuU  order  of  the  garter,  with  a  grett  baner  of  armes  in- 
brodered  with  flowrs  delusys  of  gold  bosted,  the  mantylls  of  tyss- 
huw,  and  the  elmett  clene  gylt  and  ys  sword ;  and  the  goodly 
gere  was.  ^ 

The  iiij  day  of  September  ded  my  lade  Admerell'  wyfFe^  in 
Lynkolne-shyre,  and  ther  bered. 

The  V  day  of  September  was  bered  serjant  Heth,  and  of  the 
Kynges  bake  howse,  and  was  bered  at  Lyntun  at  M.  Parryche 
sqwyre,  in  the  conte  of  Cambrygshyre. 

chyke,  and  hard  cheysse  ob  fardyng     ... 

The  xxj  day  of  September  ded  M.  Roger  [  .  .  of  ]  the 
Catre  one  to »  owre  soverayn  lord  kyng  Edward  the  vj*^,  and 
bered  at  {blank). 

The  xxij  day  of  September  was  the  monyth  ['s  mind  of  the]  ij 
dukkes  of  Suffoke  in  Chambryge-shyre,  with  [ij]  standards,  ij 
baners  grett  of  armes  and  large,  and  banars  roUes  of  dyver  armes, 
with  ij  elmets,  ij  [swords,  ij]  targetts  crownyd,  ij  cotes  of  armes, 
ij  crests,  and  [ten  dozen]  of  schochyons  crounyd ;  and  yt  was 
grett  pete  of  [their]  dethe,  and  yt  had  plesyd  God,  of  so  nobull  a 
stok  they  wher,  for  ther  ys  no  more  left  of  them. 

The  xxix  day  of  September  was  Saynt  Myghell,  the  Kyng  grase 
dyd  where  s  the  robes  of  order  of  [Saint]  Myghell  with  skalopshells 
of  Franse  ;  and  the  sam  tyme  was  chossen  of  the  order  of  the  gar- 

«=  Henry  Holbech.  <J  Sic  in  MS. 

«  The  wife  of  Edward  Lord  Clinton,  Lord  Admiral.  '  i.  e.  unto. 

8^  i.  e.  wear. 

CAMD.    80C.  G 


10  DIARY   OF    A  [1551. 

ter  the  lord  chamburlayne  Darcy,  in  the  plasse  of  ser  John  Wallop 
knyght  of  the  gartter  and  captayn  of  Gynes. 

The  ix  day  of  October  was  stallyd  at  Wyndsore  the  lord  chani- 
hurlayne  Darcy  knyght  of  the  garter. 

The  same  day  was  bered  Gylles  the  kynges  here  [-brewer]  dwell- 
yng  at  Sant  Katheryns,  and  bered  at  Algate,  with  ys  armes,  and 
the  craft  of  the  Bruars  ^  the  wyche  he  ded  with  a  chrache  ^  of  ys 
lege,  and  bled  to  deth. 

The  XV  day  of  October  was  had  to  the  Towre  the  duke  of 
Somersett  and  the  lord  Gray. 

The  xvj  day  of  October  was  had  to  the  Towre  the  duches  of 
Somersett  and  Sir  RafF  a  Vane  and  Sir  John  Thyn,  [as  also  Sir 
Thomas  Holcroft,  Sir  Michael  Stanhope,  Mr.  Hammond,  Mr. 
John  Seimour,  Mr.  Walley,  Mr.  Nudigate,  Mr.  Banister,  Mr. 
Brayne,  Mr.  Crane  and  his  wife, »]  Sir  Myles  Parterege,  and  Sir 
Thomas  Aru  [ndell  and  Lady] . 

The  xxj  day  of  October  was  cared  [to  the  Tower]  my  lord 
Pagett  by  the  gard — the  v  yer  K.  [E.  vj*.] 

The  xj  day  of  October  wher  creatyd  [at  Hampton]  curtte  my 
lord  marqwes  Dorsett  duke  of  Suffolk ;  the  yerle  of  Warwyke 
duke  of  Northumburland ;  [the  earl]  of  Wyllshere  created  the 
marqwes  of  Wyncha[ster;  sir]  Wylliam  Harbard  made  lord  of 
Cardyff,  and  after  the  yerle  of  Penbroke ;  and  knyghtes  mad  the 
sam  [time,  sir  William]  Syssyll,^^  secretery,  knyght,  and  M. 
Hare^  Nevylle  knyght,  [sir  William]  Sydney  knyght,  and  M. 
Cheke,  the  kynges  scollmaster. 

The  xxij  day  of  October  was  alle  the  craftes  [of  London]  com- 
mandyd  to  go  to  ther  halles,  and  ther  yt  was  [shewed]  them 
that  the  duke  of  Somersett  wold  have  taken  the  Towre,  and  to 
have  taken  the  brod-selle,  and  to  have  [destroyed]  the  cete,  °»  and 

*  i.  e.  scratch. 

*  Strype  supplies  these  names,  all  apparently  from  our  Diary,  which  is  here  burnt, 
the  passage  being  at  the  top  of  a  page. 

^  Cecil.  ^  Harry.  «  city. 


1551.J  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON,  ll 

then  to  go  to  the  ylle  of  Whyth ;  and  so  evere  craft  to  ward  at 
evere  gatt  in  London,  and  to  have  a  rydyng  wache  thrugh  the 
cete, — the  v  K.  E.  the  vj*^. 

The  ij  day  of  November  cam  to  Londun  from  Hamton  courtte 
and  landyd  at  Benard  castyll  the  old  Glwyne  of  Schottes,  and  cam 
rydyng  to  the  bysshope('s)  palles  at  Powlles  with  many  lordes,  the 
duke  of  SuiFoke,  my  lord  marqwes  of  Northamptun,  my  lord  of 
Warwyke,  the  lord  Welebe,  my  lord  Haward,  my  lord  Rosselle, 
lord  Bray,  and  dyvers  mo  lords  and  knyghtes  and  gentyllmen, 
and  then  cam  the  Qwyne  of  Schottes  and  alle  owre  lades  and  her 
gentyll  women  and  owre  gentyll  women  to  «  the  nomber  of  a  C. 
and  ther  was  sent  her  mony  grett  gyftes  by  the  mayre  and  alder- 
men, as  beyffes,  mottuns,  velles,  swines,  bred,  wylld  iFuUe,  wyne, 
here,  spysys,  and  alle  thyngs,  and  qwaylles,  sturgeon,  wod  and 
coUes,  and  samons,  by  dyver  men. 

[The  iiij  day  of  November  the  Glueen  rode  unto  the  court,  at- 
tended with  a  great  train  of  noblemen,  gentlemen,  and  ladies.  At 
the  Court  gate  stood  all  the  guards  in  their  best  coats.]  Ther  the 
yerle  of  Pe  [mbroke  saluted  her  and  brought  her]  to  the  hall  dore, 
and  ther  mett  her  the  duke  [of  Northumberland]  and  broyth  her 
into  the  hall,  and  ther  mett  the  [King's  grace,  w^ho  salu]tyd  her, 
and  dyd  inbrasse  her  and  kyssyd  her,  and  [took  her  by]  the  hand, 
and  led  her  up  in  to  the  chambur  of  [presence ;  and]  so  ther  was 
a  bankett,  and  so  when  all  was  [done,  the  Queen]  toke  her  horsse 
and  was  browght  unto  the  bysshopes  palesse  to  soper,  and  ther  she 
laye  ther  tyll  the  (blank) 

The  vj  day  of  November  the  Qwyne  rod  thrught  [London]  to 
Bysshope-gatt,  and  the  duke  of  Northumberland  [and  a  hundred] 
of  grett  horsys  and  cotes  of  welvet  in-brodery,  [with]  hats  of 
velvet  and  whyt  fethers  and  chynes  ^  of  gold ;  [and  the]  yerle  of 
Penbroke  with  a  C.  gret  horsses,  cotes  gardy[d  with]  velvet,  and 
chynes,^  hats  and  whyt  fethers,  and  every  [man]  havyng  a  new 

•  MS.  tho.  b  chains. 


12  DIARY    OF    A  [1551. 

gayffelyns  »  in  ther  hands,  and  a  bage  P ;  and  then  cam  the  lord 
Tresorer  with  a  C.  gret  horsse  and  ther  cotes  of  marbuU,  with  bage 
the  facon  i  of  gold  and  gayfFelins  ;  and  with  gret  nombur  of  lords 
and  knyghtSj  and  gentyllmen  and  lades ;  and  ther  the  Qwyne  re- 
seyvyd  of  the  chamburlain  of  London  at  the  gatt  a  C.  marke  owt 
of  the  chambur. 

The  viij  day  of  November  was  cared  to  the  Towre  the  good 
yerlle  of  Arundell  and  my  lord  Pagett. 

The  XXV  day  of  November  was  cared  to  the  Towre  the  lord 
Dacurs  of  the  North, — the  v  yer  kyng  Edward  the  vj^. 

The  XXX  day  of  November  ther  was  a  grett  skafFold  mad  in 
Westmynster  halle  agaynst  the  next  day,  that  was  [the]  ifurst  day 
of  Desember,  for  the  duke  of  Somersett,  the  [which]  was  raynyd 
of  tresun  and  qwyt  of  ytt,  and  cast  of  fe[lony],  and  ther  was 
shyth  a  shutt  ^  of  men  and  women,  for  they  thowght  that  he  had 
f  byne  qwytt,  for  [they]  thruw  a  C.  caps  on  he  s  for  gladnes,  for 
ther  was  mony  lost  ther 

.     .     .  and  the  stret  hangyd  with  blake     .     .     .     mantyll  frysse 
gowne  boyth     .     .     .  meny  blake  gownes,  and  then  cam  the  cors 
-^     with  ...     of  armes  borne  a-bowt  her,  and  a  gret    .     .     .    and 
ther  was  the  compeny  of  the  Clarkes,  and  a  gret     .     .     . 

The  vij  day  of  Desember  at  Hyd  parke  a  gret  muster  of  men 
of  armes :  the  furst  the  kynges  trumpeters  ;  [then]  my  lord  Bray, 
in  gylt  harnes,  captayn  of  the  pe  [nsioners,  and  a]  gret  baner  of  the 
kynges  armes  ;  and  then  cam  the  pensyoners  in  caumplet  *  harnes, 
and  gret  bars  ",  in  [white  and]  blake,  v  and  v  a  ranke,  and  after 
them  cam  the[ir  servants,  in  number]  a  C.  with  grett  harse^,  and 
harnes  in  whyt  and  blake,  [and  speres].  The  secound  my  lord 
Tresorer,  a  C.  men  of  ^  arms,  broderyd  cott,  red  and  whyt,  and 
ther  spers,  ys  [standard]  a  faucon  of  gold.  The  iij  was  [the]  duke 
of  Northumberland,  with  [C.  men]  of  armes  in  welvet  in-brodery, 

o  javelin.  f  badge.  i  falcon.  '  such  a  shout. 

■  on  high.  '  complete.  "  horse.  *  MS.  or. 


1551-2.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  13 

trumpeters,  [his  standard]  a  lyon  crounyd  gold.  The  iiij  my  lord 
marqws  Northamtun  a  C.  men  of  armes,  in  yelow  and  [black], 
spers  and  pensels  and  trumpeters.  The  yerlle  of  Bedford  a  C.  men 
of  armes  and  [in]  red  and  whyt,  ys  standard  a  gott  ^  whyt,  and  a 
trumpeter,  and  pensels  and  spers,  cotes  red  and  whyt  and  blake. 
The  yerle  of  Rottland  a  C.  men  of  armes  in  yelow  and  bluw ;  ys 
standard  a  pekoke,  and  pensels.  The  yerle  of  Huntyntun  men 
of  armes  1.  in  bluw,  and  speres,  and  standard,  and  pensels.  The 
yerle  of  Penbroke  C.  men  of  armes.  My  lord  Cobam  1.  men  of 
armes,  in  blak  and  whyt.  My  lord  Chamburlayne  1.  men  of  armes, 
cote(s)  of  whyt  [and]  red,  and  speres  cotes  in-brodere,  and  pen- 
sels. M.  tresorer  Cheyney  a  C.  men  of  armes,  all  blake,  and 
speres  and  pensells,  by-syd  costerells  and  geton. 

and  armes  a-pone  the  blake  at     .     .     .     pryche  the 

Skott  of  saynt  Peters  in  Cornhyll  .  .  .  the  morow  dyd  pryche 
doythury  Bartelett  a  godly  ...  at  the  berehyng  was  the 
masters  and  compeny  of  the     .     .     . 

The  iiij  day  of  Januarii  was  mad  a  grett  skaiFold  [in  Ch]epe 
hard  by  the  crosse,  agaynst  the  kynges  lord  of  myss[rule]  cum- 
yng  from  Grenwyche ;  and  landyd  at  Towre  warfFj  [and  with]  hym 
yonge  knyghts  and  gentyllmen  a  gret  nombur  on  [horseb]  ake  sum 
in  gownes  and  cotes  and  chynes  ^  abowt  ther  nekes,  every  man 
havyng  a  balderyke  of  yelow  and  grene  abowt  ther  nekes,  and  on 
the  Towre  hyll  ther  they  [went  in]  order,  furst  a  standard  of 
yelow  and  grene  sylke  with  Sant  Gorge,  and  then  gonnes  and 
skuybes,^  and  trompets  and  bagespypes,  and  drousselars  and  flutes, 
and  then  a  gret  compeny  all  in  yelow  and  gren,  and  docturs  de- 
claryng  my  lord  grett,  and  then  the  mores  danse  dansyng  with  a 
tabret,  and  afor  xx  of  ys  consell  on  horsbake  in  gownes  of 
chanabuUe  lynyd  with  blue  tafFata  and  capes  of  the  sam,  lyke  sage 
(men) ;  then  cam  my  lord  with  a  gowne  of  gold  furyd  with  fur 
of  the  goodlyest  coUers  ^  as  ever  youe  saw,  and  then  ys  .  .  . 
and  after  cam  alfF  a  hundred  in  red  and  wyht,  tallmen   [of]   the 

*  goat.  y  doctor.  ^  chains.  "  squibs.  ^  colours. 


14  DIARY   OF    A  [1551-2. 

gard,  with  hods  of  the  sam  coler,  and  cam  in  to  the  cete ;  and  after 
cam  a  carte,  the  whyche  cared  the  pelere,  the  a  .  .  ,  [the]  jubett,^ 
the  stokes,  and  at  the  crose  in  Chepe  a  gret  brod  s[kafFold]  for  to  go 
up ;  then  cam  up  the  trumpeter,  the  harold,  [and  the]  doctur  of 
the  law,  and  ther  was  a  proclamasyon  mad  of  my  lord(^s)  pro- 
geny,"^  and  of  ys  gret  howshold  that  he  [kept,]  and  of  ys  dyng- 
nyte ;  and  there  was  a  hoghed  of  wyne  [at]  the  skafFold,  and 
ther  my  lord  dranke,  and  ys  consell,  and  [had]  the  hed  smyttyn 
owt  that  every  body  mytht  drynke,  and  [money?]  cast  abowt 
them,  and  after  my  lord(^s)  grase  rod  unto  my  lord  mer  ^  and  alle 
ys  men  to  dener,  for  ther  was  dener  as  youe  have  sene  y ;  and 
after  he  toke  his  hers^,  and  rod  to  my  lord  Tresorer  at  Frer 
Austens,  and  so  to  Bysshopgate,  and  so  to  Towre  warfF,  and  toke 
barge  to  Grenwyche. 

[The  xxij  of  January,  soon  after  eight  of  the  clock  in  the  morn- 
ing, the  duke  of  Somerset  was  beheaded  on  Tower  hilL  There  was 
as]  grett  compeny  as  have  bene  syne  .  .  the  kynges  gard  be- 
hynge  there  with  ther  ha[lbards,  and  a]  M^.  mo  with  halbards  of 
the  prevelege  of  the  Towre,  [RatclifFe,]  Lymhowsse,  Whyt-chapell, 
Sant  Kateryn,  and  Strettford  [Bow],  as  Hogston,  Sordyche;  and 
ther  the  ij  shreyfs  behyng  th[ere  present]  seyng  the  execusyon  of  my 
lord,  and  ys  hed  to  be  [smitten]  of,  and  after  shortely  ys  body  was 
putt  in  to  a  coffin,  [and  carried]  in  to  the  Towre,  and  ther  bered 
in  the  chyrche,  of  [the  north]  syd  of  the  qwyre  of  sant  Peters, 
the  wyche  I  beseeche  [God]  have  mercy  on  ys  sowlle,  amen ! 
And  ther  was  [a  sudden]  rumbelyng  a  lytyll  a-for  he  ded,  as 
yt  had  byn  [guns]  shuttyng  *  and  grett  horsys  commyng,  that  a 
M^.  fell  [to  the]  grond  for  fere,  for  thay  that  wher  at  the  on  syd 
[thought]  no  nodur  butt  that  one  was  kyllyng  odur,  that  [they 
fell]    down  to  the  grond  on  apon  anodur  with  ther  halb[ards], 

they  thought  no  nodur  butt  that  thay  shuld sum 

fell  in  to  [the]  dyche  of  the  Towre  and  odur  plasys,  .  .  .  and 
a  C.  in  to  the  Towre-dyche,  and  sum  ran  a  way  for  [fear.] 

V  gibbet.  ^  L  e.  genealogy.  ^  mayor.  y  i.  e.  as  great  a  dinner. 

"  horse.  »  shooting. 


1551-2.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  15 

The  XXV  day  of  Januarij  begane  the  parlement  [at]  Westmyn- 
ster  agayne, — the  v  yer  of  K.  E.  yj*^. 

The  xxvij*^  day  of  January  was  reynyd  at  Westmynster  Hall 
ser  RafF  a  Vane  knyght  of  tresun,  and  qwyt  of  hytt,  and  cast  of 
felony  to  be  hangyd, — the  v  yer  K.  E.  vj'^. 

The  xxviij  day  of  Januarij  was  reynyd  sir  Thomas  Arundell 
knyght,  and  so  the  qwest  cold  nott  fynd  ym  tyll  the  morow 
after,  and  so  he  whent  to  the  Towre  agayn,  and  then  the  qwest 
wher  shutt  up  tyll  the  morow  with-owt  mett  or  drynke,  or  can- 
dylle  or  fyre,  and  on  the  morow  he  cam  a-gayne,  and  the  qwest 
qwytt  ym  of  tresun,  and  cast  hym  of  felony  to  be  hangyd, — the  v 
king  Edward  vj*^. 

The  V  day  of  Feybruarii  was  reynyd  sir  Mylles  Parterege 
knyght  of  tresun,  and  qwytt  of  yt,  and  cast  of  felony  to  be  hangyd, 
the  vj*^  yer  of  king  Edward  vj*^. 

[sir  Michael  Stanhope  was] 

cast  of  felony  to  be  hangyd — the  vj[*h  K.  E.  vj*^.] 

The  xxvj*^  day  of  Feybruarii,  the  wyche  was  [the  morrow  aft]er 
saynt  Mathuwe  day,  was  heddyd  on  the  Tower  [hill  sir]  Myghell 
Stanhope  knyght,  and  ser  Thomas  Arundell ;  [and  in]  -contenent 
was  hangyd  the  seylff  sam  tyme  sir  RafF  [a  Vane]  knyght,  and 
ser  Mylles  Parterege  knyght,  of  the  galowse  besyd  the  .  .  .  • 
and  after  ther  bodys  wher  putt  in  to  dyvers  nuw  coffens  [to  be  be-] 
red  and  beds  in  to  the  Towre  in  cases  and  ther  bered  .  .  cent. 

The  xxviij^**  day  of  Feybruarii  was  mared  M.  James  .... 
clarke  of  the  gren  cloth  in  (the)  kyng('s)  howsse,  unto  Annes 
.  .  late  wyffe  of  John  Heth,  serjant  of  thekyng(^s)  bakhowsse, 
[at  the]  parryche  of  saynt  BotoulfFe  with-owt  Bysshopgate,  and  .  . 
The  xxviij  day  of  Feybruarii  was  bered  the  nobuU  [lady  the] 
contes  of  Penbroke,  and  syster  to  the  late  qwyne  and  wyfFe  [to  the] 
nobull  Kyng  Henry  the  viij.  late  kyng,  and  the  good  lade  [the] 
contes  of  Penbroke  the  wyche  she  ded  at  Benard  Castle,  and  so 
cared  unto  Powlls.  Ther  was  a  C.  powre  men  and  women  had 
mantylle  fryse  gownes,  then  cam  the  haroldes,  [then]  the  corse, 
and  a-bowt  her  viij  baners  rolls  of  armes,  and  then   cam  the 


16  DIARY    OF    A  {3  552. 

mornars  boyth  lordes  and  knyghts  and  gentyll  men^,  and  then  cam 
the  lades  mornars  and  gentyll  women  mornars  ij  C.  [then  the] 
gentyll  men  and  gentyll  women,  and  after  cam  in  cotts  ij  C.  ser- 
vandes  and  odur  servandes,  and  she  was  bered  by  the  tombe  of 
[the  duke]  of  Lankaster,  and  after  her  banars  wher  sett  up  over  her 
[and  her]  armes  sett  on  dyvers  pelers, — the  vj  King  Edward  vj^^. 
The  xvij  day  of  Marche  rod  thrugh  London  unto  [St.]  James  in 
thefeld,  the  kyng('s)  plascjthe  kynges  syster  my  [lady]  Elsabeth, 
with  a  grett  compeny  of  lordes  and  knyghtes  and  gentyll  men> 
and  after  her  a  grett  nombur  of  lades  and  gentyllwomen  to  the 
nombur  of  ij  C.  on  horsse-bake,  and  yomen. 

The  xix  day  of  Marche  cam  from  Saynt  James  thrught  the 
parke  to  the  court,  and  from  Parke  gate  unto  the  courtt  was 
struys*  with  sand  fyne,  and  afor  her  came  dukes,  lordes,  and 
knyghtes,  and  after  lades  and  gentyllwomen  a  gret  compeny,  and 
so  she  was  reseyuyd  in  to  the  courte  goodly, 

•  •••••••• 

cared  thrugh  Nuwgatt  and    Smyth     .... 

.  .  .  s  strett,  and  so  a-ways, — the  vj  yer  king  Edward  the  vj^^. 

The  xxj  day  of  Marche  dyd  ryd  thrugh  Lo  [ndon  on  horseb]  ake  ij 
yonge  feylles^  boyth  of  on  horse,  and  on  [of  them]  carehyng  a  spytt 
up  ryght  and  a  duke  ^  rostyd,  and  .  .  .  Nugatt,  and  ther  they 
alyth  of  ther  horse  and  .  .  and  the  duke  at  Nugatt,  and  so  was 
led  with  the  .  .  .  begers  thrugh  Flett  lane  with  many  pepuU  won 
*  .  .  to  the  Rose  at  the  Flet  bryge,  the  tavern e  wher  .  .  . 
to  have  hetten  d  yt  there,  and  I  left  them  ther,  and  [came  to]  the 
court  to  dener ;  one  of  them  dweltt  at  the  Sun     .     .     . 

The  xxij  of  Marche  was  bered  John  Welle  .  .  .  myllner, 
dwellyng  at  the  iiij  mylls  at  Stratford,  and     .     .     . 

The  ix  day  of  Aprell  was  bered  M.  Morgayne,  gold-smyth,  in 
the  parryche  of  Saynt  Foster,  in  Foster     .     .     . 

The  xij  day  of  Aprell  was  bered  ser  Umffrey     .     .     knyght, 
with  a  standard  and  a  penon,  and  a  cott  armur    .     .     and  sword, 
elmett,  and  mantylles,  and  vj  dosen  of  skoychyons,  meny  gownes 
"  Sic  MS. /or  strewn.  •'fellows?  «=  duck.  ''eaten. 


1552.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  1? 

gyffyn  to  the  powre  and  the  ryche,  and  a  [great]  doUe,  and  with  a 
harold,  and  bered  at  the  towne,  and  the  [company]  of  the  Clarkes 
wher  ther  syngyng,  and  ther  was  [a  great]  dener  boyth  to  ryche 
and  the  powre. 

The  xvj  day  of  Aprell  rod  thrugh  London  in  a  c[ar]5  a  woman 
with  a  bannor  pentyd  with  (a)  yong  damsell  and  a  woman,  with  a 
carde  in  the  woman ('s)  hand  cardyng  her  mayd  nakyd  pentyd,  the 
wyche  she  left  butt  lytyll  skyn  of  her,  and  a-bowt  her  masters  » 
neke  a  card  hangyng  downe ;  for  thys  ponyssment  her  masters  « 
had  for  her ;  and  she  was  cared  unto  her  owne  dore  in  a  care,  and 
the(re)  was  a  proclamasyon  by  on  of  the  bedylles  of  her  shamful 
ded-dohyng,  [of]  the  wyche  the  damsell  ys  lyke  to  dee. 

The  xxiij  day  of  Aprell,  the  wyche  was  sant  Jorge  day,  the 
Kyng('s)  grace,  behyng  at  Westmynster  at  ys  plase,  dyd  where  ^  ys 
robes  of  the  garter,  and  the  yong  yerle  of  Warwyke  beyryng  of 
the  kynges  sword  afor  hym  thrugh  the  halle  unto  the  chapell ;  and 
ys  grase  dyd  offer,  and  the  resyduw 

evyngsong,  and  w  .  .  .  Kynges  grace  dyd  chuysse  in  the  sted 
of  the  [earl  of  Som]ersett  the  yerle  of  Westmorland,  and  sir  An- 
drew [Dudley,]  captayne  of  Gynes,  was  chosen  of  the  garter  the  .  . 

The  XXX  day  of  Aprell  was  proclamyd  un  .  .  .  parlementt 
that  no  man  shuld  nott  in-gratt  or  in-g[ross]  any  maner  of  re- 
tail commynge  to  the  feyre  after  the  furst  day  of  May ;  and  that 
no  man  shuld  [put]  ther  money  unto  usery  for  gaynes  nor  pr[ivy] 
exchangyng  of  gold  or  sylver ;  and  that  no  yn,  [tavarn,]  nor  bere- 
howse,  but  they  must  be  bune  in  a  coynys[ance<^  to]  kepe  good 
ruUe  and  honeste ;  and  the  sam  maner  and  that  ...  ay  that  no 
man  shuld  feythe*^  in  any  chyrche  or  chyr[chyards]  apon  the 
payne  ther-of ;  the  acts  be  in  fulle  sthrenght — the  morow  after 
May-day,  the  vj  king  Edward  vj*^. 

The  sam  day  the  Kynges  grase  removyd  from  Westmynster 
unto  Grenwyche  at  viij  a-cloke  in  the  momyng. 

•  mistress.  •>  wear.  <=  bound  in  a  recognisance.  ^  fight. 

CAMD.    see.  D 


18  DIARY    OF    A  [1552. 

The  sam  day  was  sessyons  at  Nugatt  for  theyfes,  and  a  cott-purs 
spessyally  was  for  one  James  [EUys]  the  grett  pykpurs  and  cutt- 
purs  that  ever  [was  ar-]raynyd,  for  ther  was  never  a  presun  and 
the  Towr*  but  he  had  byne  in  them, — the  vj  king  Edward  vj^. 
\  The  sam  day  was  bornyd  at  the  Towre-hylle  at  after  [noon] 
vij  mon  and  viij  maymed  and  lyke  to  dee,  and  alle  was  by  takyng 
[ill]  heyde  and  by  beytyng  of  gunpowder  in  a  morter,  and  by 
stryk  [ing]  of  fyre,  that  a  sparke  of  fyre  fell  in-tho  the  powder, 
L   and  so  alle  f  [ired]     .     *     . 

The  ij  day  of  May  was  a  proclamasyon  for  haledaye[s  and] 
fastyng  days  to  be  observyd  and  kept,  and  alle  othur  fe[asts;] 
and  for  korears  ^  and  lethers  sellers  and  tynkares,  and  pe  [dlars.] 

The  sam  day  was  hangyd  at  Tyborne  ix  fello  [ns.] 

The  iij  day  of  May  was  a  proclamasyon  how  Gaskyn  wyne  shuld 
be  sold  at  viij*^.  the  galon;  abarelle  of  alle  at  iijs.  viij^.:  a  bareile 
of  dobulle  here  at  iij».  viij^. ;  thre-holpeny  here  the  bareile  iij »,; 
syngyll  here  the  bareile  ij^. ;  and  no  no  dobulle  dobulle  alle,  nor 
dobulle  dobulle  no  more  be  callyd  no  more  dobulle  dobulle. 

tyme  callyd  Jehesus  .  .  . 
a  penon  of  armes  and  a  cote  •  •  .  blake,  and  with  ij  dosen 
of  skochyons     .     .     . 

The  xij  day  of  May  the  Kynges  grace  [rode  through]  Grenwyche 
Parke  unto  Blake-heth,  with  ys  ga[rd  with  bows]  and  arowes, 
and  in  ther  jerkenes  and  dobeletes.  [The  King's]  grase  ran  at 
the  ryng,  and  odur  lordes  and  kn  [yghts.] 

The  xiiij  day  of  May  my  lord  marqwes  [of  Northampton's]  men 
of  armes  did  muster  in  More  felds  •  .  .  compeny  and  grett 
horssys,  and  a  trompett  blow  .  .  *  nombur  of  a  C.  men  of 
armes  and  welle  h[arnessed.] 

The  xyj  day  of  May  the  Kyngs  grace  [rode  into  the  said]  parke 
for  to  se  the  goodly  muster  of  ys  [men]  of  armes,  and  every 
lord('s)  men;  severall  [trumpets]  bloghyng  a-for  ther  men,  and  ther 
standards,  and  ther  cottes  in  brodery  of  yche  lords  colers,  and  ther 
speyres  color  yd  lyke,  and  ther  fott-men. 

»  i.e.  except  the  Tower  of  London.  ^  curriers. 


1552.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  19 

The  furst  the  kynges  pensyonars,  the  lord  Bray  ther  captayn, 
and  the  kyng's  grett  baner  [of  arms]  borne  of-fore  of  damaske, 
blue  and  red,  and  the  trumpeters  blohyng,  and  the  pensyonars 
in  goodly  a[rray,  and]  in  harnes  from  tope  to  the  to,  and  goodly 
basses  of  cotes,  and  ther  men  in  lyke  colers  of  cloth. 

The  ij  my  lord  Tresorer's  men  of  armes,  a  whytt  standard  with 
faucon  of  gold,  cotes  whyt  and  red. 

The  iij  my  lord  Grant  Master,  with  men  of  armes,  ys  stand- 
ard of  red  damaske,  a  whyt  lyon  sylver,  crounyd  gold,  and  with 
ragyd  stayffes ;  cotes  alle  blake  wellevet  in-brodery  the  alff,  and 
th^odur  cloth  blake  in-brodery  whyt  and  red. 

The  Duke  of  SofFoke,  with  ys  men  of  armes,  and  ys  standard 
a  unycorne  sylver  armyn  in  a  sune-beme  gold,  whyt  and  morrey, 
and  ys  penselles. 

[The  Y^^y  the  lord  Privy  Seal  his  men  of  arms;  his  standard 
of  three  colours,  a  whyt  goat,  the  standard  powdered  with  escal- 
lop shells ;  his  coat  white  and  red  in-brodery,  and  pensils  of  the 
same.] 

[The  vj,  the  lord]  Grett  Chamburlayn,  [marqwes  of  North- 
ampton; his]  standard  yelow  and  blakke,  a  mayden  hed  [crowned 
gold ;  his  coats]  yelow  welvet  the  aliFe  ys  men,  and  th'odur  [half 
cloth]  and  fott  men  in  yelow  welvet,  and  pensels. 

The  vii.  Master  of  the  Horse,  Warwyke,  ys  men  of  [arms  ;  his] 
gyttun  a  red  damask,  whyt  lyon,a  crounyd  gold,  [and  pow]  deryd 
with  rag(ged)  stayffes  of  sylver,  and  pensells. 

The  viij,  the  yerlle  of  Rottland  with  ysmen  of  armes;  [his]  stand- 
ard of  yelow  and  bluw  with  pekoke  in  [pride]  gold,  and  pensells 
with  a  pecoke ;  cottes  bluw  in-brod  [ery] . 

The  ix,  the  yerlle  of  Huntyngtun,  with  ys  men ;  hys  standard  a 
babyon,^  cottes  bluw  brodered  [velvet ;]  the  penselles  with  buUes 
hed,  crone  ^  a-bowt  ys  neke. 

The  X,  the  yerle  of  Penbroke  ys  men  of  armes ;  ys  coler  of  hys 
standard  of  iij  collers,  red,  whyt,  and  bluw,  and  a  gren  dragon  with 
a  arme  in  ys  mowth ;  and  penselles. 

»  Read  his  guidon  of  red  damask  bearing  a  white  lion.  '»  baboon.         "^  crown. 


so  DIARY    OF    A  [1552. 

The  xj,  the  lord  Adraerall  with  ys  men  of  armes ;  hys  gytton 
the  crosse  of  sant  Gorge  blake,  with  a  ankur  of  sylver,  cottes 
blake,  and  brodered  with  whyt. 

The  xij,  the  lord  chamburlayn  Darcy  ys  men  of  armes ;  ys 
standard  a  mayden  with  a  flowre  in  her  hand ;  cotes  red  broderd 
with  whytt ;  and  penselles. 

The  xiij,  the  lord  Cobham  with  ys  men  of  armes,  and  ys  stand- 
ard whyt  and  blake,  and  a  Sarsunhed*  in  [it;]  ys  cotes  blake 
gardyd  with  whytt ;  and  penselles. 

[The  xiiij,  master  treasurer  Cheny,  lord  warden  of  the  cinque 
ports ;  his  guydon  a  red  cross,  and  half  a  rose  in  a  sun-beam 
black  J  spers  and  pensells  and  alle  company s. 

The  xxj  day  of  May  was  a  cart-lode  [of  befe]  forfett  be  cause 
he  wold  nott  selle  ytt  [according  to  the]  proclamasyon  was  pro- 
clamyd, — the  vj  king  [Edward  the  vj*^.] 

The  xxvj  day  of  May  came  in  to  Fa[nchurch]  parryche  a  goodly 
May-poUe  as  youe  h  [ave  seen.  It  was]  pentyd  whyt  and  gren, 
and  ther  the  men  and  [women  did]  wher  a-bowt  ther  neke  bald- 
rykes  [of  white  and]  gren,  the  gyant,  the  mores-dan  se,  and  the  .  .  . 
had  a  castylle  in  the  myd  with  pensels,  and  .  .  plasys  of  sylke 
and  gylded  ;  and  the  sam  [day  the]  lord  mayre  by  conselle  causyd 
yt  to  be  [taken]   done  and  broken,  for  I  have  not  sene     .     .     . 

The  vij  day  of  Juin  the  duke  of  Northumberland  and  dyvers  of 
the  kynges  consell  sat  at  yeld-hall  [to  hear]  serten  causys,  and  toke 
up  my  lord  mayre  and  [his]  brodurne  for  vetell,  because  he  lokyd 
not  to  yt,  and  for  sellyng  of  the  sam,  and  odur  causys. 

The  xj  day  of  Juin  cam  rydyng  to  London  my  lade  Mareb  grase 
through  London  unto  Saynt  Johns  with  a  goodly  compeny  of 
gentyll  men  and  gentyll  women. 

The  xiij  day  of  Juin  rod  thrugh  London  unto  the  Towre  warfFe 
my  lade  Mare  grase,  the  kynges  syster,  and  toke  her  barge  to 
Grenwyche  the  kynges  courte,  and  so  cam  agayn  at  vj  a-cloke 

'  Saracen's  head,  b  Mary's. 


1552.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  21 

at  nygbt,  and  so  landyd  at  the  Towre,  and  so  unto  Saynt  Johns 
beyond  Smyth-feld. 

The  XV  day  of  Juin  was  bered  Baptyst  Borow  the  melener 
with-owt  CrepuU-gatte  in  saynt  Gylles^  parryche,  with  a  penon, 
a  cote  armur,  and  a  harold,  and  with  xxiij  stayfFes-torches,  and  so 
xxiij  pore  men  here  them^  and  many  mornars  in  blake  ;  and  the 
compeny  of  the  Clarkes  wher  ther,  and  ys  plase  was  hangyd  with 
blake,  and  armes  vj  dosen. 

[The  xvj  of  June  the  duke  of  Northumberland  took  horse  at 
five  of  the  clock  in  the  morning,  to  look  after  the  Marches  to- 
wards Scotland,  of  which  he  was  constituted  lord  Warden,  with 
a]  compeny  of  lords  and  knyghts  [to  bring  him  on  his]  way  of  his 
jornay, — the  vj  kyng  Edward  the  vj^^. 

The  xvij  of  Juin  ther  wher  sett  on  the  pelore  [a  man  and]  a 
woman ;  the  woman  boythe »  a  pesse  of  mottun  [and  when  she] 
had  ytt,  she  toke  a  pesse  of  a  tylle  ^  and  frust  ^  yt  [into  the]  myds 
of  the  mottun,  and  she  sayd  that  she  had  ytt  of  b[utcher,  and 
would  ha]  ve  ym  punnyssyd  ;  for  ytt  was  hangyd  over  [her  head 
in  ?]  the  pelore,  and  so  there  wher  they  sett  boythe     .     .     . 

The  XXV  day  of  Juin  was  drownyd  vj  men  from  Grenwyche  by 
a  grett  botte  ^  of  here  in  the  ...  of  sayntt  Kateryns,  and 
thay  wher  take  up  on  the  .  .  after,  and  was  cared  by  the  ser- 
jant  of  the  amr  .  .  and  bered  in  saynt  Towllys  ^  ender  chyrche 
yerdin  S[outhwark.] 

The  xxvij  day  of  Juin  the  Kyng's  mageste  removed  from  Gren- 
wyche by  water  unto  Pottney,  and  ther  [he]  toke  ys  horsse 
unto  Hamtun  cowrte  one  ys  progres,  and  ther  lyvyng  ther  x  days, 
and  so  to  Ottland,  and  to  Gy[lford.] 

The  furst  day  of  July  ther  was  a  man  and  a  woman  on  the 
pelere  in  Chepe-syd;  the  man  sold  potts  of  straberries,  the  whyche 
the  pott  was  nott  alff  fulle,  but  fyllyd  with  forne ;  ^  the  man  nam 
ys  Grege;  sum-tyme  he  con  [terfeited]  ym  selfFe  aprofett,  for  he 
was  taken  for  [it,  and]  sett  by  the  pelere  in  Sowthwarke. 

The  xj  day  of  July  hangyd  one  James  EUys,  the  grett  pykke- 

"  bought.  ''  tile.  «=  thrust.  «•  boat.  *  St.  Olave's.  f  fern. 


Q2  DIARY    OF   A  [1552. 

purs  that  ever  was,  and  cutt-purs,  and  vij  more  for  theyflft,  at 
Tyburne. 

The  xij  day  of  July  was  bered  ser  Robartt  Do  [rmer]  knyght,  a 
grett  shepe-master  in  Oxford-shyre,  with  standard  and  a  penon  of 
arraes,  and  ys  cot  and  target,  and  crest,  and  elmett,  and  mantylls, 
and  vj  dossen  of  skochyons. 

•  •••••••• 

the  momyng  with-owt  syngyng 

butt     .     .     the  clarke,  and  with-owtt  any  more  serves  done. 

The  XV  day  of  July  was  wypyd  »  a  yong  man  and  ij  women  for 
vyssyones  and  synes;  and  the  [woman]  she  was  putt  on  the 
pelorie,  for  she  wold  [have]  poysenyd  her  husband,  for  the  same 
woman  [permitted]  her  servand  to  com  in  to  here. 

The  xvj  day  of  July  was  bered  master  [Cowper's]  wyfF,  behyng 
the  shreyfFe  of  London,  with  [as  great  funeral]  as  ever  was  on  ^  a 
shreyfF(^s)  wyfF;  doyctur  Kyrkman  dyd  pryche  there  for  her. 

The  xxij  day  of  Julij  was  bered  master  .  .  porvear  of  wyne 
for  the  kyng,  the  wych  was  warden  of  the  Fysmongers,  and  he  fell 
in  a  .  .  at  the  berehyng  of  master  Cowper(^s)  wyff,  and  cared 
unto  hys  brodurf  s)  howse  hard  by,  and  was  cared  [to  the]  paryche 
of  saynt  Marten  organes,  wher  he     .     .     . 

The  furst  day  of  August  was  chossen  the  shreyfFe  of  London, 
master  (blank)  Grymes,  clothworker,  dwellyng  in  saynt  Laurans 
lane ;  and  the  vj  day  of  August  he  was  dysmyssyd  of  the  shreyff- 
shyp ;  and  in  ys  sted  was  chossen  Thomas  Clayton,  baker,  the 
wyche  master  Grymes  gayiF  for  ys  fyne  ij  C  lb. 

The  X  day  of  August  was  bered  masters  Basseley  c  Cowper,  late 
the  w}rff  of  master  Hontley,  haburdassher,  late  shreyfF  of  London, 
and  after  the  wyif  of  master  Towllys,  lat  alderman  and  shreyfFe  of 
thys  nobull  cete  of  London, — the  vj  kyng  Edward  the  y'fK 

[The  same  day  were  three  dolphins  taken  up  between  Woolwich 
and  Greenwich.  One  was  sent]  to  the  courte  to  the  kynge,  and 
the  [others  were  sold  in  Fish]  strette  to  them  that  wold  by  them. 

»  whipped.  •»  i.  e.  for.  c  ,\  g^  mistress  Basilia. 


1552.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  23 

The  iij  day  of  August  was  ther  born  [in  Oxford]  shyre,  at  a 
towne  callyd  Myddylltun  Stonny  [eleven  miles]  from  Oxford, 
dwellynge  at  the  syne  of  the  Egyll,  was  the  good  wyff  of  the 
howsse  deleverd  of  a  chyld  be-gotten  of  her  late  hosband  of  John 
[Kenner]  of  the  towne  of  Myddylltun  Stonny  late  dyssessed, 
.  .  .  forme  and  shape  as  youe  have  sene  and  hard,  and  boyth 
the  for  parts  and  the  hynder  partes  of  the  said  .  .  .  sam  chyl- 
deryn  havyng  ij  beds,  ij  bodys,  iiij  armes,  [iiij]  hands,  with  one 
bely,  on  navyll,  one  fondamentt  at  [which]  they  voyd  both  uryne 
and  ordure ;  and  then  thay  have  [ij]  leges  with  ij  fett,  one  syd, 
and  on  the  odur  syd,  on  leg  [with]  ij  fette  havyng  butt  ix  tooys — 
monstrus ! 

The  XV  day  of  August  was  dysmyssed  of  the  shreyfshype 
master  Thomas  Clayton,  baker,  and  for  hym  was  chosen  master 
John  Browne,  mercer,  the  wyche  was  the  [son  ?]  of  sir  Wylliam 
Browne,  and  late  mere  of  London,  the  wych  [sir]  Wylliam  Browne 
ded  mer,*  and  for  hym  was  chosen  [to  serve]  owt  ys  tyme  sir  John 
Tate,  behyng  mayre  by  the  tyme  of  kyng  Henry  the  vij,  and  bered 
at  saynt  Antonys ;  he  dyd  byld  be-syd  Freres  Augustynns ;  and  for 
fyne  master  Clayton  payd  ij  C  lb., — the  vj  king  Edward  vj*^. 

The  XV  day  of  August  ded  the  nobull  knyght  ser  [Anthony] 
Wynckfeld,  comtroller  of  the  kynges  honorabuU  howsse,  [and  of] 
ys  preve  consell,  and  knyght  of  the  honorabull  order  of  the  gar- 
ter ;  the  wyche  he  ded  at  BednoU  Grene,  at  yong  sir  John  G[ates] 
plasse, — 'the  vj  king  Edward  vj*^.  And  (in)  ys  sted  master  Cottun 
comtroller. 

The  xvj  day  of  August  was  taken  up  a'  Broke  WarfF  iij  grett 
fysses,  and  in  odur  plasys  ij  more,  and  sold  in  Fysh  [strete]  to 
them  that  wold  by  them. 


clothes   or  carsseys  and  woUencloythe  .         .         butt  onlly 

Blakewell-hall,  a-pon  forffett  of  all  ther  cloyth,  but  only  Blake- 
well.     .     .     . 

»  died  mayor. 


24  DIARY    OF    A  [1552. 

The  xviij  day  of  August  ded  the  dobull  chelderyn,  one,  and  the 
th'odur  ded  the  xix  day ;  I  pray  God  have  mersy  ! 

The  xix  day  of  August  ther  was  a  mon  on  the  [pillory]  in  Chepe 
for  spykynga  agaynst  the  mayre  and  ys  br[ethren.] 

The  sam  day  was  dysmyssed  of  the  shreyfFe  [ship]  master 
Browne,  and  in  ys  sted  was  choyssen  master  .  .  Maynard,  mar- 
ser,  the  wyche  master  Browne  payd  for  ys     .     .     . 

The  xxj  day  of  August  was  the  monumentt  of  ser  Anthony 
Wynckfeld  knyght,  and  controller  of  the  kynges  h[owsse],  bered 
at  Stepnay  with  a  grett  compeny  of  mornars,  [with]  prestes  and 
clarkes  syngyng,  and  a  harold  ys  ys  '^  M.  .  .  .  and  so  cared 
from  BednoU  Gren  over  Mylle  End;  with  ys  standdard  and  a 
grett  baner  of  armes,  and  [his  helmet]  and  ys  targett  of  the  gar- 
ter, and  ys  sword,  crest  a  [bull]  gold  and  sabull ;  and  at  the  com- 
munyon  dyd  pryche  [the  vicar]  of  Sordyche,  a  Skott ;  and  after 
a  grett  dener  for  all  that  cam ;  and  alle  ys  gayre^  was  offered, 
the  elmett,  and  then  the  targett,^  and  then  the  sword,  and  the 
standard,  and  then  ys  baner  of  armes  ;  and  after  dener  yt  was  sett 
up  over  hym,  the  wyche  a  goodly  shyth  to  ^,  and  alle  was  offered 
to  the  prest, — the  vj  king  Edward  the  vj*^. 

The  xxvj*^  day  of  August  ded  ser  Clementt  Smyth  knyght,  and 
unkull  unto  owre  soverayn  lord  and  kyng  Edward  the  vj^^,  the 
wyche  ser  Clement  mared  qwyne  Jane('s)  syster;  and  he  ded  in 
Essex,  at  a  plasse  callyd  Badow. 

The  V  day  of  September  was  a  proclamasyon  that  the  bochers 
of  London  shuld  selle  beyffe  and  motun  and  velle,  the  best  for  1^. 
fardyng  the  lb.,  and  nekes  and  legs  at  iij  fardynges  the  lb.,  and  the 
best  lam  the  [quarter]  viij^.  and  yff  thay  wyll  nott  thay  to  loysse 
ther  fredom  for  ever  and  ever. 

The  vij  day  of  September  ded  ser  John  Jas  .  .  .  by-syd 
Hunsdon,  in  Essex,  and  bered  (blank) 

The  viij  day  of  Seytember  was  bered  master  Pagm    .     .     of  the 

»  speaking.         *>  Sic  MS.         <=  gear— his  insignia.        '^  MS.  gargett.       «  sight  too. 


1552.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  25 

grencloth  onto  owre  soverayne  lord  kyng  Edw[ard,  the]  wyche 
he  gayiF  to  evere  clarke  of  ys  xl  shepe  and  odur  .  .  .  ij  lb. 
and  a  good  geldyng,  and  to  ys  maydes  xx  shepe  a-pesse. 

The  X  day  of  September  ther  wher  iij  grett  [fishes]  dryfFyn 
up  to  London  bryge  with  a  grett  nom[ber  of]  botts,*  sum 
with  netts,  sum  with  bylls,  and  sum  with  m  .  .  ;  and  then  they 
retornyd  downe  a-gayne^  and  botts  [after]  them,  be-tweyn  iiij 
and  V  of  the  cloke  at  after-none ;  for  that  same  day  was  thurn- 
deryng,  and  after  grett  [rain  ?]  and  after  that  they  wher  sene. 

Ther  wher  hangyd  ix  women  and  ij  men  for  the  .  .  .  the 
xij  day  of  September. 

The  xix  day  of  September  was  had  to  the  Towre  master 
Wallay,  authetur  ^  and  reseyver  of  Yorke-shyre. 

The  xxij  day  of  September  was  bered  in  saynt  Dennys  parryche 
in  Fanchyrche  strett  my  lade  Ley. 

The  XX  day  of  September  was  browth  to  the  Towre  of  London 
one  of  the  north  contrey. 

The  xxvj  day  of  September  was  the  lyttyll  barke  ager^  goyng  in 
too  Spayne,  and  as  sche  was  goyng  ther  mette  with  her  ij  great 
schypes  of  the  Frensche  kynges,  and  here  her  down  sore,  and 
stroke  her  great  mast  a-sunder  as  sche  was  in  fyght;  the  great 
barke  ager  followed  her  and  rescwed  her,  and  so  over-came  them 
bothe,  and  browght  them  in-too  the  havne  of  Portysmouthe,  and 
ther  they  doo  lye. 

The  XXX  day  of  September  the  mayre  and  the  aldermen,  and  the 
new  shreyffes,  took  barges  at  iij  Cranes  in  the  Vyntre,  and  so  to 
Westmynster  hall,  and  ther  they  toke  [their]  hoyth  ^  in  the 
escheker,  and  then  thay  came  to  de[ner].  Ther  was  a  grett  dener 
as  youe  have  sene  ;  for  ther  wher  mony  gentyll  men  and  women. 

The  ij  day  of  October  cam  to  London  owte  of  Skottland  ij 
{blank)  sunnes,  late  of  the  kyng  of  [Scots  ?]  and  dyd  lye  at  the  iiij 

»  boats.  »>  auditor.  «  in  side  note,  barke  hager.  *»  oath. 

CAMD.   SOC.  B 


26  DIARY    OF    A  [1552. 

Swanes  with-in  Bysshope-gate,  and  ther  they   have  ther  coke^ 
and  ther  cater,  and  dress     .     .     .     seylfF. 

The  iiij  and  v  day  of  October  was  the  good  bysshope  of  Dor- 
ham  ^  whent  unto  Towre-hylle  [to  the]  late  monestery  of  whyt 
monkes,  the  wyche  place  ys  gyffync  unto  ser  Arthur  Darcy 
knyght^  and  a-iFor  the  chyff  justes  d  of  England,  Chamley,  and 
master  Gudderyke,  and  master  GosnoUe  and  odur,  master  Coke 
and  master  Chydley. 

The  viij  day  of  October  was  a  proclamasyon  that  no  man  shuld 
not  selle  ther  grett  horssys. 

The  ix  day  of  October  was  taken  and  brought  thrugh  and  undur 
London  bryge  and  so  to  Parys  garden,  and  the  next  day  up  to 
Westmynster  thes  ij  grett  fysshes,  the  one  the  malle  and  the 
feymalle. 

The  xiiij  day  of  October  was  depossyd  of  ys  bysshope-pryke 
the  good  bysshope  of  Duram,  and  whent  unto  the  Towre  agayn, 
and  so  remanyth  stylle. 

•  •  •••••• 

hangman     ,     .     .     styll  and 

.     .     .     .     owtt  the  mydylle  of  them  bowth  with     .     .     ,     from 
one  syd  to  the  th'odur  syd  of  the     .     .     . 

The  xvij  day  of  October  was  made  vii  serjants  of  the  coyfFe ;  at 
ix  of  the  cloke  they  whent  to  Westmynster  halle  in  ther  gownes 
and  hodes  of  morrey  and  russet,  and  ther  servants  in  the  sam 
eolers,  and  ther  was  gyffyn  a  charge  and  othe  by  the  kynges 
juges,  and  the  old  serjants.  This  done,  they  retornyd  with  the 
juges  and  the  old  serjants,  and  men  of  law,  unto  Gray-yn  to 
dener,  and  mony  of  the  ...  for  ther  was  a  grett  fest,  and  my  lord 
mayre  and  the  [aldermen],  and  many  a  nobuU  man ;  and  the 
new  serjants  gayf  to  [the  judges],  and  the  old  serjants  and  men  of 
the  law,  rynges  of  gold,  every  serjant  gayfF  lyke  ryngs  ;  and  after 
dener  they  whent  unto  PowUs,  and  so  whent  up  the  stepes,  and 
so  round  the  qwere  and  ther  dyd  they  ther  homage,  and  so 
•  cook.  »>  Cuthbert  Tonstall.  «  given.  ^  justice. 


1552.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  ^« 

[came  unto]  the  north-syd  of  Powlles  and  stod  a-pone  the  stepes 
ontil  iiij  old  serj antes  came  to-gether  and  feythchyd  iiij  [new], 
and  broght  them  unto  serten  pelers,  and  left  them,  and  then 
dyd  feyched  »  the  resedue  unto  the  pelers  ;  and  ther  was  an  oration 
red  unto  them  by  the  old  sergants,  and  so  done  they  whent  unto 
Grayf  s)  in ;  and  her  be^  ther  names,  master  [Brook]  recorder, 
master  Gaude,  master  Stamford,  master  Dyer,  master  Carrell. 

The  xxj  day  of  October  was  the  feneralle  of  a  gentyll  knyght, 
ser  Thomas  Jarmyn,  the  best  housekeper  in  the  contey  of  Suf- 
foke,  with  ys  standard  and  ys  penone  of  armes,  cot-armur,  target, 
and  sword,  and  skochyons ;  and  he  kept  a  godly  chapel  of  syngyng 
men,  for  the  contray  have  a  gret  loss  of  ys  deth,  as  any  contrey 
in  England. 

.  .,  ..«••• 

a  grett  bage  off    .     .     .     and  so  ys  here  ^  was 

naylyd  to  the  pelory  .  .  by-syd  syd  of  ym  hangyd  a  bage  of 
contu     .     .     ys  neke  hangyd  a-pone  strynges  a  gret  nombur  .  . 

The  xvj  day  of  Dessember  was  stallyd  at  Wy  [ndsor]  therle  of 
Westmerland  and  ser  Andrew  Dodley  off  the  nobull  order  of  the 
garter. 

The  XV  day  of  Desember  was  (buried)  good  master  Deyffenett, 
marchand-tayller  of  London,  and  .  .  warden  of  the  Marcband- 
tayllers,  and  he  gayff  .  .  .  gowne  for  men  and  women  of  rat 
coUerd  of  .  .  .  yerde,  and  he  gayffe  as  mony  blake  gownes 
.  .  .  and  he  gayff  iij  prest  ^  gownes  of  blake,  master  (blank), 
master  Samsum,  and  ys  curett ;  and  ther  was  the  master  and  ys 
compeny  in  ther  leverer,^  and  the  compeny  of  Clarkes  a  xxx,  and 
Samsum  dyd  pryche  at  (the)  berehyng  .  ,  on  the  morowe  affter 
dyd  {unfinished.) 

The  xix  day  of  Desember  was  bered  master  John  Semer,  the 
eldest  sune  unto  the  duke  of  Somersett  latt  dyssesyd,  and  bered 
at  the  hospetall  of  Savoy,  and  ther  was  a  dolle. 

The  xxj  day  of  Desember  rod  to  Tyborne  to  be  hangyd  for  a 
robery  done  on  Honsley  heth,  iij  talmen  and  a  lake.& 

"  Sic  MS.         *»  MS.  by.         =  ear.        ^  colour.       «  priests.         '  livery.       s  lacquey. 


28  DIARY    OF    A  [1552-3. 

The  xxiij  day  of  Desember  the  Kynges  grace  removyd  from 
Westmynster  unto  Grenwyche  to  kepe  ys  Crystymas,  and  so  he 
begane  to  kepe  Halle,  and  ys  grasse  had  a  lord  of  myss-ruUe, 
keepyng  goodly  pasty  me,  for  ys  grace  (^s)  plesur,  and  with  alle 
passtyme  as  have  bene  sene. 


.  chylderyn  of  hospetalle  to  .  .  .  chylderyn 
men-kyns  and  women  in  fry[se,  and  the]  boysse  red  cape  skotys,^ 
and  every  boy  a  pe  .  .  ;  and  master  Maynard  the  shreyiF  had  a 
lord  of  [misrule,  and]  the  mores  dansse,  with  a  good  compeny. 

The  iiij  day  of  January  was  bered  master  Robyn,  alderman  of 
London,  dwellynginMarkelane,  and  [buried  at]  Barkyng  chyrche, 
and  the  strett  hangyd  with  blake  [and  the  ch]erche  and  with  armes, 
and  ther  was  a  harold  beyryng  [his  cote]  armur  and  with  iij 
penons  of  armes ;  and  ther  were  the  lord  mere  and  the  althermen 
at  ys  beryng,  and  ther  [did]  pryche  doctur  Borne,  and  ther  was 
the  compeny  of  [the  fe]lowshyp  of  the  Clarkes,  and  ther  was  gret 
compeny  of  morners,  and  he  gayfF  a  grett  meyne  of  gownes  .  .  . 
...  ley  for  men  to  the  nombur,  and  aiFter  they  whent  to  d  [ener, 
for]  thys  was  a-fFor  none. 

The  sam  day  a-iFor  non  landyd  at  the  Towre  w[harf]  the 
Kynges  lord  of  myssrulle,  and  ther  mett  with  hym  the  [ShreyfFes] 
lord  of  myssrulle  with  ys  men,  and  every  on  havyng  a  reby[nd 
of  blue]  and  whytt  a-bowt  ther  nekes,  and  then  ys  trumpet, 
[druws,]  mores  dansse,  and  tabrett,  and  he  toke  a  swaerd  and 
bare  yt  a-fore  the  kynges  lord  of  myssrulle,  for  the  lord  was 
gorgyusly  a[rrayed  in]  purprelle  welvet  furyd  with  armyn,  and  ys 
robe  braded  with  spangulls  of  selver  full ;  and  a-bowt  ym  syngers, 
and  a-for  hym  on  gret  horses  and  in  cottes  and  clokes  of  .  .  . 
in-brodered  with  gold  and  with  balderykes  a-bowt  ther  nekes, 
whytt  and  blue  sarsenets,'  and  chynes  of  gold,  and  the  rest  of  ys 
servands  in  bluw  gardyd  with  whytt,  and  next  a-for  ys  con  sell 
in  bluw  tafFata  and  ther  capes  of  whytt  .  .  .  ys  trumpeters, 
taburs,  drumes,  and  flutes  and  fulles  ^  and  ys  mores  dansse, 
gunes,  mores-pykes,  bagpypes  3  and  ys  mass  c  .  .  and  ys  gayllers  <^ 
*  Scotch  caps  ?  ''fools.  '^messengers?  •'jailers. 


1552-3.]  RESIDENT  IN  LONDON.  29 

with  pelere,  stokes/  and  ys  axe,  gyffes,''  and  boltes,  sum  fast  by 
the  leges  and  sum  by  the  nekes,  and  so  rod  thrugh  Marke  lane, 
and  so  thrugh  Grasyus  strett  and  Cornhylle ;  and 

trompet  blohyng,  makyng  a  proclamasyon  .  .  .  and  so  the 
kyngfs)  lord  was  cared  from  the  .  .  .  skafFold;  and  after 
the  shreyfFes  lord  ;  and  the  kynges  [lord  gave]  the  shreyfFes  lord  a 
gowne  with  gold  and  sylver,  and  a[non]  after  he  knelyd  downe 
and  he  toke  a  sword  and  gayfF  [him  three  ?]  strokes  and  mad  ym 
knyght,  and  after  thay  dran[k  one  to  t]hodur  a-pon  the  skafFold, 
and  ys  cofferer  castyng  gold  and  sylver  in  every  plase  as  they 
rod,  and  [after  his  co]ffrer  ys  carege  with  hys  cloth-saykes  on 
horsseback ;  [and  so  went]  a-bowt  Chepe,  with  ys  gayllers  and  ys 
presonars ;  and  [afterwards]  the  ij  lordes  toke  ther  horssys  and 
rode  unto  my  [lord]  mare  to  dener ;  and  after  he  came  bake  thrugh 
[Chepe]  to  the  crosse,  and  so  done  *  Wodstrett  unto  the  shreyfFes 
[house  for]  more  (than)  alff  a  nore,^  and  so  forthe  the  Olde  Jury 
and  Lo[ndon  wall]  unto  my  lord  tresorer('s)  plasse,  and  ther  they 
had  a  [great]  banket  the  spasse  of  alfF  a  nore  ;  and  so  don  to  Bys- 
shopgate  and  to  Ledenhall  and  thrughe  Fanchyrche  strett,  and  so 
to  the  Towre  warfFe ;  and  the  shreyfF('s)  lord  gohyng  with  hym 
with  torche-lyght,  and  ther  the  kynges  lord  toke  ys  pynnes^  with 
a  grett  shott  of  gonnes,  and  so  the  shreyfFes  lord  toke  ys  leyfF  of 
ym  and  cam  home  merele  ^  with  ys  mores  dansse  danssyng  and  so 
forth. 

The  X  day  of  January  was  the  monyth  myn?  of  ser  (Thomas^) 
Wynsor  knyght,  in  the  contey  of  (Buckingham  ?),  with  a  harold 
and  ys  standard,  ys  penon  of  armes  and  ys  cot  armur,  ys  elmet, 
target,  and  sword,  mantylles,  and  the  crest  a  whyt  hartes  ede,  * 
homes  gold ;  and  he  was  elldest  sune  unto  the  lord  Wynsor  and 
here,^  and  mared  my  lord  Dakurs  of  the  North  doythur — the  vj 
king  Edward  vj. 

The  xiij  day  of  January  was  put  apon  the  pelore  a  woman  for 

»  stocks.         ^  gyves.         *=  down.         "^  an  hour.  *  embarked  in  his  pinnace. 

^  merrily.  «  month's  mind.  ^  blank  in  3IS.  '  head.  ^  heir. 

E  3-J- 


30  DIARY  OF  A  [1552'3. 

she  wold  have  poyssoned  her  husband  dwellyng  with-in  the  Powlles 
bake-howsse,  and  the  xiiij  day  she  was  wyped  at  a  cart  harsse, 
and  nakyd  up-ward,  and  the  xviij  day  folowhyng  she  was  a-gayne 
apone  the  pelere  for  slanderyng. 

•  «••••• 

with  the  compeny  of  the 

The  xxj  day  of  the  sam  monyth  rod  unto  [Tyburn]  ij  felons,  ser- 
ten  was  for  kyllyng  of  a  gentylman  [of]  ser  Edward  North  knyght,  in 
Charturhowsse  cheyr[ch  yard  ?] — the  vij  yere  of  kyngEdward  the  vj. 

The  iij  day  of  January  was  cared  from  the  Marshalleshe  unto 
saynt  Thomas  of  Wateryng  a  talman,  and  whent  thedur  with 
the  rope  a-bowt  ys  neke,  and  so  he  hangyd  a  whylle,  and  the 
rope  burst,  and  a  whylle  after  and  then  th[ey  went  f]or  a-nodur 
rope,  and  so  lyke-wyss  he  burst  yt  [and  fell]  to  the  grond,  and  so 
he  skapyd  with  ys  lyfte. 

The  vj  day  of  Feybruary  cam  to  London  and  rod  thrughe  Lon- 
don my  lade  Mare('s)  grasse,  the  kynges  syster,  with  a  grett  nom- 
bur  of  lordes  and  knyghtes,  and  her  grace  a  grett  [number]  of  lades 
and  jentyll  women  and  jentyll  men  to  the  [number]  of  ij  honderd 
horsse,  and  thrug  Chepe  unto  Saynt  J  [ohn's] . 

The  ix  day  of  January  »  be-tweyn  vij  and  viij  of  the  cloke  in  the 
evenyng  felle  downe  the  grett  stepuU  [of]  Waltham  in  Essex,  and 
the  qwyre  felle  downe,  and  alle  the  gr  [eat]  belles  to  the  grond,  and 
myche  of  the  chyrche. 

The  X  day  of  January  »  rod  my  lade  Mare('s)  grasse  from  Saynt 
[John's]  and  thrugh  Flettstrett  unto  the  kyng  at  Westmynster, 
with  a  grett  nombur  of  lords  and  knyghtes,  and  alle  the  [great] 
women  lades,  the  duches  of  SufFoke  and  Northumberland,  my  lade 
marqwes  of  Northamptun,  and  lade  marqwes  of  Wynchester,  and 
the  contes  of  BediFord,  and  the  contes  of  Shrowsbere,  and  the 
contes  of  Arundelle,  my  lade  Clynton,  my  lade  Browne  and 
Browne,  ^  and  many  mo  lades  and  gentyllwomen ;  and  at  the 
oterc  gatt  ther  mett  her   my   lord   of  SufFoke   and  my  lord  of 

»  These  passages  probably  both  belong  to  the  month  of  February,  to  which  Strype 
has  assigned  them.  ^  Sic  in  MS.  ""  outer. 


1562-3.]  RESIDENT   IN    LONDON.  31 

Northumberland,  my  lord  of  Wynchester,  my  lord  of  BediFord, 
and  therle  of  Shrusbery,  the  therle  of  Arundell,  my  lord  Cham- 
burlayn,  my  lord  Admerolle,  and  a  gret  nomber  of  knyghtes  and 
gentyllmen,  and  so  up  unto  the  chambur  of  pressens,  and  ther 
the  Kynges  grace  mett  her  and  salutyd  her. 

.  .  .  owyn  a-pon  payne  of  presunmentt  and  a  grett  [penalty,  as 
ye]  shalle  fynd  in  the  actes  in  secund  yere  of  kyng  .  .  .  the 
perlementt  tyme  of  the  sayd  yere,  and  nott  to  be  .  .  .  plasse 
as  taverns,  alle-howses,  ines,  or  wher  ...  for  cummers  and 
gestes,  and  has  commandyd  unto  alle  shreyiFes  and  baylles,  con- 
stabulls,  justes  of  pesse,»  or  any  .  .  thay  shall  se  truthe  (and) 
justys  as  thay  shalle  [inform  the]  kyng  and  ys  consell,  and  bryng 
them  to  pressun  ^  of  .  .  .  sun  or  poyssuns  as  be  the  offenders 
ther  oiF  for     .     .     .     her  of  odur. 

The  sam  day  was  sett  on  the  pelere  a  man  that  dyd  [set  on  a] 
man  for  to  kylle  a  honest  man  that  he  myghtt  have  ys  [wife,]  and 
yett  dyd  he  kepe  her  and  spend  ys  goodes  a-ifore,  and  [could  not] 
be  contentt  with  that,  and  so  ys  ere  was  nayled  to  the  pelore. 

The  xvij  day  of  February  dyd  ryd  in  a  care  th [rough  London] 
Clarkes  wyiF  a  goldsmyth,  at  the  syne  of  the  Angell  in  Chepe,  and 
,  ,  .  .  mayd  and  a-nodur,  the  ij  wher^  ray  hodes  on  ther  hedes, 
for    .    .    . 

The  xxiiij  day  of  Feybruarii  was  bered  ser  Wylliara  Sydnay 
knyght,  in  the  contey  of  Kentt,  at  ys  plasse  callyd  Penthurst,  with 
ij  harolds  of  armes,  with  ys  standard,  and  ys  baner  of  armes,  and 
ys  cote  armur,  and  iiij  baner-rolles  of  armes,  ys  target,  and  man- 
tyll,  and  helmett,  and  the  crest  a  bluw  porpyntyn,  ^  and  vij  dosen 
and  di.  skochyons ;  and  ther  wher  mony  mornars,  and  ther  wher  a 
grett  dolle  of  mony. 

The  xvij  day  of  Feybruary  th'erle  of  Penbroke  cam  rydyng  in 

to  London  with  iij  C.  horsse,  and  a-lFor  hym  a  C.  gentyllmen  with 

•  justices  of  peace.  **  prison,  "^  wore. 


32  DIARY   OF    A  [1552-3. 

chenes  of  gold,  alle  in  bluw  cloth,  playne,  with  a  bage  on  ther 
slewe  *  a  dragon,^  and  so  to  Benard  Castyll,  and  ther  he  leyff.  ^ 

The  xxiiij  day  of  the  sam  monyth     .     .     .     bowtt  London. 

The  XXV  day  of  Feybruary  rod  in  a  care  .  .  .  .  ame  a 
■wyswer^  and  a  prest  ^  wyfF  and  a-nodur  bowdry ;  the  ij  women  dyd 
wher  ^  ray  hods  ;  the  [priest^s]  wyfF  was  persun  Whyt  here  wyff  of 
saynt  Alphes. 

The  furst  day  of  Marche  be-gane  the  parlement  [at]  the  kynges 
plasse  within  the  courte,  and  the  morowe  [removed]  to  Westmynster. 

The  iij  day  of  Marche  rod  in  a  care  on  s  of  the  bedylls  of  the 
begers,*>  for  bowdry,  dwellyn  in  saynt  Bathellmuw  lane  be-syd  my 
lord  mayre. 

The  xxiiij  day  of  February  was  bered  in  saynt  Katheryns  Col- 
man  master  Hare  i  Webe  sqwyre,  and  porter  of  the  Towre,  with  a 
harold,  and  ys  penon  of  armes,  and  ys  cot  armur,  and  with  iiij 
dossen  of  skochyons. 

The  xxij  day  of  Marche  was  bered  master  Syssylle  sqwyr,  and 
gentyllman  of  the  kynges  robes,  and  the  father  unto  sir  Hare  i 
Sysselle  knyght,  and  bered  at  saynt  Margates  at  Westmynster, 
with  cote  armur  and  ys  penon  of  armes  ;  and  he  had  a-nodur  cote 
armur,  and  a  penon,  was  mad  and  cared  in-to  the  contrey  wher 
he  dwelt. 

The  sam  day,  wyche  was  the  xxij  day  of  Marche,  was  bered 
master  John  Heth,  dwellyng  in  Fanchyrche  strett,  and  ther  whent 
a-ffor  hym  a  C.  chylderyn  of  Gray-freres  boys  ^  and  gyrlles,  ij  and  ij 
(to-)gether,  and  he  gayff  them  shurts  and  smokes,  and  gyrdulls, 
and  moketors ;  and  after  thay  had  wy. .  and  fygs  and  good  alle, 
and  ther  wher  a  grett  dener ;  and  ther  wher  the  cumpene  of  Panters, 
and  the  Clarkes,  and  ys  cumpony  had  xx^.  to  make  mere^  with-alle 
at  the  tavarne. 

*  badge  on  their  sleeve.  *•  wyver,  marginal  note.  •=  lives. 

^  wizard.  *  priest's,  *  wear.  »  one.  ^  beggars.  *  Harry. 

^  boyth  m  MS.  The  children  of  Christ's  Hospital.  *  merry. 


1553.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  33 

The  xvij  day  of  Marche  cam  thrugh  London^  [from]  Algatt,  master 
Maynard,  the  shreyiFof  London,  wyth  *  a  standard  and  dromes,  and 
after  gyants  boyth  [great  and]  smalle,  and  then  hobe-horsses,  and 
after  them  the  g[  •  •  •  ]j  and  affter  grett  horsses  and  men  in 
cotes  of  velvet,  [with  chains]  of  gold  a-bowt  ther  nekes,  and  men  in 
harnes ;  [and  then]  the  mores  dansse,  and  then  mony  mynsterels  ; 
and  af[ter  came]  the  sergantes  and  yomen  on  horsse-bake  with  re- 
byns  ^  [of  green]  and  whytt  abowtt  ther  nekes,  and  then  my  lo  [rd 
justice  ?]  late  behyng  lord  of  myssruUe,  rod  gorgyusly  [in  cloth  ?] 
of  gold,  and  with  cheynes  of  gold  abowt  ys  neke,  with  hand  fville  of 
rynges  of  grett  waluw ;  the  w  .  .  .  serjants  rod  in  cotes  of  velvet 
with  cheynes  of  [gold ;]  and  then  cam  the  duUo  ^  and  a  sawden,  ^ 
and  then  [a  priest  ?]  shreyffyng  e  Jake-of-lent  on  horss-bake,  and  a 
do[ctor]  ys  fezyssyoun,and  then  Jake-of-lent('s)  wyiFbrow[ght  him] 
ys  fessyssyons  and  bad  save  ys  lyfF,  and  he  shuld  [give  him]  a 
thowsand  li.  for  ys  labur ;  and  then  cam  the  carte  with  the  wyrth 
hangyd  with  cloth  of  gold,  and  fuUe  of  ban[ners]  and  mynsterels 
plahyng  and  syngyng;  and  a-for  rod  master  Coke,  in  a  cot  of 
velvett  with  a  cheyn  off  gold,  and  with  flowres. 

The  iij  day  of  Aprell  whent  unto  saynt  Mare  spytyll,  onto  the 
sermon,  alle  the  masters  and  rulars,  and  skoUmasturs  and  mas- 
tores,  ^  and  alle  the  chylderyn,  boyth  men  and  vomen  chylderyn, 
alle  in  blue  ^  cotes,  and  wenssys  ^  in  blue  frokes  and  with  skoy- 
chyons  in-brodered  on  ther  slevys  with  the  armes  of  London,  and 
red  capes,  ^  and  so  ij  and  ij  (to-)geder,  and  evere  man  in  ys  plasse 
and  offes  ;k  and  so  at  the  Spy  ttylle  (a  scaffold)  was  mad  of  tymbur, 
and  covered  with  canves,  and  setes  on  a-boyff  a-nodur  for  alle  the 
chylderyn  syttyn  on  a-boyff  a-nodur  lyke'  stepes,  and  after  thrug 
London     .     .     . 

[The  xj  day  of  April  the  King  removed  from  Westminster  by 
water  to  Greenwich ;  and  passed  by  the]  Towre,  and  ther  wher  a 
[great  shot  of  ^uns  and]  chamburs,  and  all  the  shypes  shott  of 

•  wyrt  in  MS.  •»  ribands.  '^  devil.  ^  soudan,  i.  e.  sultan,  or  Turk. 

«  shriving.        '  mistresses.         «  plue  in  MS.         ^  wenches.         '  caps.         "  office. 
CAMD.    SOC.  F-t- 


34  DIARY    OF    A  [1553. 

gonnes  [all  the  way  to]  RatclyfF,  and  ther  the  iij  shypes  that  was 
rygyng  »  [there,  appointed  to  go]  to  the  Nuw-fouland,^  and  the  ij 
pennons  <=  shott  gunnes  and  chamburs  a  grett  nombur. 

The  xvij  day  of  Aprell  cam  a  commondement  [down]  unto 
London  that  alle  the  cherche- wardens  of  London  [should  go]  unto 
Gyldhall  a-ffor  the  commyssyonars,  the  bysshope  of  London, 
and  my  lord  mare,  and  master  Chamlay  the  kynges  cheyfF  justes, 
[and  that]  thay  shidd  bryng  a  truw  sertycatt  *  of  alle  the  chy[rch 
goods,]  juelles  and  monay,  and  belles,  and  alle  copes  and  orna- 
ments that  [belong]  to  the  chyrche. 

The  XXV  day  of  Aprell  wher  hangyd  at  saynt  T[homas]  of 
Wateryng,  of  saynt  Marke  day,  vj  feylons ;  iiij  [were]  hangyd  with 
ij  altars  «  a-pese,  ^  and  the  ij  wher  pore  (?)  with  one. 

[^Having  discontinued  his  diary  during^  May^  and  left  half  a  page  blank,  Machyn 
subsequently  inserted  this  memorandum  :  '*  The  stylle  that  ys  sett  forth  by  owre  nuw 
kyng  Phelype  and  Mare  by  the  grace  of  God  kyng  and  quene  of  England,  Franse, 
Napuls,  Jerusalem,  and  lerland,  defenders  of  the  fayth,  and  prynsses  of  Spayne  and 
Ses[ily,]  archesdukes  of  Austherege,  dukes  of  Melayn,  Burgundye,  and  Brabantt, 
eontes  of  Haspurge,  Flandurs,  and  Tyrole." 

The  vj  day  of  Junii  dyd  falle  downe  a  ,  ►  .  a  howsse  in 
saynt  Clement  lane  be-syde  .  .  .  ther  the  good-man  of  the 
howse  was  [killed,]  and  the  good-wyfF  sore  hurt,  and  the  mayd. 
The  man^s  nam  was  {blank)  Benbryke ;  a  sad  [accident !] 

The  XXX  day  of  Junii  whas  sett  a  post  hard  [by  the]  Standard  in 
Chep,  and  a  yonge  felowe  teds  to  the  post,  [with  a  collar]  of  yron 
a-bowt  ys  neke,  and  a-nodur  to  the  post  with  [a  chain ;  and]  ij  men 
with  ij  whypes  wypyng  ^  hym  a-bowt  the  post,  [for  pretended] 
vessyones,  *  and  for  obbrobyus  and  sedyssyus  wordes — the  vij 
[king  Edw.  vj.] 

The  ij  day  of  July  was  bond  ^  unto  the  sam  post  .  .  man 
for  stryffyng  at  the  condytt,  with  the  sam  coler '  [about]  ys  neke, 
al  the  day  long,  and  ij  rods  ted  &  to  the  tope  of  *  .  for  yt  was 
a-pon  a  Sonday, — the  vij  king  Edward  vj*. 

*  rigging.    Strype  has  erroneously  riding.  •»  Newfoundland.  '  pinnaces. 

^  certificate.  *  halters.  '  a  piece.  « tied.         ••  whipping.         *  visions. 

^  bound.  '  collar. 


1553.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  35 

The  vj  day  of  July,  as  they  say,  dessessyd  the  nobull  Kyng 
Edward  the  vj.  and  the  vij  yere  of  ys  rayne,  and  sune  and  here 
to  the  nobull  kyng  Henry  the  viij ;  and  he  was  poyssoned,  as 
evere  body  says,  wher  now,  thanke  be  unto  God,  ther  be  mony 
of  the  false  trayturs  browt  to  ther  end,  and  j  trust  in  God  that 
mor  shall  folow  as  thay  may  be  spyd  owt. 

The  vij  day  of  July  was  a  proclamasyon  that  all  pentiss  »  shuld 
be  no  lower  but  x  fott,  and  alle  preve  lyghts  damnyd. 

The  sam  day  was  a  nold  man  sett  on  the  pelere  for  conterffett 
falles  wrytynges. 

[The  same  day  there  came  to  the  Tower  the  lord  Treasurer, 
the  earl  of  Shrewsbury,  and  the  lord  Admiral,  with  others ;  and 
there  they  discharged  sir  James  Croft  of  the]  constabullshype  Of 
the  Towre,  and  ther  thay  put  [in  the  said  lordj  Admerall,  and  toke 
ys  othe  and  charge  of  the  Towre,  and  [the  morrow]  after  he  con- 
vayd  in-to  all  plasys  of  the  Towre  and  .  .  .  grett  gunnes,  as  the 
Whyt  Towre  on  hee. 

The  ix  day  of  July  was  sworne  unto  the  qwen  Jane  alle  the 
bed  ofFesers  and  the  gard  as  qwen  of  England  ,  .  .  doythur 
ef  the  duke  of  Suffoke,  and  servyd  as  qwen  of    .     .     . 

The  X  day  of  July  was  reseyvyd  in  to  the  Towre  [the  Queen 

Jane]  with  a  grett  compeny  of  lords  and  nobulls  of 

after  the  qwen,  and  the  duches  of  Suffoke  her  mother,  bering 
her  trayn,  with  mony  lades,  and  ther  was  a  shot  of  gunnes  and 
chamburs  has  nott  be  sene  oft  be-tweyn  iiij  and  v  of  [the  clock]  ; 
by  vj  of  the  cloke  be-gane  the  proclamasyon  the  same  [after-] non 
(of)  qwen  Jane  with  ij  harold(s)  and  a  trompet  blohyng,  [declaring] 
that  my  lade  Mare  was  unlafully  be-gotten,  and  so  [went  through] 
Chepe  to  Fletstrett,  proclamyng  qwen  Jane ;  and  ther  was  a  yong 
man  taken  that  tym  for  spykyng  of  serten  wordes  of  qwen  Mare, 
that  she  had  the  ryght  tytle. 

The  xj  day  of  July,  at  viij   of  the  cloke  in  the  mornyng,  the 

*  pentices. 


S^  DIARY    OF    A  [1553. 

yonge  man  for  spykyng  was  sett  on  the  pelere,  and  boyth  ys 
heres  »  cutt  off;  for  ther  was  a  harold,  and  a  trompeter  blohyng  ; 
and  [in-]contenenthe  was  taken  downe,  and  cared  to  the  [Coun- 
ter] ;  and  the  same  day  was  the  yong  man('s)  master  dwellyng  [at] 
saint  John('s)  hed,  ys  nam  was  Sandur  Onyone,  and  a-nodur, 
master  Owen  a  gone-maker  at  Lundun  bryge,  drounyd,  dwellyng 
at  Ludgatt. 

The  xij  day  [of]  July  by  nyght,  was  cared  to  the  Towre  iij 
carts  [full  of  all]  maner  of  ordenans,  as  gret  gune  and  smalle, 
bowes,  bylls,  speres,  mores-pykes,  arnes,^  arowes,  gunpowther, 
and  wetelle,c  monay,  tentes,  and  all  maner  of  ordenans,  gun- 
stones  a  gret  nombur,  and  a  grett  nombur  of  men  of  armes  ;  and 
yt  had  been  for  a  gret  army  toward  Cambryge  ;  and  ij  days  after 
the  duke_,  and  dyvers  lordes  and  knyghts  whent  with  him,  and 
mony  gentylmen  and  gonnars,  and  mony  men  of  the  gard  and 
men  of  armes  toward  my  lade  Mare  grace,  to  destroye  here  grace, 
and  so  to  Bury,  ^  and  alle  was  agayns  ym-seylff,  for  ys  men  for- 
sok  hym. 

.  .  .  and  of  dyvers  maters,  and  so  in  dyvers  plases  .  .  .  • 
contres  was  her  grace  proclamyd  quen  of  [England.] 

The  same  day,  wyche  was  the  xvj  day  of  July,  was  Raff  War- 
ren knyght,  mercer  and  alderman,  and  twysse  [lord  mayor  of] 
London,  and  marchand  of  the  stapull  and  marchand  ven  [turer, 
buried]  with  standard  and  v  pennons  of  armes,  a  cott  armur, 
.     .     .     a  helmett,  mantyll  and  crest,  and  sword,  and  a  xij  dosen 

of  schochyons ;  and  ther  wher  my  lord  mere  morner 

berer,  the  iiij  sqyre  mornars,  and  mony  aldermen  at  ys  beryng ; 
[there]  wher  mony  mornars  in  blake,  and  in  blake  cotes,  and 
ther  wher  L.  gownes  gyffyn  unto  L.  men,  of  rats  coler,  of  a 
m  .  .  .  a  yerd ;  and  ther  dynyd  my  lord  mayre  and  mony 
aldermen,  [and]  ther  wher  a  gret  dener  as  I  have  sene. 

•  ears.  '^  harness  (i.  e.  armour).  <=  victuals.  •*  here  in  MS. 


1553.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  3? 

The  xix  day  of  July  was  qwene  Mare  proclamyd  qwene  of  Eng- 
land, France,  and  Yrland,  and  alle  domy(ni)ons,  [as  the]  syster 
of  the  late  kyng  Edward  the  vj.  and  doythur  unto  the  nobull 
kyng  Henry  the  viij.  be-twyn  v  and  vj  of  the  cloke  at  nyght,  and 
ther  wher  at  proclamasyon  iiij  trumpeters  and  ij  harold(s)  of 
armes,  and  the  erle  of  Arundell,  the  erle  of  Shrossbery,  th^erle 
Penbroke,  my  lord  Tressorer,  my  lord  of  Preveselle,  my  lord  Cob- 
ham,  my  lord  Warden,  master  Masun,  and  my  lord  Mare,  and  dy- 
vers  odur  nobull  men  -,  and  thys  was  done  at  the  crosse  in  Chepe,  and 
from  that  plasse  thay  whent  unto  PowUs  and  ther  was  Te  Deum 
Laudamusy  with  song,  and  the  organes  playhyng,  and  all  the  beUes 
ryngyng  thrugh  London,  and  bone-fyres,  and  tabuls  in  evere 
strett,  and  wyne  and  here  and  alle,  and  evere  strett  full  of  bon- 
fyres,  and  ther  was  money  cast  a- way. 

The  xxj  day  of  July  was  taken  in  Cambryg  the  duke  of  North- 
umberland, with  dyvers  lordes  and  knyghts ;  and  that  day  qwen 
Mare  was  proclamyd  in  Cambryg,  and  [in-]contenent  thrugh 
England. 

The  xxix  day  of  July  was  a  felow  s[et  in  the  pillory]  for  spykyng 
agaynst  the  good  qwen  Mare. 

The  sam  day  cam  rydyng  thrugh  London  my  lade  Elssabeth 
grace,  and  thrugh  Fletstrett,  and  so  to  my  [lord  of]  Somersett(^s) 
place  that  was,  and  yt  ys  my  lade  grasys  [place ;  attended]  with 
ij  M^.  horse,  with  speres  and  bowes  and  gunes,  and  odur  .  .  • 
.  .  .  and  spesyall  sir  John  Wylliam,  sir  John  Brygys,  master 
Chamb[urlain,]  all  in  gren  gardyd  with  whytt  welvett  saten  taf- 
faty     .     .     . 

The  XXV  day  of  July,  the  wyche  was  Saynt  James,  [there]  cam 
in-to  London,  and  so  to  the  Towre,  serten  traturs ;  the  first  was 
doctur  Sandes,  a  prest ;  and  next  hym  ser  Thomas  Palmer,  ser 
Hare  Gattes,  ser  John  Gattes,  ser  Andrew  Dudley,  lord  H[are 
Dudley],  lord  Ambrose  Dudlay,  lord  Hastynges,  the  erle  of 
Huntingdon,    the   erle  of  Warwyke,  the  duke  of  Northumber- 


38  DIARY   OF    A  [1553. 

land  [attended  by]  iiij  M^.  men  be-syd  the  garde  with  gettenes  » 
and  trompeters,  [and]  with  speres  and  gunnes  to  the  Towre. 

The  xxvj  day  of  July  cam  unto  the  Towre  my  lord  marqwes  of 
Northamton,  by  and  my  lord  Robart  Dudley,  and  the  bysshop  of 
London,^  and  ser  Recherd  Corbett ;  and  after  cam  in  to  the  Towre 
my  lord  cheyfFe  justes  Chamley,  the  lord  Montyguw,  at  v  of  the 
cloke  at  nyght. 

The  xxvij  day  of  July  the  duke  of  Suifoke,  maister  [Cheke] 
the  kynges  scolmaster,  maister  Coke,  (and)  ser  John  Yorke,  to  the 
Towre. 

The  xxxj  day  of  July  was  delevered  owt  of  the  Towre  the  duke 
of  Suffoke ;  and  the  sam  day  rod  thrugh  London  my  lade  Elssa- 
beth  to  Algatt,  and  so  to  the  qwens  grace  her  sester,  with  a  M'. 
hors  with  a  C.  velvett  cotes. 

The  sam  tyme  cam  to  the  Flett  the  yerle  of  Ruttland  and  my 
lord  Russell,  in  hold.  The  qwen(^s)  grace  mad  [sir  Thomas  c]  Jar- 
nyngham  vyce-chamburlayn  and  captayne  of  the  garde,  and  ser 
Edward  Hastyngs  her  grace  mad  ym  the  maister  of  the  horsse 
the  sam  tym. 

[The  iij  day  of  August  the  Queen  came  riding  to  London,  and 
so  to  the  Tower;  making  her  entrance  at  Aldgate,  which  was 
hanged,]  and  a  grett  nombur  of  stremars  ha[nging  about  the  said 
gate ;]  and  all  the  strett  unto  Ledynhalle  and  unto  the  [Tower  were 
laid  with]  grafFvell,  and  all  the  crafts  of  London  stood  [in  a  row, 
with]  ther  banars  and  stremars  hangyd  over  ther  beds.  Her 
grace  cam,  and  a-for  her  a  M^.  velvet  cotes  and  [cloaks]  in  bro»- 
dere,  and  the  mar  of  London  bare  the  mase,  and  the  erle  of 
Arundell  bare  the  sworde,  and  all  the  trumpets  [blowing]  ;  and 
next  her  my  lade  Elssabeth,  and  next  her  the  duches  of  NorfFoke, 
and  next  her  the  marqwes  ^  of  Exseter,  [and  other]  lades ;  and 
after  her  the  aldermen,  and  then  the  gard  with  bowes  and  gafFy- 
lens,  and  all  the  reseduw  departyd  [at  Aldgate]  in  gren  and  whyt, 

»  guidons.  ^  Nicholas  Ridley.         '^  Thomas  erased  in  MS.         ^  marchioness. 


1553.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  39 

and  red  and  whyt,  and  bluw  and  gren,  to  the  nombur  of  iij  M'. 
horse  and  spares  and  gafFelyns. 

The  fenerallj  the  iiij  day  of  August,  of  my  lade  Browne,  the 
wyche  she  ded  in  chyld-bed ;  with  a  harold  and  iiij  banars  of 
armes,  and  mony  schochyons ;  and  a  gret  doUe,  and  many  mornars, 
and  a  gret  dener  to  the  pore  and  ryche;  the  wyif  of  ser  An- 
tony Brown  in  Sussex. 

The  V  day  of  August  cam  to  the  Towre  doctur  dene  of  West- 
mynster,  master  Cokes. 

The  sam  day  cam  out  of  the  Marsalsay  the  old  bysshop  of 
London,  Bonar,  and  dyvers  bysshopes  bryng  hym  home  unto  ys 
plasse  at  PowUes ;  and  doctur  Cokes  whent  to  the  sam  plasse  in 
the  Marselsay  that  the  bysshope  was  in. 

The  V  day  of  August  cam  in  to  the  Towre  my  lord  Ferrys 
by  ...  .  at  ix  of  tiie  cloke,  and  so  whent  he  a-for  the 
con  sell,  and  so  with-in  a  nowre  he  was  delevered  unto  ser  John 
Gage,  constabuU  of  the  Towre,  and  so  he  had  the  custody  of  my 
lord  for  that  tyme. 

[The  Queen  released  from  prison  the  lord  Courtenay,  soon 
after  created  earl]  of  Denshyre,  and  odur  moo. 

And  the  Qwene  grace  mad  ser  Edward  Hastyngs  master  of 
the  horse,  and  ser  Thomas  Jernyngham  vysse-chamburlayne 
and  captayn  of  the  gard,  and  master  Rochastur  master  con- 
troller ;  my  lord  marqwes  of  Wynchaster  lord  tresorer  of  England, 
and  dyvers  odur  ofFeserse,  and  dyvers  odur. 

The  vj  day  of  August  cam  in -to  the  Towre,  from  [Calais,  ser] 
Hare  Dudley,  that  was  gohyng  in-to  Franse. 

The  viij  day  of  August  was  bered  the  nobull  kyng  Edward 
the  vj,  and  vij  yere  of  ys  rayne ;  and  at  ys  bere[ing  was]  the 
grettest  mone  mad  for  hym  of  ys  deth  [as  ever]  was  hard  or  sene, 
boyth  of  all  sorts  of  pepuU,  wepyng  and  lamentyng;  and  furst 
of  alle  whent  a  grett  company  of  chylderyn  in  ther  surples,  and 
clarkes  syngyng,  and  then  ys  father('s)  bedmen,  and  then  ij  harolds, 
and  then  a  standard  with  a  dragon,  and  then  a  grett  nombur  of 


40  DIARY    OF    A  [1553. 

ys  servants  in  blake,  and  then  anodur  standard  with  a  whyt  grey- 
hond,  and  then  after  a  grett  nombur  of  ys  of[ficers,]  and  after 
them  comys  mo  harolds,  and  then  a  standard  with  the  hed  offesars 
of  ys  howse ;  and  then  harolds,  Norey  bare  the  elmett  and  the 
crest  on  horsbake,  and  then  ys  grett  baner  of  armes  in-brodery, 
and  with  dyvers  odur  baners,  and  then  cam  rydyng  maister  Claren- 
sshuws  with  ys  target,  with  ys  garter,  and  ys  sword^  gorgyusly 
and  ryche,  and  after  Garter  with  ys  cotte  armur  in  brodery,  and 
then  mor  [harolds]  of  armes ;  and  then  cam  the  charett  with  grett 
horsses  trapyd  with  velvet  to  the  grond,  and  hevere  ^  horse  havyng 
[a  man]  on  ys  bake  in  blake,  and  ever  on  ^  beyryng  a  banar-roU 
[of]  dyvers  kynges  armes,  and  with  schochyon(s)  on  ^  ther  horses, 
and  then  the  charett  kovered  with  cloth  of  gold,  and  on  the 
[charett]  lay  on  a  pycture  lyeng  recheussly  ^  with  a  crown  of  gold, 
and  a  grett  coler,^  and  ys  septur  in  ys  hand,  lyheng  in  ys  robes 
[and  the  garter  about  his  leg,  and  a  coat  in  embroidery  of  gold  ; 
about  the  corps  were  borne  four  banners,  a  banner  of  the  order, 
another  of  the  red  rose,  another  of  queen  Jane  (Seymour),  an- 
other of  the  queen's  mother.  After  him  went  a  goodly  horse, 
covered  with  cloth  of  gold  unto  the  ground,  and  the  master  of  the 
horse,  with  a  man  of  arms  in  armour,  which]  was  offered,  boyth 
the  man  and  the  horsse.  [There  was  set  up  a  go]odly  hersse  in 
Westmynster  abbay  with  banar  [-rolls]  and  pensells,  and  honge 
with  velvet  a-bowt. 

The  sam  day,  the  wyche  was  the  viij  day  of  August,  cam  to 
London  [the  go]od  yerle  of  Darbe,  with  iiij^^  in  cottes  of  velvet 
and  oder  ij  C.  xviij  yomen  in  a  leveray,  and  so  to  Westmynster. 

The  ix  day  of  August  cam  the  bysshope  of  Wyncheaster  f  owt 
of  the  Towre  (conducted)  by  the  yerle  of  Arundell  to  ys  owen 
parish  of  sant  Mare  Overeys,  and  from  thens  with  my  lord  of 
Arundell  to  dener  to  Bayth  plasse. 

•  every.  ''  every  one.  *  of  in  MS.  «*  piteously,  Strype. 

*  collar.  '  Stephen  Gardiner. 


1553.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  41 

The  X  day  of  August  was  drounyd  vij  men  at  L  [ondon]  bryge 
by  folij  a ;  on  was  master  Thomas  of  Brygys  the  leyff-  [tenants]  sune 
and  heire,  and  iij  gentyllmen  more,  be-syd  odur  ;  and  one  .  .  . 

The  xiij  day  (of)  August  dyd  pryche  at  Powlles  crosse  doctur 
[Bourn]  parsun  of  hehnger,  ^  in  Essex,  the  qwen('s)  chaplen,  and 
ther  [was  a]  gret  up-rore  and  showtyng  at  ys  sermon,  as  yt  [were] 
lyke  madpepuU,  watt  yonge  pepell  and  woman  [as]  ever  was  hard? 
as  herle-borle,  and  castyng  up  of  capes  ^  ;  [if]  my  lord  mer  and  my 
lord  Cortenay  ad  not  ben  ther,  ther  had  bene  grett  myscheyflf  done. 

The  xvj  day  of  August  was  a  man  sett  on  the  pelere^  for  forgeng 
of  falss  letters  in  odur  mens  name. 

The  xvij  day  of  August  was  mad  a  grett  skafFold  in  Westmynster 
hall  agaynst  the  morow,  for  the  duke  of  Northumberland  com- 
myng  to  be  raynyd,^  with  odur,  as  the  marqwes  of  Northamton 
and  the  yerle  of  Warwyke. 

The  xviij  day  of  August  was  reynyd  ^  at  Westmynster  hall  the 
marqwes  of  Northamton,  and  the  duke,  and  th^erle  of  Warwyke, 
and  so  they  wher  condemnyd  to  be  had  to  the  place  that  thay  cam 
fro,  and  from  thens  to  be  drane  thrugh  London  onto  Tyburne, 
and  ther  to  be  hangyd,  and  then  to  be  cott^  downe,  and  ther 
bowells  to  be  brentt,  and  ther  beds  to  be  sett  on  London  bryge 
and  odur  [places.] 

[The  xix  day  were  arraigned  at  Westminster  hall  sir  Andrew 
Dudley,  sir  John  Gates,  sir  Harry]  Gattes,  ser  Thomas  Palmer, 
and  cast  [to  be  hanged  and]  quartered. 

The  sam  day  was  a  gret  feyreff  at  Chelsay  [beyond]  West- 
mynster, and  ther  was  dyvers  howsses  brent,  [and]  dyvers  barnes 
with  come  brent,  to  the  nombur  .  .  . 

The  XX  day  of  August  dyd  pryche  at  Powlles  crosse  master 
Wattsun,  chaplayn  unto  (blank),  and  ther  wher  [present  all  the] 
craftes  of  London  in  ther  best  leveray,  syttyng  on  formes,  [every] 
craft  by  them-seyliF,  and  my  lord  mere  and  the  aldermen,  and  ij  C. 
of  [the  guard,]  to  se  no  dysquyet  done. 

"  folly.         ''  High  Ongar.         •=  caps.         **  pillory.         '  arraigned.       ^  cut.       ^  fire. 
CAMD.    SOC.  G 


42  DIARY    OF    A  [1553. 

The  sam  day  was  bered  master  Kyrtun,  alderman  and  marchand 
tailler,  and  marchand  of  the  stapuU  of  Cales,  a-for  non. 

The  xxj  of  August  was,  by  viij  of  the  cloke  in  the  mornyng,  on 
the  Towre  hylle  a-boythe»  x  M^.  men  and  women  for  to  have  [seen] 
the  execussyon  of  the  duke  of  Northumberland,  for  the  skaffold 
was  mad  rede,^  and  sand  and  straw  was  browth,  and  all  the  men 
[that]  longest  c  to  the  Towre,  as  Hogston,  Shordyche,  Bow,  Rat- 
clyiF,  Lymhouse,  Sant  Kateryns,  and  the  waters  ^  of  the  Towre, 
and  the  gard,  and  shyreyfFs  ofFesers,  and  evere  man  stand  in  order 
with  ther  holbardes,  and  lanes  made,  and  the  hangman  was  ther, 
and  sodenly  they  wher  commondyd  to  [depart] . 

And  the  sam  tym  after  was  send  for  my  lord  mer  and  the  alder- 
men and  cheyflfest  of  the  craftes  in  London,  and  dyvers  of  the  con- 
sell,  and  ther  was  sed  mas  ^  a-for  the  Duke  [and  the  rest]  of  the 
presonars.  ^ 

The  xxj  day  of  August  was  sett  on  the  pelere?  ij  men,  on  a  prest 
and  a-nodur  a  barbur,  and  boyth  ther  herers^  nayllyd  to  the 
pelere,  the  parsun  of  sant  Alberowgh  i  with-in  Bysshope-gate  for 
hannus  ^  wordes  and  sedyssus  wordes  aganstthe  qwen('s)  magesty 
hygnes  at  the  sermon  at  Powlles  crosse,  that  was  the  Sonday  the 
xiij  day  of  August,  and  for  the  up-rore  that  was  ther  don.  The  prest 
.     .     .     twys. 

The  xxj  day  of  August  was  a  proclamasyon,  that  no  man  shuld 
reson  aganst  her  grases  magesty  and  her  conselle,  dohyng  the 
wyche  she  wyll  doe  to  the  honor  of  God  and  ys  mother. 

The  xxiij  day  of  August  was  the  sam  prest  sett  on  the  pelere 
agayne  for  mo  w[ordes.] 

The  sam  day  be-gane  the  masse  at  sant  Nicolas  Colabay,  goodly 
song  in  Laten,  and  tapurs,  and  [set  on]  the  owtter,^  and  a  crosse, 
in  old  Fysstrett. 

Item,  the  next  day  a  goodly  masse  songe  [at]  sant  Necolas 
Wyllyms,  in  Laten,  in  Bredstrett. 

'  about.  ^  made  ready.  "^  belong.         ^  waiters.  «  mass  was  said. 

^  Here  follow  some  words  erased,  which  appear  to  have  been,  and  a-for  the  consellors 
and  the  mare  and  alle  odur  cr. . . .  and  dyvers  wher  howslyng  after  the  old  fasyon,  and 
kept  the  pa. .         e  pillory.       •>  ears.        '  St.  Ethelburga.         ''  heinous.         '  altar. 


1553.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  43 

The  XXV  day  of  August  was  bornyd  the  [Great]  Hare,a  the  grettest 
shype  in  the  world,  and  yt  was  pete  and  yfF  yt  had  plesyd  God, 
at  Wolwych,  [by]  neckclygens  and  for  lake  of  over-syth  ;  the  furst 
y  [ere  of  queen  Mary.] 

The  xxviij  day  of  August  ded  ser  John  [Haryngton]  knyght,  of 
Rottland-shyre,  with-in  Saynt  Ellens,  Bysshopgatt  stret,  and  from 
that  day  that  he  ded  tyll  he  was  cared  in-to  ys  contray,  was  mas 
and  dirige  evere  day  songe ;  and  Monday  the  iiij  day  of  Septem- 
ber, [he]  whent  in-to  the  contray  in  a  horse  lytter,  with  ys  stand- 
ard and  ys  penon  of  armes,  and  after  ys  horsse 

with  iiij  pennons  of  armes  borne  a-bowt  hym,  and  with  a  goodly 
helmet  gylt,  with  targett,  sword,  and  crest,  and  a  x  dosen  of 
schochyons,  and  x  dosen  of  pensells  for  a  herse,  and  staiF  torchys, 
and  a  herse  of  wax,  and  a  fere^  mageste,  and  the  walans^  gylded 
and  frynged,  and  so  to  Ware,  and  so  (forwards.) 

The  vj  day  of  September  cam  owt  of  the  Towre  my  lord  Fer- 
rys,  my  lord  cheyfF  justys  Chamlay,^  and  my  lord  Montyguw, 
unto  the  denes  place,  for  ther  satt  the  consell,  and  ther  thay 
wher  delevered  and  dyscharged  of  the  Towre  with  a  grett  fyne. 

The  iij  day  of  August,  at  Rychemond,  was  my  lord  Cortnay 
created  the  yerle  of  Denshyre  of  owre  nobuUe  qwene  Mare. 

[The  xij  day  of  September  the  citizens  began  to  adorn  the  city 
against  the  Queen's  coronation ;  to  hang  the  streets,  and  prepare 
pageants  at]  Fanchyrche  and  Grasse-chyrche  and  Leaden-hall,  in 
Gracyus  strett,  and  at  condutt  in  Cornhyll,  and  [the  great  con- 
duit in]  Chepe,  at  standard  in  Chepe,  the  crosse  reparyd,  [at] 
the  lytyll  coundytt,  a  pagantt  in  PowUes  chyrche[-yard],  a-nodur 
pagant  and  mony  spechys,  and  Ludgat  nuly  reparyd,  and  mony 
chylderyn ;  [at  the  condy]tt  in  Flettstrett  a  pagantt,  and  nuwe 
trymmyd  [very  gorg]yously,  and  the  strett  hangyd,  and  plases  for 
every  cr[aft  to  stan]d  seve(ral)ly,  mad  with  tymber  from  evere 
cr[aft]  ther  standyng,  and  so  to  remane  unto  evere  halle  [for  ev]er 
when  they  shall  have  nede  for  shyche  dohyng. 

"  The  Great  Harry.  ^  fair.  "  vallance.  ''  Sir  Roger  Cholmley. 


44  DIARY    OF    A  [1553. 

The  xxj  day  of  September  was  the  obseqwe  of  the  baron  of 
Dudley  ser  John  Dudley  at  Westmynster,  the  bake-syd  of  Sant 
Margatts  ;  and  ther  was  at  ys  beryng  prestes  and  clarkes  syngyng 
in  Laten^  the  prest  havyng  a  cope  and  the  clarke  havyng  the  hale- 
water  sprynkull  in  ys  hand,  and  after  a  mornar  baryng  ys  standard, 
and  after  a-nodur  beyryng  ys  gret  baner  of  amies  gold  and  sylver, 
and  a-nodur  beyryng  ys  elmett,mantyll,and  the  crest  a  bluw  lyon('s) 
hed  standyng  a-pon  a  crowne  of  gold,  and  after  a-nodur  mornar 
bayryng  [his]  targett,  and  a-nodur  ys  sword,  and  after  cam  mas- 
ter Somersett  the  harold  bayryng  ys  cott  armur  of  gold  and  selver, 
and  then  the  corse  covered  with  cloth  of  gold  to  the  grond,  and  iiij 
of  ys  men  beyryng  hym,  and  ys  armes  hangyd  a-pone  the  cloth  of 
gold,  and  xij  men  of  ys  servands  bayryng  xij  stayfFs  torchys  born- 
yng  to  the  chyrche  ;  and  in  the  qwer  was  a  hersse  mad  of  tymbur 
and  covered  with  blake,  and  armes  apon  the  blake,  and  after  the 
mornars  a  grett  compene  ;  and  a-for  the  durge  began,  the  harold 
cam  to  the  qwer  dore  and  prayd  for  ys  soil  by  ys  stylle,^  and  so 
began  the  durge  song  in  Laten,  all  the  lessons,  and  then  the 
harold  prayd  for  a  for  masse,  and  so  the  masse  songe  in  Laten ; 
and  after  ys  helmet  ofered,  and  cott  and  targatt,  and  after  all 
was  endyd  offered  the  standard  and  the  baner  of  armes ;  and  so 
hom  to  dener,  and  ther  was  goodly  ryngyng  and  a  gret  doll. 

The  xxj  day  of  September  was  a  grett  wache  in 

.  .  ser  Edward  Hastynges,  the  master  of  the  horse,  in  sant 
G[eorge^s]  on  the  banke  a-bowt  my  lord  of  Wynchester('s);  for 
ther  wher  serten  taken,  and  Sowthwarke  w  .     .     . 

The  xxiiij  day  of  September  dyd  pryche  master  doctur  Fecknam 
at  Powlles  crosse,  the  Sonday  a-for  the  qwuen('s)  crounasyon;  he 
mad  a  godly  sermon  as  was  hard  in  that  place.  ^ 

The  xxviij  day  of  September  the  Qwen(^s)  grace  removed  from 
Sant  James,  and  so  to  Whyt  Hall,  and  ther  her  grace  took  her 
barge  unto  the  Towre,  and  ther  all  the  craftes  and  the  mare  and 
the  aldermen  in  bargurs  c  with  stremars  and  mynstrells,  as  trum- 

*  his  style.  ^  i.  e.  as  goodly  as  ever  was  heard.  •=  barges. 


1553.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  45 

pets,  wettes,^  shames^  and  regalls,  and  with  a  gret  [shooting]  of 
gunes  tyll  her  grace  cam  in-to  the  Towr,  and     .     .     . 

The  xxix  day  of  September  the  Qwuen('s)  grace  mad  knyghts  of 
the  Bathe  xv ;  the  furst  was  the  yerle  of  Devonshyre^  the  yonge 
yerle  of  Surray,  the  iij^e  lord  of  Borgane^  and  lord  Barkley,  the 
lord  Monjoye,  lord  Sowche,  ser  Wylliam  Pallet,  my  lord  Cardyif, 
the  lord  Wyndsore(^s)  sune,  sir  Ryche(^s)  sune^  sir 

Clynton,  ser  Pagett,  ser  Robart  Rochaster,  ser  Hare  Jer- 

nyngham,  ser  Edward  Dormer. 

The  XXX  day  of  September  the  Qwuyenfs)  grace  cam  from  the 
Towre  thrugh  London,  rydyng  in  a  charett  gorgusly  be-sene  unto 
Westmynster ;  by  the  way  at  Fanche-chyrche  a  goodly  pagant,  with 
iiij  grett  gyants,  and  with  goodly  speches,  the  geneways^  mad  yt ; 
at  Grache-chyrche  a-nodur  goodly  pajant  of  esterlyngs  c  makyng ; 
and  at  Ledyne-hall  was  nodur  pagant  hangyd  with  cloth  of  gold, 
and  the  goodlyst  playng  with  all  maner  of  musyssoners,  and  ther 
was  on  ^  blohyng  of  a  trumpet  all  the  day  longe  ;  at  the  conduyt  in 
Cornhyll  a-nodur  of  the  sete  ^ ;  and  (at)  the  grett  condutt  a-nodur 
goodly  on,^  and  the  standard  pentyd  and  gyldyd,  and  the  crosse 
pentyd ;  and  (at)  the  lytyll  conduyt  a  goodly  pagant ;  in  Powlles 
chyrche-yerde  ij  pagants  ;  and  ij  scaffolds  on  Powlles  stepull  with 
stremars;  and*  Ludgat  pentyd;  at  the  conduyd  in  Flett-stret  a 
goodly  pajant  and  pentyd  .  ...... 

holy]  water-stokes  and  sensers  and  copes  .  .  .  Westmynster 
chyrche,  and  ther  her  grace  hard  masse,  and  was  crounyd  a-pon 
a  he  g  stage,  and  after  [she  was]  a-  nontyd  Qwene,  the  forst  day  of 
October.     [When  all]  was  don,  her  grace  cam  to  Westmynster 

hall yt  was  iiij  of  the  cloke  or  she  whent  to  dener 

[or  pa]st ;  and  ther  the  duke  of  Norffoke  rod  up  and  done  the  hall, 
my  lord  the  yerle  of  Darbe  he  s  constabull,  the  yerle  of  Arundell 
he&  boteler,  and  my  lord  of  Borgane  cheyff  larderer,  master 
Dymmoke  the  qwyen('s)  champyon ;  and  ther  was  [great  me] lode ; 

»  waits.         *•  Genoese  merchants.         "  Easterling  merchants.        **  one.         ^  City. 
f  at  in  MS.         S  high. 


46  DIARY    OF    A  [1553. 

and  the  erle  of  Devonshyre  bare  the  sword,  and  the  yerle  of  West- 
morland bare  the  cape  of  mantenans,  and  the  erle  of  Shrowsbery 
bare  the  crowne,  and  the  duke  of  NorfFoke  [was  earl]  marshall,  and 
the  yerle  of  Arundell  lord  stuard,  and  the  erle  of  Surray  was  doer 
under  the  duke  ys  grandshyr,  and  the  erle  of  Woseter  was 
her  grace(^s)  carver  that  day  at  dener,  my  lord  Wyndsore  was 
(blank);  and  at  the  end  of  the  tabuU  dynyd  my  lade  Elisabeth  and 
my  lade  Anne  of  CleyfF ;  and  so  yt  was  candyll-lyght  or  her  grace 
or  she  had  dynyd,  and  so  [anon]  her  grace  toke  barge. 

The  ij  day  her  grace  mayd  Ixxiiij  knyghts,  the  morowe  after  her 
crownnasyon,  the  wyche  her  be  ther  names  folowyng :  (not  in- 
serted by  the  Diarist ;  but  see  the  Illustrative  Notes.) 

The  iiij  day  of  October  was  cared  to  the  Towre  the  archebys- 
shope  of  Yorke,  *  and  dyvers  odur  to  (blank) 

The  V  day  of  October  the  Qwuen(^s)  grace  rod  unto  Westmynster 
chyrche,  and  ther  her  grace  hard  masse  of  the  Holy-gost,  and  ther 
wher  ij  bysshopes;  on^  deleveredher  the  shepter^  and  odur  thyng. 
Her  grace  rod  in  her  parlement  robes,  and  all  the  trumpeters 
blohyng  a-for  them  all  -,  and  so,  after  her  grace  had  hard  masse, 
they  whent  to  the  Parlement  howsse  all  to-geyther,  and  the  yerle 
of  Devonshyre  bare  the  sworde,  and  the  yerle  of  Westmorland 
bare  the  cape  ^  of  mayntenans. 

The  xxij  of  October  dyd  pryche  at  Powlles  doctur  Westun,  dene 
of  Westmynster,  and  [there  at]  evere  gatt  in  Powlles  cherche 
yerd  wher  mad,  [to  prevent  the  breaking  in  of]  horses,  and  for 
grett  throng  of  pepuU,  grett  bars. 

The  xxij  day  of  October  was  bered  the  good  [lady]  Bowes,  the 
wyfF  of  ser  Marten  Bowesse  late  alderman  and  goldsmyth  of  Lon- 
don, with  harolds,  and  with  a  C.  men  and  women  in  gownes  and 
cotes  of  .  .  and  xxiiij  gownes  of  mantyll  frys,  alfF  men  and  the 
[half]  women,  and  ys  howse  and  the  strett  and  the  chyrche  hangyd 
with  blake  clothe,  and  with  ther  armes  a-pon  the  blake  .... 
hangyd  with  blake  and  armes,  and  ther  wher  iiij  grett   candyll- 

»  Robert  Holgate.  ^  one.  c  sceptre.  ''  cap. 


1553.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  47 

stykes  gyldyd,  with  iiij  grett  tapurs  of  .  .  .  and  ij  grett  whytt 
branchy s  horny ng  gyldyd,and  the  compeny  of  Clarkes,  and  prestes; 
and  then  cam  the  corpse  with  iiij  penons  of  arms  borne  a-bowt 
her  .  .  .  stayiFes  torchys  bornyng  a-bowt  her  with  xij  of  ys 
servands  beyryng  of  them ;  and  then  cam  the  cheyiFe  mornars ; 
and  then  my  lord  mare  and  the  swordbeyrer,  and  ser  Hare  Hub- 
bellthorne  and  ser  Rowland  Hyll  knyghtes,  and  mornars  many, 
and  ij  knyght(s)  more,  and  dyvers  gentyllmen,  and  after  the 
craft  of  Goldsmyth(s) ;  and  when  all  was  done  they  whent,  and 
the  durge,  so  home  to  ys  placsse ;  and  the  marow  after  a  goodly 
masse  song  in  Laten,  and  a  sermon,  and  when  all  was  done  they 
whent  to  dener  ther. 

The  xxix  day  of  October  dyd  pryche  (unfinished.) 
[The  same  day  the  new  Lord  Mayor  »  went]  toward  Westmyn- 
ter  [attended  by  the]  craftes  of  London  in  ther  best  leveray  .  . 
.  .  .  with  trumpets  blohyng  and  the  whets  ^  playng  .... 
a  goodly  fuyst  ^  trymmed  with  banars  and  guns  .  .  .  waytyng 
of  my  lord  mayre(^s)  barge  unto  Westmynster  [and]  all  the  craftes 
bargers  with  stremars  and  banars  [of  every]  craft,  and  so  to  the 
Cheker,  and  so  hom-wards  -,  my  lord  mayre  landyd  at  Banard 
Castyll  and  [in  St.  Paul's]  chyrche-yerd  dyd  hevere  ^  craft  wher 
set  in  [array]  :  furst  wher  ij  tallmen  bayreng  ij  gret  stremars  [of] 
the  Marchand-tayllers  armes,  then  cam  on^  [with  a]  drume  and  a 
flutt  playng,  and  a-nodur  with  a  gret  f[ife  ?]  all  they  in  blue  sylke, 
and  then  cam  ij  grett  wodyn  f  [armed]  with  ij  grett  clubes  aU  in 
grene,  and  with  skwybes  bornyng  .  .  .  with  gret  herds  and 
syd  here,  e  and  ij  targets  a-pon  ther  bake  .  .  .  and  then  cam 
xvj  trumpeters  blohyng,  and  then  cam  in  [blue]  gownes,  and 
capes  and  hosse  ^  and  blue  sylke  slevys,  and  evere  man  havyng  a 
target  and  a  gayfFelyn^  to  the  norabur  of  Ixx  .  .  and  then  cam 
a  duyllyll,  ^  and  after  cam  the  bachelars  all  in  a  leveray,  and  skar- 

»  Sir  Thomas  White.  ^  waits.  '^  a  foist,  or  pinnace.         ^  every.         '  one. 

'  wood-men,  or  savage  men  of  the  wood.     Next  year  written  wodys. 

K  beards  and  side  (».  e.  long)  hair.  ••  caps  and  hose.        '  javelin.  ^  devil. 


48  DIARY    OF    A  [1553. 

lett  hods  ;  and  then  cam  the  pagant  of  sant  John  Baptyst  gor- 
gyusly,  with  goodly  speches ;  and  then  cam  all  the  kynges  trumpe- 
ters blowhyng,  and  evere  trumpeter  havyng  skarlet  capes^  *  and 
the  wetes^  capes  »  and  godly  banars^  and  then  the  craftes,  and  then 
the  wettes  playhyng,  and  then  my  lord  mayre(^s)  ofFesers,  and 
then  my  lord  mayre  and  ij  good  henchmen,  and  then  all  the 
aldermen  and  the  shreyffes,  and  so  to  dener ;  and  after  dener  to 
PowUes,  and  all  them  that  bare  targets  dyd  [bare]  after  stayfF- 
torches,  with  all  the  trumpets  and  wettes  blowhyng  thrugh  Powlles, 
thrugh  rondabowt  the  qwer  and  the  body  of  the  chyrche  blow- 
hyng, and  so  home  to  my  lord  meref  s)  howsse. 

The  V  day  of  November  dyd  pryche  master  Feknam  at  sant 
Mare  Overays  a-for  non,  and  ther  wher  at  ys  sermon  the  yerle 
of  Devonshyre,  ser  Antony  Browne,  and  juge  Morgayn,  and  dy- 
vers  odur  nobull  men. 

The  sam  day  at  after-non  dyd  prych  master  Feknam  at  sant 
Sthevyns  in  Walbroke,  and  ther  wher  serten  pepull  mad  besenes*^ 
for  the  sermon,  and  ther  wher  juge  Browne,  ser  Rownland  Hyll, 
ser  Rechard  Dobes,  ser  John  Yorke ;  and  sum  wher  sent  to  the 
mare,  ^  and  to  the  Conter. 

[The  13th  of  November  were  arraigned  at  Guildhall  doctor 
Cranmer,  archbishop  of  Canterbury,  the  lord]  GyliFord  Dudlay, 
the  sune  of  the  duke  of  Northumberland,  and  my  lade  Jane  ys  wyfF, 
the  doythur  of  the  duke  of  SufFoke-Dassett,  and  the  lord  Ham- 
brosse  Dudlay,  [and  the]  lord  Hare  Dudlay,  the  wyche  lade  Jane 
Was  proclamyd  [Queen]  :  they  all  v  wher  cast  for  to  dee. 

The  xix  day  of  November  dyd  pryche  master  Feknam  at  sant 
Stheyns  in  Walbroke,  and  ther  he  mad  the  goodliest  sermon  that 
ever  was  hard  of  the  blessed  sacrament  of  the  body  and  blud  for 
to  be  after  the  consecracion. 

The  xxiiij  day  of  November  dyd  ryd  in  a  c  [art]  Cheken,  parsun 
of  sant  Necolas  Coldabbay,  [round]  a-bowt  London,  for  he  sold 
ys  wyfF  to  a  bowcher. 

*  caps.  ^  waits.  '^  i.  e.  made  a  disturbance.  ^  mayor 


1553.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  49 

The  XXV  day  of  November  was  sa[nt  Katharine*s]  day,  and  at 
nyght  they  of  PowUes  whent  a  prossessyon  abowt  Powlles  stepull 
with  gret  lyghtes,  and  [before  them]  sant  Kateryn,  and  syngyng, 
with  a  v<^.  lyghtes  allmost  halfFe  a  noure,  and  when  all  was  don 
thay  rong  all  the  belles  of  Powlles  at  vj  of  the  cloke. 

The  XV  day  of  November  wher  creatyd  serten  harolds,  as  Ruge- 
dragan  creatyd  Yorke,  and  Ruge-crosse  creatyd  Lankastur,  and 
Huw  master  Garter(^s)  servand  created  Ruge-crosse,  and  Wyllyam 
my  lord  Cobhamf  s)  servand  [created  Rouge-dragon »],  and  Kokes 
the  duke  of  Northumberland (^s)  servand  creatyd  Parkolles. 

The  xxvj  day  of  November  dyd  pryche  master  Whyt,  warden  at 
Powlles,  mad  a  goodly  sermon  that  we  shuld  have  prossessyon. 

[On  the  same  day  was  a  goodly  herse  for  the  late  King  Edward, 
hung  with  cloth  of  tissue,  and  a  cross  and  a  pax,  silver]  candyll- 
stykes,  and  xiij  bedmen  holdyng  of  tapurs,  and  the  durge  song 
in  Laten,  and  the  masse  on  the  morowe. 

The  XXX  day  of  November  was  a  godly  sermon  [at  St.  Paul's,] 
the  wyche  was  sant  Andrew^s  day,  the  wyche  dyd  pryche  [master] 
doctur  Borne ;  and  after  a  generall  prossessyon  abowt  [the 
church]  in  Laten  with  ora  pro  nobis,  and  the  morow  after  a-nodur 
[sermon  preached  by  Dr.]  Harfeld,  and  prossessyon  with  the  old 
Latene;  and  so  [the  Wednesday  after  a]  prossessyon,  and  so 
thrugh  England  to  be  had. 

The  vj  day  of  Desember  was  bered  my  old  lade  .... 
wedew  at  Lambeth  at  my  lord  of  Canturberes  plasse     .... 

whytt  branchys  and  tapurs  and  torchys  and  armes  ha 

on  blake  cloth. 

The  ix  day  of  Desember  was  a  man  sett  on  the  pelere^  for 
sedyssyous  wordes  agaynst  the  quen(^s)  grace  and  her  consell,  in 
Chepe. 

The  viij  day  of  Desember  was  prossessyon  at  Powlles.     When 

»  Edit.  See  the  Illustrative  Notes.  •*  pillory. 

CAMD.    SOC.  H 


50  DIARY    OF    A  [1553-4. 

all  was  don,  my  lord  of  London  commondyd  that  every  parryche 
chyrche  shuld  provyd  for  a  crosse  and  a  staflfe  and  cope  for  to  go 
of  prossessyon  evere  Sonday  and  Wedynsday  and  Fryday,  and 
pray  unto  God  for  fayre  wether  thrug  London. 

The  day  of  Desember  was  bered  in  Essex  my  lord  Morley 

with  iiij  penons  of  armes  and  with  schochyons  and  with  torchys 
and  mony  mornars  in  blake. 

The  day  of  Desember  endyd  the  parlement  at  Westmynster, 

and  regornyda  unto  the  (blank) 

The  day  was  a  proclamasyon  thrugh  London  and  all  Eng^ 

land  that  noman  shuld  syng  no  Englys  serves  nor  communion 
after  the  xx  day  of  Desember,  nor  no  prest  that  has  a  wyfF  shall 
not  menyster  nor  say  masse,  and  that  evere  parryche  to  make  a 
auter  and  to  have  a  crosse  and  staff,  and  all  othur  thinges  in  all 
parryches  all  in  Laten,  as  hale-bred,^  hale-water,  as  palme  and 
assesse.c 

[The  ij  day  of  January  the  king  of  Spain's  ambassadors  landed 
at  Tower  wharf.  During  whose  landing  there  was  great  shooting 
of  the  guns.  The  lord]  Wylliam  Haward  dyd  safF-gard  them ; 
and  so  rod  to-gether,  and  in  Fanchyrche  stret  my  lord  of  Devon- 
shire and  dyvers  odur  mett  them,  and  rod  with  them  unto 
Durram  Plasse,  and  ther  they  dyd  a-lyght. 

The  iij  day  of  January  my  lord  mayre  and  the  chamburlayn 
of  London  dyd  present  unto  the  enbasadurs  gyfts  of  dyvers 
thyngs,  as  (blank) 

The  ix  day  of  January  dynyd  the  enbasadurs  of  [Spain]  and 
all  the  quen(^s)  consell  at  my  lord  chansselers  the  bysshope  of 
Wynchester,  for  ther  was  a  grett  dener  as  [could]  be  had. 

The  x  day  of  January  the  enbasadurs  rod  unto  Hamtun  Courtt, 
and  ther  they  had  grett  chere  [as]  cold  be  had,  and  huntyd,  and 
kyllyd  tagc  and  rage  with  bonds  and  swords. 

The  xiij  day  of  January  ther  was  a  man  drane  from  the  Towre 

•  re-journed,  for  adjourned.  ••  holy  bread.  *=  ashes. 


1553-4.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  51 

thrugh  London  a- pone  a  sled  unto  Tyborne,  and  ther  hangyd, 
dran,  and  quartered,  for  conterffeytyng  the  quen(*s)  senett. » 

The  sam  day  was  had  to  the  Flett  doctur  Crom,  persun  of 
Aldermare,  for  [preaching  on  Christmas-day  without  licence.*'] 

The  xiiij  day  of  January  was  had  to  the  Towre  master  Hadyntun, 
dwellyng  in  Bouge-rowe,  and  all  ys  goods  seysenyd  for  the  quen 
and  in  the  contrey  for  profFessyng  of  serten  [heretical  doctrines.]^ 

[The  XV  day  of  January,  the  lord  mayor,  and  the]  aldermen 
whent  to  Westmynster  [to  the  court,  and]  my  lord  chanseler  mad 
a  pro  testacy  on  [to  them,  and  to]  othur  pepyll,  that  the  quen(^s)  grace 
ys  myndyd  [to  marry]  with  the  prynche  of  Spayne,  and  the  reme  « 
for  to  have  [great]  benefett  commyng  in  to  the  rayme  f  and  that 
he  not  ,  .  ,  ,  .  thyngs,  d  butt  her  con  sell  of  thys  reame 
sh     .     .     .     ,     . 

The  xvj  day  of  January  was  bered  master  Wylliam,  marchand  of 
the  stapull  of  Callys,  with  mony  mornars  [at]  sant  Androus 
ondershaft,  as  ser  Rowland  Hyll,  ser  Hare®  Hubbellthorne,  ser 
Androu  Jude,  and  dyvers  aldermen,  with  •  .  ,  ,  stayfFes 
torchys,  and  ij  whyt  branchys,  and  a  good  sermon  ;  .  .  ^  .  , 
powre  men  and  women  had  good  gownes. 

The  xxij  day  of  January  was  reynyd  at  yeld  hall  the  lord  Robart 
Dudlay  for  tresun,  the  duke  of  Northumberland('s)  sune,  and  cast 
the  sam  day. 

The  XXV  day  of  January  was  bered  master  Sturley  sqwyre,  at 
Kychemond,  with  cot  armur  and  penon  and  skochyons  of  armes, 
stayfFe  torchys  and  ij  whyt  branchys,  and  mony  mornars. 

The  XXV  day  of  January  was  a  goodly  proses syon  at  Powlle^ 
with  a  1.  copes  of  cloth  of  gold,  with  Salve  festa  dies ;  yt  was  sant 
PowUes  day,  and  ther  was  a  godly  masse ;  and  the  sam  day 
master  Feknam  was  mad  a  prebendary  at  evyngsonge. 

*  Queen's  signet.  ^  Strype  :  blank  in  the  original.  '^  realm. 

^  **  that  the  said  Prince  was  not  to  meddle  with  the  public  affairs  of  the  State,  but 
the  Queen's  great  Council  of  the  Realm,  as  before  was  accustomed."     Strype. 
«  Harry. 


52  DIARY    OF    A  [1553-4. 

The  xxvj  day  of  January  began  wachyng  at  evere  gatt  in  arness,* 
for  tydyngs  cam  the  sam  tym  to  the  quen  and  her  consell  that 
ser  Thomas  Wyatt,  ser  George  Harper,  ser  Hare  Ysseley,  master 
Cobam,  and  master  Rudston,  and  master  Knevetts,  and  dy  vers  odur 
gentyllmen  and  commons,  wher  up,  and  tha  say  because  the  prynche 
of  Spayne  commyng  in  to  have  owre  quen,  for  they  kepe  Rochas- 
ter  castell  and  the  bryge  and  odur  plases. 

[The  xxvij  day  of  January  the  city  sent  into  Kent  a  great  number 
of  men  in  white  coats.  The  captains  to  command  them,  and  the 
rest  of  their  forces,  were  the  duke  of  Norfolk,  earl  of  Ormond, 
sir  George  Howard, '^  and  divers  others.  But  many  of  the 
guards,  and  of  the  white-coats,  deserted  ^J  them,  and  captaynes 
cam  hom  a-gayn.  [Wyatt  had  gotten  some  of  the  late  king^s] 
ordenanse ;  and  so,  after  their  removyng,  cam  towards  Dartford 
with  ys  army  towards  London. 

The  xxviij  day  of  January  the  Quenf  s)  grace  dyd  send  to  master 
Wyatt  [and  his  company  the]  master  of  the  horsse  and  master 
Cornwales,  to  know  their  intentt ;  and  thay  send  word  that  they 
wold  have  the  Gluen  and  the  Towre  in  kepyng,  and  odur  thynges. 

The  xxix  day  of  January  master  Wyatt,  master  Harper,  master 
Rudston,  master  Knevett,  and  the  commons,  commyng  [marched 
to]  Blake-heth,  and  so  forward  toward  London  with  [a  great] 
army  commyng. 

The  furst  day  of  Feybruary  cam  nuw  tydyngs  that  all  craftes 
shuld  fynd  the  dobull  [number  of  men]  ;  non  butt  hossholders 
unto  the  bryge  and  the  gattes,  and  the  drae-bryge,  and  ther  lay 
grett  gones;  and  the  bryge  was  broken  done  after;  and  that 
evere  man  to  make  whyt  cotes  for  evere  howsse. 

The  sam  day  at  after-non  was  a  proclamasyon  in  Chepesyde, 
Ledyn-hall,  and  at  sant  Magnus  corner,  with  harold  of  armes 
and  on  of  the  quen  [^s]  trumpeters  blohyng,  and  my  lord  mare, 
and   my  lord  admerall   H award,   and  the   ij    shreyiFs,    that  ser 

»  harness  (i.  e.  armour). 
^  Hayward  in  Strype,  but  no  doubt  Haward  in  orig.  "  Strype. 


1553-4.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  53 

Thomas  Wyatt  was  proclamyd  traytur  and  rebellyons,  and  all  ys 
fellowes,,  agaynst  the  Quenfs)  mageste  and  her  consell,  and  that  he 
wold  have  the  Quen  in  costody,  and  the  Towre  of  London  in 
kepyng ;  and  thay  convayd  unto  evere  gatt  gonnes  and  the  bryge ; 
and  so  evere  gatt  with  men  in  harnes  nyght  and  days.  And 
a-bowt  iij  of  the  cloke  at  after-non  the  Quen('s)  grace  cam  rydyng 
from  Westmynster  unto  yeld-hall  with  mony  lordes,  knyghts  and 
lades,  and  bysshopes  and  haroldes  of  armes,  and  trompeturs 
blohynge  and  all  the  gard  in  harnes.  [Then  she  declared,  in  an 
oration  to  the  mayor  and  the  city,  and  to  her  council,  her  mind 
concerning  her  marriage,  that  she  never  intended  to  marry  out  of 
her  realm  but  by  her  counciFs  consent  and  advice ;  and  that 
she  would  never  marry  but  all  her  true]  sogettes^  shall  be  content, 
[or  else  she  would  live]  as  her  grace  has  don  hederto.  [But  that 
her  gr]  ace  wyll  call  a  parlement  [as]  shortely  as  [may  be,  and] 
as  thay  shall  fynd,  and  that  [the  earl  of]  Penbroke  shall  be 
cheyfFe  capten  and  generall  agaynst  ser  Thomas  Wyatt  and  ys 
felous  in  the  [field,]  that  my  lord  admerall  for  to  be  sosyatt  with 
the  [lord  mayor]  to  kepe  the  cete  from  all  commars  therto. 
[After  this]  the  Quen(^s)  grace  came  from  yeld-hall  and  rod  to  the 
iij  cranes  in  the  vyntre,  and  toke  her  barge  [to]  Westmynster  to 
her  own  place  the  sam  day. 

The  iij  day  of  Feybruarii  was  a  proclamacyon  that  who  so  ever 
do  take  ser  Thomas  Wyatt,  exsept  Harper,  Ys[seley,  and]  Rud- 
ston,  shuld  have  C.  lb.  land  to  ym  and  ys  heirs  for  ever. 

The  iij  day  of  Feybruary  cam  in  to  Sowthwarke  ser  Thomas 
Wyatt  and  odur  captaynes  at  after-none  with  ys  army ;  and  the 
morow  after  thay  mayd  trenchys  in  dy vers  parts  and  dyvers  placys, 
with  ordenanse. 

The  vj  day  of  Feybruary  was  ShroyfF-tuwysday  in  the  mornyng 
master  Wyatt  and  ys  compeny  retorned  bake  towhard  Kyngton 

»  subjects.     The  preceding  passage  supplied  by  Strype. 


54  DIARY   OF   A  [1553-4. 

apon  Temes,  and  ther  the  bridge  was  pluckyd  up,  and  he  causyd  on 
of  ys  men  to  swym  over  for  to  feytche  a  bott, »  and  so  whent  at 
nyght  toward  Kensyngtun,  and  so  forward. 

The  sam  day  was  ij  hangyd  apon  a  jebett  in  Powles  churche  yerd  ; 
the  on  a  spy  of  Wyatt,  the  thodur  was  under-shreyflf  of  Leseter, 
for  carryng  letturs  of  the  duke  of  SufFoke  and  odur  thinges. 

The  sam  day  cam  rydyng  to  the  Towre  the  duke  of  SoiFoke  and 
ys  brodur  by  the  yerle  of  Huntyngton  ^  with  iij  C.  horse. 

[The  vij  day  of  Febi-uary,  in  the  forenoon,  Wyatt^  with  his 
army  and  ordnance,  were  at  Hyde  Park  Corner.  There  the 
Queen's  host  met  with^  with  a  great  number  of  men  at  arms  on 
horseback,  beside  foot.  By  one  of  the  clock  <^]  the  Quen['s  men 
and  Wyatt's  had  a  skirmish  ;]  ther  wher  mony  slayn ;  butt  master 
Wyatt  toke  the  way  don  by  Sant  James  with  a  grett  company 
and  so  to  Charyngcrosse,  and  so  forth,  crying  '  God  save  quen 
Mare  !^  tyll  he  cam  to  Ludgatt  and  [knocked  there ;  thinking  to 
have  entered ;  but  the  gate  being  kept  fast  against  him,  he  re- 
tired,] and  bake  agayne  unto  TempuU  Bare,  and  folouyd  hym 
mony  man,  and  ther  he  y elded  unto  master  Norray  the  harold  of 
armes  in  ys  cote  of  armes,  and  ther  he  lycted  ^  be-hynd  a  gentleman 
unto  the  cowrte ;  but  by  the  way  mony  of  them  wher  slayne  by  the 
way  or  thay  cam  to  Charyng-crosse,  what  with  mores  pykes  and 
bylls ;  and  mony  of  Wyatt ('s)  men,  as  they  whent,  wher  the  quens 
fryndes  and  Englys-men  under  a  fallss   pretens  that  he  whent 

a-bowtt  to way  as  thay  whent,  and  cam  for  to 

make  men  beleyfF  that  the  quenPs)  grace  had  gyffvyn  them  pardon  ; 
and  dyvers  of  ys  men  toke  the  quen('s)  men  by  the  hand  as  thay 
whent  toward  Ludgatt.  Thys  was  done  on  As-Wedynsday  the 
furst  yere  of  quen  Mare  of  England ;  and  the  sam  nyght  to  the 
Towre  ser  Thomas  Wyatt,  master  Cobham,  and  master  Vane,  and 
jj  Knewetes  and  odur  captaynes. 

*  boat.  ^  i.  e.  conducted  by  the  Earl.  •=  Strype. 

^  He  mounted  on  horseback  :  see  the  Illustrative  Notes, 


1553-4.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  55 

The  viij  day  of  Feybruarij  was  commondyd  by  the  quene  and 
the  bysshope  of  London  that  Po wiles  and  evere  parry che  that 
thay  shuld  syng  Te  Deum  Laudamus,  and  ryngyng  for  the  good 
vyctory  that  the  quen  ('s)  grace  had  aganst  Wyatt  and  the  rebellyous 
of  Kent,  the  wyche  wher  over-come,  thankes  be  unto  God,  with 
lytyll  blud-shed,  and  the  reseduw  taken  and  had  to  presun,  and 
after  wher  dyvers  of  them  putt  to  deth  in  dyvers  places  in  Londun 
and  Kent,  and  prossessyon  evere  wher  that  day  for  joy. 

The  xij  day  of  February  was  mad  at  evere  gate  in  Lundun  a 
newe  payre  of  galaus  and  set  up,  ij  payre  in  Chepesyde,  ij  payr 
in  Fletstrett,  one  in  Smythfyld,  one  payre  in  Holborne,  on  at 
Ledyn-hall,  one  at  sant  Magnus  London  [-bridge],  on  at  Peper 
allay  gatt,  one  at  sant  Gorgeus,  on  in  Barunsay  »  strett,  on  on 
Towr  hylle,  one  payre  at  Charyngcrosse,  on  payre  besyd  Hyd  parke 
corner. 

The  xiiij  day  of  Feybruary  wher  hangyd  at  evere  gatt  and 
plasse :  in  Chepe-syd  vj  ;  Algatt  j,  quartered ;  at  Leydynhall  iij  ;  at 
Bysshope-gatt  on,  and  quartered ;  Morgatt  one  ;  Crepullgatt  one; 
Aldersgatt  on,  quartered ;  Nuwgat  on,  quartered ;  Ludgatt  on ; 
Belyngat  iij  hangyd  ;  Sant  Magnus  iij  hangyd ;  Towre  hyll  ij 
hangyd ;  Holborne  iij  hangyd  5  Flettstret  iij  hangyd ;  at  Peper 
alley  gat  iij ;  Barunsaystret  iij  ;  Sant  Gorgus  iij  ;  Charyng  crosse 
iiij,  on  Boyth  the  fottman,  and  Vekars  of  the  gard,  and  ij  moo  ; 
at  Hydparke  corner  iij,  on  Polard  a  waterbeyrar ;  theys  iij  hanges 
in  chynes  3  ^  and  but  vij  quartered,  and  ther  bodys  and  beds  set 
a-pon  the  gattes  of  London. 

The  xvj  day  of  Feybruary  was  mad  a  grett  skafFold  in  West- 
mynster  hall  for  the  duke  of  SufFoke. 

The  xvij  day  of  Feybruary  was  the  duke  of  Suffoke  rayned  ^  at 
Westmynster  halle,  and  cast  for  he  tresun,  and  cast  to  suffer  deth. 

The  xviij  day  of  Feybruary  was  had  in-to  Kent  serteyn  captens, 
as  Bart  and  xxij  mor  of  the  rebellyous,  to  suffer  deth. 

The  sam  day  was  a  proclamasyon  in  London  that  all  the  pre- 

•  fiermondsey.  ^  chains.  "^  arraigned. 


S6  DIARY    OF    A  [1553-4. 

sonars  in  alle  the  presuns  of  the  rebellyous  of  Kent  that  thai  shuld 
go  in-to  Sowthwarke,  and  thay  that  wher  seke  «  that  ther  names 
shuld  be  browth  theder. 

[The  xxth  day  of  February  was  arraigned] 

lord  John  Gray,  the  duke  of  SufFokef  s)  brodur     .... 

The  sam  day  was  bered  master  Gorge  Pargeter,  Thomas  Parge- 
ter('s)  sune  late  mare  of  London,  with  mony  mornars,  and  with 
armes,  and  mony  gownes  gyffyn  to  pore  men  and  vomen,  and  with 
stayfF^  torchus  [and]  whyt  branchys ;  and  in  the  chyrche  wheriiij 
gylt  candellstyks  with  iiij  grett  tapurs  bornyng  and  ys  armes,  and 
the  compeny  of  the  Clarkes. 

The  sam  day  was  Mans  gohyng  in-to  Kent,  to  Canboroke,  ^  and 
fochyd  d  a-gayn,  and  browth  to  sant  Gorgeus  cyrche,  and  ther  he 
was  hangyd  by  iiij  of  the  cloke  at  nyght,  for  he  was  a  ryche  man. 

The  xxj  day  of  Feybruary  ther  was  a  man  rydying  a-bowt  Lon- 
don, ys  ffasse  ®  toward  the  horsse  taylles,  a  quarter  of  velle  on  a-for 
and  a-nodur  behynd  hym,  and  a  pyge  borne  be-for  hym  skaldyd 
a-pone  a     .     .     . 

The  sam  day  cam  rydyng  to  the  Towre  the  lord  Thomas  Gray, 
the  duke  of  SufFoke('s)  brodur,  and  ser  James  a  Croft  knyght,  sum 
tyme  depute  of  Yrland. 

The  xxij  day  of  Feybruary  was  reynyd  ^  at  Westmynster  one 
(blank)  Bowthe,  sum  tyme  of  Calles,  and  cast  for  tresun. 

The  sam  day  alle  the  Kent  men  whent  to  the  cowrt  with  halters 
a-bowt  ther  nekes,  and  bone  &  with  cordes,  ij  and  ij  to-gether, 
through  London  to  Westmynster,  and  be-twyn  the  ij  tyltes  h  the 
powr  presonars  knelyd  downe  in  the  myre,  and  ther  the  Quen('s) 
grace  lokyd  owt  over  the  gatt  and  gayff  them  all  pardon,  and  thay 
cryd  owt  '  God  save  quen  Mare  !^  and  so  to  Westmynster  hall, 
and  ther  thay  cast  ther  alters  a-bowt  the  hall,  and  capes,  ^  and  in 
the  stretes,  and  cryd  owt  ^  God  save  quen  Mare  !^  as  thay  whent. 

•  sick,  i.  e.  wounded.         *>  staflf :  in  MS.  tayff.         <=  Cranbrook.         ^  fetched. 
«  face.         '  arraigned.         t  bound.        ••  The  Tilt-yard.         '  caps. 


1553-4.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  5? 


of  the  qwen('s)  garde  att     .     .* the  man  that  was 

kyld  was  sir  John  Pr 

The  same  tyme  and  day  be-twyne  iiij  [and  v  of  the]  cloke  at  nyght 
my  lade  Elssabeth('s)  grase  c[ame  riding]  to  London  thrught  Smyth- 
feld  unto  West[minster]  with  a  C.  welvett  cottes  a-for  her  grace. 
A[nd  her]  grace  rod  in  a  charett  opyn  of  boyth  sydes.  [And  with] 
her  grace  rydyng  after  her  a  C.  in  cotes  of  [scarlet  and]  fyne  red 
gardyd  with  velvett,  and  so  thrught  Fletstret  unto  the  cowrt 
thrught  the  qu[een^s]  garden,  her  grace  behyng  syke.* 

The  xxiiij  day  of  Marche  [read  xxiij  of  February]  was  heddyd 
the  duke  of  Suffoke-Dassett  ^  on  the  Towre  hylle,  be-twyn  ix  and 
X  of  the  cloke  a-for  none. 

The  sam  day  the  qwyn(^s)  grace  gaff  pardon  unto  serten  of  mo  ^ 
men  of  Kentt,  in  Sowthwarke ;  ther  they  cryd  "  God  save  quen 
Mare  ! "  and  cast  ther  alters  on  hed  in  the  stretes  and  a-bowt,  that 
sum  had  ^  iiij  or  v  halters. 

The  vij  day  of  Marche  rod  a  bocher  e  rond  a-bowt  London,  ys  face 
toward  the  horsse  taylle,  with  ha  [If  of]  a  lame  ^  be-fore  and  a-nodur 
behynd,  and  veil  and  a  calfF  borne  a-for  hym,  a-pon  a  polle,  rawe. 

The  viij  day  of  Marche  cam  owt  of  the  Towre  of  London  the 
archbysshope  of  Canturbere  Crenmer,  and  bysshope  of  London 
was  Rydley,  and  master  Lathemer  condam,ff  and  so  to  Brenifbrd 
and  ther  ser  John  Wylliam  reseyvyd  them,  and  so  to  Oxfford. 

The  ix  day  of  Marche  was  reynyd  ^  at  Westmynster  my  lord 
Thomas  Gray,  the  duke  of  Suffokef  s)  brodur,  and  cast 

[to  lose  hjys  hed. 

The  xj  day  of  Marche  was  bered  ser  WylUam  [Goring]  knyght  in 
Sussex,  with  a  standard,  a  penon  of  armes,  [with  coat]  armur,  target, 
sward,  and  a  helmet;  and  ther  was  a  h[erse  of]  wax  and  viij  dosen  of 
penselles  and  viij  dosen  of  sh[ocheons],  ij  whyt  and  branchys  of 
wax,  and  iiij  dosen  of  stay[fF]  torchys,  and  a  harold  of  armes 

*  sick.  •»  This  means,  late  Marquess  of  Dorset.  *=  certain  more. 

*•  I.  e.  some  of  the  by-standers  caught  or  picked  up  so  many.  *  butcher, 

'lamb.  «^  i.  e,  quondam  (bishop  of  Worcester) .  *•  arraigned. 

CAMD.    SOC.  H- 


58  DIARY  OF  A  [1553-4. 

master  Chastur ;  and  he  ded  *    .     .     .     ,  owe,  and  cared  in-to  the 
contrey  by  water  to  Kyngstun,  [and]  after  by  land  to  ys  on  ^  contrey. 

The  xiiij  day  of  Marche  was  in  Aldergat-stret  a  woy[ce  heard]  in 
a  walle  that  dyd  spyke  unto  serten  pepuU,  the  wyche  .... 
was  complenyd  unto  my  lord  mayre,  and  so  after  yt  was  [made] 
knowen  by  dyvers  what  ther  wher,  and  after  cared  unto  [prison,] 
as  Nugatt  contur  c  and  the  Towre. 

The  XV  day  of  Marche  was  raynyd  at  Westmynster  ser  Thomas 
Wyatt  knyght,  the  captayn  cheyiFe  [of]  Kent,  and  cast  to  be 
hedyd  and  after  quartered  and  sett  up. 

The  xviij  day  of  Marche  was  kared  ^  to  the  Towre  of  London 
my  lade  Elsabethf  s)  grace,  the  quen(^s)  syster,  a-for  none. 

The  xxiiij  day  of  Marche  was  delevered  owt  of  the  Towre  and 
had  the  quen(^s)  pardon  the  lord  marques  of  Northamtun,  my  lord 
Cobham,  and  ij  of  ys  sunes, «  and  dyvers  odur  mo. 

The  xvj  day  of  Marche  was  deprevyd  the  archebysshope  of 
Yorke,  f  and  the  bysshope  of  Lynkolne  doctur  Tayller,  and  the 
bysshope  of  Chester,  s  the  bysshope  of  sant  Davys.  ^ 

The  xvij  day  of  Marche  was  deprevyd  the  bysshope  of  HarfFord » 
and  the  bysshope  of  Giosetur ;  ^  commyssyonars  that  dyd  depreyffe 
them  my  lord  chansseler  and  my  lord  of  Durram,  my  lord  of 
Londun,  my  lord  of  Chechastur,  and  my  lord  of  sant  Asse. 

[The  first  day  of  April  my  lord  chancellor  did  consecrate  six  new 
bishops  at  St.  Mary  Overy's,  before  the  high  altar ;  and  a  goodly 
mass  was  said.  And  when  all]  was  done  thay  yede  unto  my  lord 
ch  [ancellor's,]  for  ther  was  as  grett  a  dener  as  youe  ha  [ve  seen.] 
Thes  be  the  bysshopes  names  that  wher  consecrated,  [doctor] 
Whyt,  warden  of  Wynchastur,  the  bysshope  of  Ly[ncoln]  ;  doctur 
Borne,  bysshope  of  Bathe ;  doctur  Morg[an,  bishop]  of  sant 
Davys ;  doctur  Brokes,  bysshope  of  Gloss  [ter]  ;  doctur  Cottes, 
bysshope  of  Westtchastur ;  bysshope  of  sant  Asse  ^  changyd  to 
be  bysshope  of  ArfFord  ™ ;  master  [Griffith]  parsun  of  sant  Magnus 
bysshope  of  Rochastur. 

The  sam  day  at  after-non  was  bered  my  lade  [Ascough]  the  wyfF 

"died.         '' his  own.         •=  counter.         "^carried.         *  sons.         '  Robert  Holgate. 
«  John  Bird.  •*  Robert  Ferrar.  '  John  Harley.  •*  John  Hooper. 

'  Robert  Warton.  alias  Parfew.  "  Hereford. 


1554J  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  59 

of  Sir  Crystofer  Askuw^lat  mare  of  London :  [she  was]  bered  in  sant 
John  the  evangelett  paryche,  in  Watlyngstrett,  and  the  stret  and 
chyrche  hangyd  with  blake  and  armes,  and  iiij  gylt  candyllstykes 
and  iiij  grett  tapurs  and  armes,  and  ij  goodly  whyt  branchys,  and 
XX  men  in  frysse  gownes  bayring  of  stayf-torchys,  and  mony  vomen, 
and  then  the  compeny  of  the  Clarkes ;  and  mony  mornars,  and 
then  came  a  herald  of  armes  a-for  the  corsse  in  ys  cot  armur ; 
and  then  the  corsse,  with  iiij  banars  of  hemages  «  borne  [about] 
her,  and  the  mornars ;  and  then  the  craft  of  the  Drapers  ;  and  the 
parrysonars ;  and  so  to  the  durge  and  the  morowe  masse.  [Master] 
doctur  Smyth  dyd  pryche ;  and  when  all  was  done,  to  [dinner.] 

The  ijdayof  Aprell  began  the  parlemente,  and  the  Quenf  s)  grace 
rod  thedur  in  her  robes,  and  bysshopes  and  lordes  in  parlement 
robes,  and  therwas  a  goody  ^  masse  of  the  Holy-gost;  and  [so]  to 
the  parlement  howsse. 

The  viij  day  of  Aprell  wher  creatyd  lordes  sir  John  of  Brygys 
creatyd  lord  Shandoys ;  sir  John  Wyllyams  baron  of  Tame,  and 
lord  chamburlayne  to  the  prynche  of  Spayne ;  and  ser  Antony 
Browne,  master  of  the  prynsse  of  Spayne(^s)  horsses.  And  the  sam 
day  my  lord  Wylliam  ^^  admerall,  and  ys  captayns,  wherin^  whyt 
and  gren  velvet  and  saten  and  tafFata  and  sarsenett,  and  trum- 
peters all  in  gren  and  whyt,  and  all  the  marenars  in  whyt  and  gren 
cloth  for  shypes.  [On  the  same  day  somebody  unknown  hanged 
a  cat  on  the  gallows  beside  the  cross  in  Cheap,  habited  in  a  gar- 
ment like  to  that  the  priest  wore  that  said  mass ;  she  had  a  shaven 
crown,  and  in  her  fore  feet  held  a  piece  of  paper  made  round,  re- 
presenting the  wafer. ^] 

The  xj  day  of  Aprell  was  heddyd  ser  Thomas  [Wyatt  of  Kentt,] 
the  cheyfFe  captayn  of  the  rebellyous  of  [Kent,  be-]  twyn  ix  and 
X  of  the  cloke  a-for  none,  on  Towre  hyll,  .  .  .  after  and  by  xj  of  the 
cloke  was  he  quartered  on  the  skaffold,  and  hys  bowelles  and  ys 

"  images.  ^  Sic,  MS.  for  goodly.  *^  Howard. 

^  wearing.  «  Strype  ;  see  afterwards  under  the  13th  April. 


"€0  DIARY    OF    A  [1554. 

members  burnt  be-syd  the  skafFold;  ....  and  so  ther 
was  a  care  »  and  a  baskett^  and  the  iiij  quarters  and  hed  was  putt 
in-to  a  baskett  to  nuwgat  to  be  parboyled. 

The  xij  day  of  Aprell  was  ser  Thomas  Wyatt  sett  a-pon  the 
gallaus  on  Hay-hyll  be-syd  Hyd  Parke ;  wher  dyd  hang  iij  men 
in  chynes  a-pon  a  stake  wh  ....  cam  to  cum  to  London, 
and  ther  the  qweyns  men  and  [Wyatt's]  men  dyd  skryssmys^^  wher 
he  and  ys  captayns  wher  over-cum,  thanke  be  unto  God ;  and  on^ 
quarter  of  ys  sett  a-pon  a  jubett  on  Mylle-end  gren,  and  a-nodur 
at  Nuwyngton  be-yonde  sant  Gorges  in  Sowthwarke^  and  [the  iij] 
be-syd  sant  Thomas  of  Waterynges^  and  the  iiij  quarter  at  (blank) 

The  xiij  day  of  Aprell  was  a  proclamasyon  was  made  that  what 
so  mever  d  he  wher  that  cold  bryng  forth  hym  that  dyd  hang  the 
catt  on  the  galaus,  he  shuld  have  xx  marke  for  ys  labur. 

The  xvj  day  of  Aprell  was  sett  up  in  sant  Androwes  Undershafft 
for  master  Kyrtun^  alderman  of  London  and  marchand  tayller  of 
London,  and  marchand  of  the  stapuU  of  Calles,  with  a  cote  armur, 
iij  penons  of  armes,  goodly  ons,  and  sett  up  over  ys  tombe. 

The  xvij  day  of  Aprell  was  had  to  Yeld-hall  ser  Necolaus  Frog- 
mortun,  ser  James  a  Croft,  master  Wynter,  master  Vaghan ;  and 
ther  Waghan  gaff  evedens  agaynst  ser  Necolas  Frogmortun  of  tre- 
sun,  but  the  qwest  dyd  qwytt  hym. 

[The  xxj  day  of  April  were  two  men  set  on  the  pillory  in  Cheap, 
for  speaking  seditious  words  and  false  lies  against  the  queen  and 
her  council :  And  one  of]  them  had  hys  here  ^  naylyd  to  the 
pelory. 

The  xxiij  day  of  Aprell,  was  sant  Gorge  day,  her  grace  whent 
unto  the  chapell  and  whent  a  prossessyon  with  all  the  kynghtes 
of  the  garter  that  was  ther  pressent  [to  St.]  James  in  the  Feld ; 
ther  wher  creatyd  the  sam  day  knights  of  the  garter,  the  prynsse 
of  Spayne  one,  and  the  yerle  of  Sussex. 

*  car.  ^  skirmish.  •=  one.  "*  Sic  MS.  ^  ear. 


1554.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  61 

The  xxviij  day  of  Aprell  was  heddyd  on*  Towre  hyll,  betwyn 
ix  and  x  of  the  cloke  a-for  none,  my  lord  Thomas  Gray,  the  duke 
of  SufFoke-Dassett^  brodur,  and  bered  at  AUalow's  Barkyng,  and 
the  hed  {unfinished) 

The  xxix  day  of  Aprell  was  raynyd  c  at  Yeldhall  ser  James 
a  Croft,  late  depute  of  Yrland,  and  cast ;  and  master  Wyntec 
whent  ther  too. 

The  sam  day  was  bered  my  lade  Dudley  lat  wyiF  of  barne  d  of 
Dudley,  in  sant  Margarett  in  Westmynster,  with  iiij  baners  of 
emages,  and  mony  gowens,  and  hon  [g  with]  blake  and  armes,  for 
my  lade  was  ontt  ^  unto  the  [duke]  of  SuiFoke-Dassett,  the  wyche 
was  hedyd  latt. 

The  xxx  day  of  Aprell  began  the  postyll-mas^at  Powles  at  the 
V  of  the  cloke  in  the  mornyng  evere  day. 

The  iij  day  of  May,  at  the  cowrt  of  sant  James,  the  quenfs) 
grace  whent  a  prossessyon  within  sant  James  with  harolds  and 
serjants  of  armes,  and  iiij  bysshopes  mytred,  and  all  iij  days  thay 
whent  her  chapell  a-bowt  the  feldes,  first  day  to  sant  Gylles  and 
ther  song  masse ;  the  next  day  tuwyse-day  to  sant  Martens  in  the 
feldes,  [and  there]  a  sermon  and  song  masse,  and  so  thay  dronke 
ther ;  and  the  iij  day  to  Westmynster,  and  ther  a  sermon  and  then 
masse,  and  mad  good  chere ;  and  after  a-bowt  the  Parke,  and  so 
to  sant  James  cowrt  ther. 

[The  same  Rogation  Week  went  out  of  the  Tower,  on  proces- 
sion, priests  and  clerks,  and  the  lieutenant  with  all  his  waiters ; 
and  the  ax  of  the  Tower  borne  in  procession :  the  waits  at- 
tended. There  joined  in  this  procession  the  inhabitants  of]  sant 
Katheryns,  Radclyif,  Limehouse,  Popular,  SthracfFord,  Sordyche, 
with  all  them  [that  belonged  to]  the  Towre,  with  ther  halbards, 
a-bowt  the  feldes  of  sant  Katheryns  and  the  prevelegys. 

The   day  of  May   was  raynyd  c  at  Yeld-hall  master  Wylliam 

*  MS,  of.  •»  See  before,  p.  57.  •=  arraigned.  ^  baron. 

«  aunt.  '  apostle-mass.  *=  arraigned. 


62  DIARY    OF    A  [1554, 

Thomas,  clarke  to  the  consell,  and  cast  to  suffer  (!eth_,  to  be  dran 
and  quartered* 

The  (blank)  day  of  May  was  a  proclamasyon  that  no  man  shuld 
not  talke  of  no  thynges  of  the  qwen. 

The  viij  day  of  May  war  all  the  craftes  warnyd  to  cum  .  .  . 
,  ,  .  in  ther  leveray,  and  they  wher  common dyd  that  they  shuld 
(unfinishedj 

The  X  day  of  May  was  durge  at  Westmynster  and  at  Powles, 
with  torche  lyght ;  and  the  morow  after  and  at  Westmynster  was 
masse,  and  ther  they  dyd  offer,  mony  of  the  quenf  s)  consell  and 
dyvers  lordes,  for  the  solles  of  kyng  Henry  the  vij^^.  and  quen 
Elsabethj  and  for  kyng  Henry  the  viij*'^.  and  qwene  Katheryne, 
and  kyng  Edward  the  vj^^. 

The  xiij  day  of  May  was  the  Fyssmongers  and  sant  Peters  in 
Cornhylle  prossessyon,  with  a  goodly  qwyre  of  clarkes  syngyng, 
and  a  iiij^^  of  prestes  wayryng  copes  of  cloth  of  gold,  and  so 
folohyng  my  lord  mayre  and  the  althemen  in  skarlet ;  and  then 
the  compeny  of  Fyssmongers  in  ther  leveray,  and  they  and  the 
offesers  beyryng  whyt  rods  in  ther  handes,  and  so  to  PowUes,  and 
ther  they  dyd  the  oblassyon  after  old  fassyon. 

The  vj  day  of  May  was  a  goodly  evyngsong  at  Yeldhall  colege, 
by  the  masters  of  the  Clarkes  and  ther  felowshype  of  Clarkes, 
with  syngyng  and  playng  as  youe  have  hard. 

[The  morrow  after  was  a  great  mass  at  the  same  place,  by  the 
?ame  fraternity,  when  every  clerk  offered  a  halfpenny.  The  mass 
was  sung  by  divers  of  the  queen's  chapel  and  children.  And,  after 
mass  done,  every  clerk  went  their  procession  two  and  two  to- 
gether,  each  having]  a  surples  and  a  ryche  cope,  and  a  garland ; 
[after  them]  iiij^^  standards,  stremars,  and  baners  ;  and  evere  on  ^ 
thaf  bare  them  had  a  nobe  ^  or  elles  a  surples ;  and  ij  and  ij  to- 
gether;  [then  came]  the  waytes  playng,  and  then  be-twyn  xxx 
clarkes,  a  qwre  syngyng  Salve  fasta  dyes ;  so  ther  wher  iiij  qweres. 

*  every  one.  ^-  an  albe. 


1554.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  6S 

[Then  cam]  a  canepe  borne  by  iiij  of  the  masters  of  the  Clarkes 
[over  the]  sacrament,  with  a  xij  stayfF-torchys  bornyng ;  [up 
sa]nt  Laurans  lane,  and  so  to  the  farther  end  of  Chep,  then 
back  a-gayn  up  Cornhylle,  and  so  to  Ledynhalle ;  and  so  down  to 
Byshopegatt  unto  sant  Albrowsse^  chyrche ;  and  ther  they  dyd 
put  off  ther  copes  and  so  to  dener  evere  man,  and  ther  evere  on^ 
that  bare  a  stremar  had  monay,  as  they  wher  of  bygnes  ther. 

The  xiiij  day  of  May  was  creatyd  my  lord  Garrett  the  yerle  of 
Kyldare. 

The  XV  day  of  May  cam  Haknay  prossessyon  to  Powlles ;  and 
after  cam  sant  Clement('s)  prossessyon  andthe  mayreandalthermen ; 
and  ther  wher  goodly  quersse  ^  syngyng. 

The  xvj  day  of  May  cam  to  Powlles  Eslyngton  prossessyon. 

The  xviij  day  of  May  was  drane  a-pone  a  sled  a  proper  man 
namyd  Wylliam   Thomas   from  the  Towre  unto    Tyborne ;  the 

.  ,  he  was  clarke  to  the  consell ;  and  he  was  hangyd,  and 
after  ys  hed  stryken  of,  and  then  quartered ;  and  the  morow  after 
ys  hed  was  sett  on  London  bryge,  and  iij  quarters  set  over  Crepull- 
gate. 

The  XX  day  of  May  my  lade  Elsabeth  the  quen(^s)  syster  cam 
owt  of  the  Towre,  and  toke  her  barge  at  Towre  warfe,  and  so  to 
Rychemond,  and  from  thens  unto  Wyndsor,  and  so  to  Wodstoke, 

The  xvj  day  of  May,  and  the  furst  yere  of  quen  Mare,  was  Henry 
Machun  Ivj  yere  old.  Anno  Domini  M,  vc  liiij. 

[The  xxiij  day  of  May  a  certain  woman  was  set  on  the  pillory 
in  Cheapside  for  speaking  lies  and  seditious  words  against  the 
queen's  majesty.] 

The  xxiiij  day  of  May  was  Corpus  Christi  day,  and  .  .  ,  , 
ther  wher  mony  goodly  pr[oss]essyons  in  mony  parryches  .  . 
was  yll,  for  mony  had  long  torchys  garnyshyd  [in  the]  old 
fassyouns,  and  stayffe  torchys  bornyng,  and  mony  [canopies]  borne 

»  Ethelburga.  ^  every  one,  "  quires. 


64  DIARY    OP    A  [1554. 

a-bowt  the  strett;  and  sant  Pulcurs  parryche  went  a-bowt  ther 
owne  parry che,  and  in  Smythfeld  ;  as  they  wher  goohyng,  ther  cam 
a  man  unto  the  prest  [that  bare]  the  sacrament,  and  began  to 
pluke  ytt  owt  of  ys  hand,  and  contenent  a  he  druw  ys  dager  (blank), 
and  contenent  *  he  was  taken  and  cared  to  Nuwgate. 

The  XXV  day  of  May  was  ij  men  set  on  the  pelere  in  Chepe ; 
one  ys  ere  was  naylyd  for  horabuU  lyes  and  sedyssyous  wordes 
aganst  the  quenf  s)  mageste  and  her  consell ;  and  th^odur  was  se- 
dyssyous slanderous  wordes  gaynst  the  quen('s)  mageste  and  her 
consell  and  the  mages 

The  XXV  day  of  May,  wyche  was  the  sam  day,  whent  owt  of  the 
Towre  northwarde  the  yerle  of  Devon shyre,  and  cared  into  North- 
hamtunshyre  to  a  castyll  called  (Fotheringay^)  with  serten  of  the 
gard,  and  dyvers  knyghtes,  by  iij  and  iiij  of  the  cloke  in  the 
mornyng. 

The  xxvj  day  of  May  was  the  sam  man  that  had  ys  her  ^  naylyd 
a-for,  was  ys  thuder  her  ^  naylyd ;  and  a  woman  sett  on  the  pelere 
for  spykyng  of  serten  words  thuchyng^  the  quens  prosedynges  and 
the  consell. 

The  xxvij  day  of  May  whent  owt  of  the  Towre  unto  West- 
mynster  hall  by  land,  and  cam  my  lord  John  Gray,  the  duke  of 
Suffoke[^s]  brodur  latt  beheddyd. 

[The  xxix  day  of  May  the  Queen  removed  from  St.  James's, 
passing  through  the  park,  and  took  her  barge  at  Whitehall,  and 
so  to]  Rychmond,  on  her  progress. 

The  XXX  day  of  May  was  ij  sett  on  the  pelere,  a  [man  and  a 
woman]  ;  but  the  woman  had  here  ere  nayled  to  the  pelere  for 
spykyng  of  falles  lyes  and  rumors ;  the  man  was  for  sedyssyous 
wordes  and  slanderous  wordes. 

The  xxxj  day  of  May  was  a  marchand-man  of  .  .  * 
slayne  by  a  servyng-man  with-in  Sant  Marten  .... 

•  incontinently.  *•  Blank  in  MS.  ''■  ear.  '^  other  ear.  ^  touching. 


1554.]  RESIDENT   IN   LONDON.  €B 

The  furst  day  of  Junii  was  the  sam  woman  set  on  the  [pillory, 
that]  her  ere  was  nayled  a-fFor,  was  her  thuder  «  nayled  thys  sam 
day  for  the  sam  offense. 

The  iiij  day  of  Junii  wasse  all  the  galus  ^  in  London  plokyd 
done  in  all  plases. 

The  sam  day  the  mayre  of  London  and  the  althermen  com- 
manded that  a  skaffold  shuld  be  mad  abowt  the  crosse,  for  to  be 
gyldyd  agaynst  the  prynse  of  Spayne  commyng  in. 

The  sam  tyme  wher  granted  by  the  lord  mayre  and  the  alder- 
men and  the  common  consell  a  xv  and  a  d.  for  the  commonse, 
payd  forth- with-all  toward  the  commyng  of  theprynsse  of  Spayne. 

The  sam  tym  wher  commondyd  that  ij  althermen  to  wache  evere 
nyght,  and  j  or  ij  constabuUs  to  wache  evere  nyght,  tyll  iij  or  iiij 
of  the  cloke  in  the  mornyng. 

The  ix  day  of  Juin  was  the  crosse  in  Chepe  covered  with  canves 
from  the  fott  to  the  tope,  and  endyd,  for  the  pry  [nce's  coming,] 
and  gyldyd. 

The  X  day  of  Juin  dyd  pryche  at  PowUes  crosse  master  (doctor 
Pendleton  c) ;  and  be-twyn  x  and  a  xj  of  the  cloke  ther  was  a  gunne 
shott  over  the  prycher,  and  y t  d  the  wall,  and  yt  was  a  pellett  of 
tyne. 

.  .  ■  .  .  •  • 

The  xij  day  of  Juin  was  a  gret  fray  be-twyn  the  lord  Warden ('&) 
servands  of  Kent  and  the  IneS  of  .  .  .  Gray(^s)  inn, 
Lynkolne(^s)  inn,  and  sum  slayn  and  hurt. 

The  xxiiij  day  of  Juin  was  a  goodly  masse  kept  at  sant  Edmond 
in  Lumbard-strett  for  the  strangers,  and  the  chyrche  hangyd  with 
ryche  cloth. 

The  XXV  day  of  Juin  anodur  masse  kept  at  the  Gray-frers  for 
the  sextons  of  London,  and  after  pressessyons  with  the  whetes  e 
plahyng,  and  clarkes  syngyng,  thrug  Chepe-syd  unto  Soper  lane, 
and  agayn  thrug  PowUes  chyrche  yerd  by  master  denes  [place,] 

•  other.  »»  gallow8.  <=  Strype  ;  blanJk  in  MS*  *  hit.  «  waits. 

CAMD.   SOC.  K 


66  DIARY    OF    A  [1554. 

and  thrug  Warwyke  lane  unto  the  Gray-frers,  and  so  to  dener  unto 
the  Kukesa-hall. 

The  sam  day  cam  to  Londun  by  water  the  prynche  of  Pymonb 
with  a  grett  compeny  of  Spaneards  ;  sum  had  crosses,  sum  red, 
and  sum  gren,  and  sum  whyt,  and  so  to  (unfinished. ' 

The  xxix  day  of  Juin,  the  wyche  was  sant  Peter  and  Powlles 
day,  was  a  fayre  at  Westmynster  abbay ;  and  ther  was  a  goodly 
pressessyon,  and  after  masse  ;  and  ther  the  prynse  of  Pymon  and 
dyvers  Spaneards,  and  hard  messe  in  kyng  Henry  the  vij 
chapelle. 

The  vj  day  of  Julij  was  a  goodly  sermon  [by]  on  of  the  preben- 
dares  of  Powlles ;  and  ther  was  a  nuw  skafFold  mayd  ther  for  the 
mayd  that  spake  in  the  wall  and  wystelyd  in  Althergat  stret ;  and 
she  sayd  openly  that  yt  was  on  John  Drakes  ser  Antony  Knevett 
servand;  and  she  whept  petefully,  and  she  knelyd  and  askyd 
God  mercy,  and  the  quen ;  and  bad  all  pepull  be  ware  of  false 
thechyng  S  for  she  sayd  that  she  shuld  have  many  goodly  thynges 
gyffyn  her  ^ 

The  xxj  day  of  July  by  x  of  the  cloke  [was  proclaimed]  thrug 
London  that  the  prynche  of  Spayne  was  [arrived  at  Southampton] 
and  that  evere  pere  and  lord  and  lade  shuld  [resort]  unto  her 
grace[^s]  cete  of  Wynchester  with  all  spede  to  her  graceus  wed- 
dyng. 

The  sam  after  non  commondyd  by  my  lord  mayre  that  hevere 
man  shuld  make  bone-fyres  in  evere  strett,  so  ther  was  mony 
plases  had  tabuls  and  [  .  .  .  ®]  tyll  x  at  nyght,  and  ryngyng 
and  plahyng. 

The  xxiij  day  of  July  wher  commondyd  that  evere  .  .  shuld 
goo  a  prossessyon  and  to  syng  Te  Deum  laudamus  in  evere  parryche 
in  London,  and  ryngyng  of  the  belles. 

The  xxix  day  of  July  dyd  pryche  at  Powlles  crosse  master 

•  Cooks'  *  Piedmont.  *=  teaching.  *  i.  e.  had  been  promised. 

«  Plenty  of  good  liquor  for  all  comers.     Strype. 


1554.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  6? 

Harpfeld  and  he  dyd  pray  in  ys  bedes  for  the  kyng  and  the 
quen  PheHpe  and  Mare  by  the  grace  of  God  kyng  and  quene  of 
England,  Franse,  Napuls,  Jerusalem,  lerland,  defFendors  of  the 
fayth,  prynces  of  Spayne  and  Sycylye,  archedukes  of  Austryche, 
dukes  of  Mylayne,  Burgundy e,  and  Brabant ;  contes  of  Haspurge, 
Flandurs,  and  Tyrole  ;  whyt  thes  stylle*  as  ys  a-iFor. 

The  XXX  day  of  July  was  bered  at  Grenwyche  ser  Robart  Whent- 
worth  knyght,  with  armes  and  dyvers  mornares. 

The  vj  day  of  September  wher  creatyd  ser  Antony  Browne 
creatyd  vyconte  lord  Montyguw. 

[The  j  day  of  August  the  King  and  Queen  were  proclaimed  in 
London,  by  the  titles  as  above,]  dukes  of  Melayne,  Burgundye  and 
Brabant,  contes  of  Haspurge,  Flandurs  and  Tyrole. 

The  .  .  .  day  of  August^  was  bered  master  Lambard,  altheman 
and  draper,  with  mony  mornars,  and  they  bare  stayiF  torchys,  had 
mantyll  fryresse  c  gownes,  and  the  armes  of  ys  craft  and  the  armes 
(of)  the  marchant  adventorers.*! 

The  vij  day  of  August  was  bered  the  wyff  of  master  Lambard 
alderman  and  draper,  with-inthe  monyth  of  the  sam,  with  torchys 
and  tapurs. 

The  viij  day  of  August  was  bered  the  jen[tle]  master  Austyne 
Hynd  altherman,  the  wych  hyt  [had]  plesyd  Almyghty  God  that 
he  had  levyd  tyll  myghe[lmas,]  he  shuld  had  byne  the  nuw  mayre 
of  thys  no[ble]  cete  of  London;  with  a  standard  and  a  cote  of  armur 
and  iiij  penons  of  armes  and  a  C.  iiij^^.  of  mantyll  frysse  gownes 
for  men  and  women,  and  the  women  havyng  raylles,  with  xxiiij 
torchys,  and  ij  fayre  whyt  branchys,  and  mony  mornares,  and  the 
compenye  of  the  Clarkes,  and  with  vj  dosen  of  schochyons  of  ys 
armes,  and  a  C.  of  blake  gownes,  and  a-boyffe  ®  the  nombur,  and 
after  a  gret  dener. 

The  vij  day  of  September  was  bered  in  sant  Bothulff  with-owt 
Bysshope-gate  chyrche,  good  master  James  Suttun  sqwyre,  and 

*  with  this  style.         ''  This  appai-ently,  from  the  next  paragraph,  should  be  July, 
e  friese.  ^  MS,  the  ventorers,  *  above. 


Ife  DIARY    OF   A  [1554. 

clarke  of  the  gren  cloth  unto  kyng  Henry  the  viij**».  and  unto  kyng 
Edward  the  vj*^.  and  unto  quen  Mare,  and  so  buried^  with  a  cot 
armur,  and  a  penon  of  armes,  and  ij  do  sen  of  schochyons,  and  ij 
whyt  branchys  and  xij  stayiF  torchys,  and  mony  mornars,  and  the 
compene  of  the  Clarkes ;  and  vj  of  ys  servantes  bare  hym  in  blake 
cotes,  and  ther  dyd  pryche  master  doctur  Smyth  at  ys  masse. 

[The  same  day  was  the  funeral  of  sir  Harry  Huncotes  knight, 

alderman,  and  fishmonger.^] 

, .     .     .  pore  men  and  women  of    ...     * 

mantyll  frysse Fyssmongers  halle  hangyd  with  blake 

and  with  armes ;  [then]  came  the  standard  and  then  mornares ; 
and  then  [came]  ys  armes,  and  then  a  harold  bayryng  ys  cot 
armur  .  .  .  master  Clarenshws  the  kyng  at  armes  in  ys  ryche 
cote ;  then  cam  the  corsse,  and  a-bowtt  the  corsse  iiij  mo  penons, 
and  a-bott  xxiiij  torchys  bornyng,  and  ij  goodly  whytt  branchys, 

.     .     .     .  and  cam  mornars  the  sward-berrer,  my  lord  mayre, 

and  [the  alder]  men  mornars,  and  the  resedue  of  them  in  vyolett^ 

and  then boyth  men  and  women ;  and  so  to  the 

chyrche,  and  then    on  ha  .     .     .     .  prahynge  for  ys  soUe,  and 

then  began  the  durge  and     .     .     pepuU  whent  to  the  halle  to 

drynke  boyth  spysse  ^  and  wyn ;  and  the  morow  mass  of  requiem ; 

and  after  they  offered  furst  ys  cot  armur,  and  after  cam  the  harold 

and     .     .     .     offered  ys  target ;  and  after  ij  offered  ys  sword ;  and 

after  ij  morn  [ers]  ys  elmet  with  the  crest ;  and  then  the  mayre 

offered,  and  the  altherman,  and  the  mornars,  and  the  craft ;  and,  all 

done,  master  doctur  Smyth  dyd  pryche  ;  and  when  masse  was  don 

then  offered  the  standard  and  the  v  penonsse  of  armes  ;  and  after 

to  the  Fyssmongars  hall  to  dener ;  and  my  lord  mayre  and  the 

althermen  and  all  the  mornars ;  [and]  ther  was  a  grett  dener  as 

youe  have  sene  now  a  [days] . 

The  xiiij  day  of  September  was  iij  sett  in  the  pelere  for  play- 

hyng  with  falsse  dysse  and  deseyffeng  honest  men  in  playng ;  and 

*  MS.  ded.  ^  The  name  to  which  this  funeral  belongs,  is  gathered  from  the 

month^s  mind,  Oct.  7.  "^  spice. 


X554.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  69 

the  same  day  was  ij  wypyd  a-bowt  London,  [after]  a  care-hars,*  for 
lotheryng,^  and  as  wacabondes  wher  they  taken. 

The  xvij  day  of  September  was  a  proclamasyon  that  all  vaca- 
bonds  and  lotherus^c  boyth  Englys  men  and  all  maner  of  stran- 
gers, that  have  no  master,  shuld  avoyd  the  cete  and  the  subarbes 
a-pon  gret  payn. 

The  XX  day  of  September  was  ij  men  dran  of  ij  hyrdles  unto 
Tyburne  and  un-to  hangyng,  the  ij  for  qwynnyng^  of  noythy^ 
money,  and  deseyvyng  of  the  quen('s)  subjects  ;  the  one  dwelt  in 
London  sum  tym. 

Item  the  (blank)  day  of  October  was  a  woman  sett  on  the 
pelere  for  sedyssyous  wordes. 

and  alle  to  evere  body  that  wold  cum 

money  a- way  for  lake  of  pepuU. 

The  xxiij  day  of  September  dyd  pryche  doctur  Rud  at  PowUes 
crosse,  and  he  recantyd  and  repentyd  that  he  ever  was  mared,' 
and  sayd  openly  that  he  cold  not  mare  by  God's  law. 

The  xxvj  day  of  September  wher  ij  yonge  men  sett  on  the  pelere, 
and  ther  ere  nayled  for  spykyng  sedyssyous  wordes  and  malessy- 
ous  wordes  aganst  the  commonwelth. 

The  xxvij  day  of  September  wher  iiij  hangyd,  on  was  a  Spane- 
ard,  at  Tyburne  :  ij  wher  goodly  felows. 

The  xxviij  day  of  September  the  Kyng  and  the  Quen  removyd 
from  Hamtun  court  unto  Westmynster  tho  her  grace(^s)  plasse. 

The  xxx  day  of  September  dyd  pryche  at  PowUes  crosse  my 
lord  Chansseler  the  bysshope  of  Wynchester,  and  he  mad  a  goodly 
sermon  ;  and  ther  wher  as  grett  a  audyensse  as  ever  I  saw  in  my 
lyff. 

The  ij  day  October  whent  from  Westmynster  xx  carres  with 
veges  s  of  gold  and  sylver  to  the  Towre  to  be  quennyd.li 

The  iiij  day  of  October  was  the  monyth  myn »    at  Waltham 

*  cart-horse.  ''  loitering.  "  loiterers.  "^  coining.  «  naughty. 

'  married.  «f  wedges.  •»  coined.  *  month's  mind. 


70  DIARY    OF    A  [1554. 

Abbay  of  master  James  Suttun  sqwyre,  and  clarke  of  the  gren- 
cloth ;  and  ther  was  a  sarmon^  and  a  doUe  of  money  unto  evere 
howsse  that  ned  the  charete^  and  after  a  grett  dener. 

The  ij  day  of  October  was  bered  the  nobull  duke  of  NorfFok 
at  a  plasse  callyd  Fremyngham  »  chyrche ;  and  ther  was  a  goodly 
hersse  of  wax  as  I  have  sene  in  thes  days,  with  a  dosen  of  baner- 
rolles  of  ys  progene,^  and  xij  dosen  penselles,  xij  dosen  of 
kochyons,  and  with  standard,  and  iij  cotes  of  armes,  and  a  baner 
of  damaske,  and  iiij  banars  of  emages,  and  mony  mornars,  and  a 
gret  doUe,  and  after  gret  dener.  [For  the  furnishing  of  which 
dinner  were  killed  forty  great  oxen  and  a  hundred  sheep,  and  sixty 
calves,  besides  venison,  swans,  and  cranes,  capons,  rabbits,  pigeons, 
pikes,  and  other  provisions  both  flesh  and  fish.  There  was  also 
great  plenty  of  wine ;  and  of  bread  and  beer  as  great  plenty  as 
ever  had  been  known,  both  for]  ryche  and  pore  :  all  the  co[untry 
came  thither ;  and]  a  grett  doUe  of  money  ther  wher  [bestowed 
upon  the  poorer  sort;]    for  he  was  cared  from  (unfinished). 

The  V  day  of  October  was  the  obsequy  of  the  duke  of  Northfoke 
at  sant  Mare  Overes ;  a  hers  mad  with  tymber,  and  hangyd  with 
blake,  and  with  ys  armes,  and  iiij  goodly  candlestyks  gyldyd,  and 
iiij  grett  tapurs,  and  with  ys  armes,  and  alle  the  qwyre  hangyd 
with  blake  and  armes ;  and  durge  and  masse  on  the  morowe.  And 
my  lord  chanseler  chefFe  morner,  and  next  master  [controller,]  and 
master  Gorge  Haward  ;  at  the  durge  my  lord  Montyguw,  my  lord 
admerell,  and  my  lord  Brugys,  and  divers  others;  and  a  xl 
in  gownes  and  cotes  in  blake ;  and  after  to  my  lord[^s  place],  and 
gret  ryngyng  ij  days. 

The  vij  day  of  October  was  the  monyth  myn[d  of]  ser  Hare 
Huncotes  knyght,  late  mayre  and  altherman,  and  Fyssmonger  of 

London,  and  ther  ys  hersse  bornyd durge,  and 

the  morow-mas  the  furst*^  masse  of  the  tr[inity],  and  with  a 
harold,  and  after  the  masse  of  requiem ;  and   doctur  Smyth  dyd 

FramlingUam,  ''  i.  e,  ancestral  descent.  "^  MS.  ffurt. 


1554.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  Jl 

pryche,  the  reder  of  Oxford,  and  after  [a  great]  dener ;  and  he  gayfF 
muche  money  to  evere  w[ard]  in  London  and  he  has  fondyd  ij 
prestes  to  syng,  on  in  London  and  th^odur  in  Lynckolneshyre, 
wher  he  was  borne :  thys  shall  be  for  ever. 

The  vi  day  of  October  was  bered  at  Westmynster  a  grett  man 
a  Spaneard,  with  syngyng,  boyth  Englys  and  Spaneards,  with  a 
hand-belle,  a-for  ryngyng,  and  ever[y]  Spaneard  havyng  gren 
torchys,  and  gren  tapurs  to  the  nombur  of  a  C.  bornyng,  and  ther 
bered  in  the  Abbay. 

The  ix  of  October  was  bered  master  Gorge  Medley  merser,  and 
lat  Chamburlayn  of  this  cete  of  London,  with  ij  whyt  branchys  and 
xij  pore  men  with  xij  stayfFes  torchys,  and  xij  gomes,^  and  dyvers 
men  and  women  in  blake  gownes ;  and  ys  armes  a-pone  ys  body, 
and  the  compene  of  the  Clarkes,  and  of  the  Marsars ;  and  when 
alle  was  don,  they  whent  hom  to  drynke ;  and  the  morow  after  the 
masse  of  requiem ;  and  ther  dyd  pryche  doctur  Smyth ;  and  after 
hom  to  dener. 

The  X  day  of  October  was  bered  the  good  lord  De  la  Warr  in 
Sussex,  with  standard,  banar  of  armes,  banar-roll,  [coat]  armur, 
targat,  sword,  elmet,  with  harolds  of  armes  ;  then  cam  the  corsse 
with  iiij  baners  borne  abowt  hym.  [He]  was  the  best  howsse- 
keper  in  Sussex  in  thes  days,  and  the  mone  ^  (was  greater)  for  ym, 
for  he  ded  withowt  essue ;  and  ther  wher  mony  morners  in  blake ; 
and  ther  wher  a  goodly  hersse  of  wax  and  pensels,  and  viij  dosen 
skochyons  ;  and  ther  was  a  grett  doUe  of  money,  and  met  c  and 
drynke  as  was  (ever  knoAvn  in)  that  contrey. 

The  xij  day  of  October  ther  was  on  of  the  pelere  for  spykyng 
of  sedyssyous  wordes,  a  colyar,*^  iij  tymes. 

The  xiiij  day  of  October  dyd  pryche  in  the  shruds  ^  the  good 
bysshope  of  Durram,  Donstall,  that  was  Sonday. 

The  xj  day  of  October  was  the  obsequy  of  {blank)  a  Spaneard  at 

»  Sic  MS.  qti.  gownes.        ''  moan.        ""  meat       «*  collier,  i.  e.  a  seller  of  charcoal. 
^  The  shrouds,  or  triforium,  of  St.  Paul's  cathedral. 


72  DIARY    OF    A  [1554. 

Westmynster ;  ther  wase  a  praty  herse  after  the  fassyon  of  Spayn, 
with  blake,  and  a  goodly  masse  of  requiem ;  and  the  chapell  that 
he  was  bered  in  was  hong  with  blake  ;  and  ys  harmes  »  mony,  with 
a  baner  of  armes  and  cote  of  armes,  alle  in  gold,  and  target  and 
elmett  and  mony  skochyon,  and  a  fere  ^  hers-clothe  of  blake,  and 
a  crosse  of  cremesun  velvet,  done  ^  to  the  ground — the  ij  yer  of 
quen  Mare. 

The  XV  day  of  October  was  kyllyd  with-owt  Tempall  bare  almost 
at  stren  ^  a  servand  of  ser  Gorge  GyiFord,  shamfuUy  slayne  by  a 
Spaneard,  a-bowt  iiij  of  the  (clock)  at  after-non. 

The  xvj  day  of  October  cam  rydyng  owt  of  Northfoke  on  John 
Day  prynter  and  ys  servand,  and  a  prest,  and  an-odur  prynter,  for 
pryntyng  of  noythy  e  bokes,  to  the  Towre. 

[The  xviij  day  of  October  king  PhiUp  came  down  on  horseback 
from  Westminster  unto  PauPs,  with  many  lords,  being  received  un- 
der a  canopy,  at  the  west  end  :  and  the  lord  Montagu  bare  the  sword 
afore  the  king.  There  he  heard  mass,  and]  Spaneards  song  mase  ; 
and  after  masse  [he  went  back  to]  Westmynster  to  dener. 

The  xxj  day  of  October  ded  f  the  yerle  of  Warwyke,  the  eldest 
sune  of  the  duke  of  Northumberland  that  was  heddyd,s  at  ser 
[Henry]  Sydnay  plasse  at  Penthurst  at  mydnyght  he  ded. 

The  xxiiij  day  of  October  was  bered  .  .  .  Rechard  Town- 
lay  in  sant  Austyn  parryche  syd  Powlles  with  xvj  torchys  and  iiij 
grett  [tapers],  and  ij  whyt  branchys,  with  a  harold  of  armes, 
with  a  standard,  a  penons  of  armes,  cote,  helmet,  target,  sword,  the 
crest  a  hauke  w  .  ,  .  ,  and  vj  dosen  of  skochyons,  and  prestes 
and  clarkes ;  a  C.  of  the  in(ns)  of  the  cort  cam  to  the  berehyng, 
and  the  morow  masse,  and  a  sermon. 

The  xxvj  day  of  October  was  hangyd  at  Charynge-crosse  a 
Spaneard  that  kyld  a  servant  of  ser  Gorge  Geiford,  the  wyche  was 
slayne  with-owt  TempuU-bare. 

The  xxix  day  of  October  the  nuw  lord  mayre  of  London,  mas- 

•  arms.  *»  fair.  <=  down.  ^  Strand. 

«  naughty.  ^  died.  k  beheaded. 


1554.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  JH 

ter  Lyons  groser,  toke  ys  hoathe  at  Westmynster ;  and  alle  the 
craftes  of  London  in  ther  barges,  and  with  stremars ;  and  ther  was 
a  grett  penoys  decked  with  ij  topes  and  stremars  and     .... 
gones  and  drumes  and  trumpetes,  rohyng  to  Westmynster  up  and 
don  ;  and  when  thay  cam  horn  thay  landyd  at  PowUes  warfF,  and 
ther  mett  the  mayr  Ix  in  rosett  gownes  and  with  targetts  and 
gyiFelyns  a  and  blue  hattes ;  and  then  a  goodly  pagant,  a  gryfFen 
with  a  chyld  lyung  in  harnes,  and  sant  John  Baptyst  with  a  lyon, 
and  ij  vodys  *>  and  a  dulle  ^  with  squybes  bornyng,  and  trumpetes 
blohyng,  and  drum(s)  and  flute (s),  and  then  the  bachelers  with 
cremesun  damaske  hedes,  ^  and  then  trumpeters,  and  the  wettes  ^ 
of  the  cete  ;  and  so  to  yeld-hall  to  dener,  for  ther  dynyd  my  lord 
chanseler  and  all  the  nobuls,  and  the  Spaneardes,  and  the  juges 
and  lernyd  men. 

[The  same  day  sir  Thomas  Audley,  a  famous  captain,  was  buried 
in  saint  Mary  Overy^s.  There  attended  his  funeral  the  lord  Gray, 
lord  Fitzwalter,  and  divers  other]  captaynes  and  knyghtes  and 
gentyllmen  [to  the  number  of]  Ix.  be-syd  odur. 

The  furst  day  of  Novembar  was  [carried]  by  the  gard  into  Nuw- 
gatt  serten  men. 

The  ij  day  of  November  was  bered  at  sant  Peters  in  chepe  on 
master  Pekeryng  with  ij  fayre  whyt  branchys  and  viij  torchys,  iiij 
grett  tapurs,  and  he  gayfFe  unto  xij  [pore  men]  xij  gownes  that 
dyd  here  them,  and  eldyd  th  .  .  .  .  dj^ers  mornars,  and  the 
felowshype  of  the  ....  and  the  morow  the  masse  of 
requiem. 

The  iiij  day  of  November  dyd  pryche  at  Powlles  crosse  master 
Harpfeld;  and  ther  wher  v  dyd  penance  with  shetts^  a-bowt 
them,  and  tapurs  and  rods  in  ther  handes,  and  the  prycher  dyd 
stryke  them  with  a  rod,  and  ther  dyd  they  stand  tyll  the  sermon 
was  all  done ;  and  then  the  sumner  toke  the  shets  and  the  rods, 
and  they  whent  into  Powlles  a-gayn,  and  so  up  the  syd  of  the  quer ; 

■  javelins.  >»  woods,  i.  e.  wild  men.  '  devil.  *>  hoods. 

«  waists.  '  sheets. 

CAMD.  SOC,  h 


f4  DIARY   OF   A  [1554. 

on  prest/  ys  nam  ys  ser  Thomas  Lawes,  odur  wysse  callyd  ser  Tho- 
mas GryiFyn,  sum  tyme  a  chanon  at  Eyssyng  spyttyll ;  iiij  of  them 
wher  relegyous  men,  and  the  feyth^  was  a  temporall  man  that 
had  ij  wyefFes. 

The  iiij  day  of  November  be-gane  a  grett  fray  at  Charyng  crosse 
at  viij  of  the  cloke  at  nyght  be-twyn  the  Spaneardes  and  Englys- 
men,  the  wyche  thrugh  wysdom  ther  wher  but  a  fuwe  hort,  and 
after  the  next  day  thay  wher  serten  taken  that  be-gane  yt ;  on 
was  a  blake-mor,  and  was  brought  a-for  the  hed  ofFesers  by  the 
knyght-marshall('s)  servandes. 

[The  vj  day  of  November  the  earl  of  Shrewsbury  came  riding 
to  London  with  vj'^^  horse,  and  of  gentlemen  in  velvet  caps 
thirty,  to  his  place  in  Coleherber  in  Thames-street.] 

The  vij  day  of  November  was  ij  men  sett  in  the  pelere  in  ther 
fordgownes;c  on  had  the  wry  [ting  over]  ys  hed  for  falshood  ^ 
and  wylfuU  perjury ;  and  th'odur  for  subtyll  falshod  ^  and  crafty 
desseytt. 

The  ix  day  of  November  cam  rydyng  to  London  the  yerle  of 
Penbroke  with  ij  C.  horsse,  and  in  velvet  cottes  and  cheynes, 
the  cotes  with  iij  lasses  of  gold,  and  Ix  reseduw  in  bluw  cotes  gar- 
dyd  with  velvet,  and  badge  a  gren  dragon,  to  the  parlement. 

The  xj  day  of  November  dyd  pryche  master  Pendylltun  at 
PowUes  crosse  and  mad  a  good  sermon. 

The  xij  day  of  November  the  Kyng  and  the  Quen  rod  unto  West- 
mynster  chyrche  to  the  masse  of  the  Holy-gost,  and  after  masse  to 
the  parlement-howsse ;  and  all  the  bysshopes  and  the  lordes  in 
ther  parlement  robes,  with  trompeters  blohyng,  and  all  the  harolds 
in  ther  cote  armurs,  and  the  juges  in  ther  robes ;  the  yerle  of  Pen- 
broke  bare  the  kyng('s)  sword,  and  the  yerle  of  Comberland  bare 
the  quen(^s)  sword,  and  the  yerle  of  Shrowsbery  bare  the  kyng(^s) 
capee  of  mantenance,and  the  yerle  of  Arundell  bare  the  quen  ('s)  cape 
of  mantenance ;  and  a-for  them  rod  to-gether  my  lord  chansheler 
and  my  lord  tressorer  in  ther  parlement  robes. 

•  one  a  priest.        ^  fifth.        «  Airred  gowns.        ^  MS,  falhod.        «  cap. 


1554.]  RESIDENT   IN    LONDON.  75 

The  xiij  day  of  November  was  commondyd  by  the  bysshope  of 
London  to  all  clarkes  in  the  dyoses  of  London  for  to  have  sant 
Necolas  and  to  go  a-brod,  as  mony  as  wold  have  ytt. 

[The  xiiij  day  of  November,  saint  Erconwald's  day,  it  was  com- 
manded that  every  priest  in  the  diocess ] 

The  (blank)  day  of  November  cam  to  the  Fleet  [Barlow  »]  sum- 
tyme  bysshope  of  (Bath  and  Wells),  and  master  Kardmaker  parsun 

of  sant  Brydes  in  Fletstret  was  the thay  wher  gohyng 

over  see  lyke  marchands. 

The  xviij  day  of  November  dyd  pryche  at  Powlles  crosse  the 
nuw  bysshope  of  Lynckolne,  doctur  White,  late  the  warden  of 
Wynchaster. 

The  sam  day  was  consecratyd  nuw  [bishops],  on  ^  bysshope  of 
Brystow,  and  a-nodur  ^  byshope  of  LychefFeld  and  Coventre. 

The  xix  day  of  November  was  bered  at  sant  Martens  at  Cha- 
ryng-crosse  with  ij  crosses  a  gentyllman  a  Spaneard,  and  a  iiij^ 
torchys  and  tapurs  in  ther  handes,  and  with  syngyng  to  the  cherche, 
and  the  morowe-masse  boythe  Spaneards  and  Englysmen  syngyng. 

The  sam  day  whent  to  met  my  lord  cardenall  Polle  in  Kent  my 
lord  of  Elly,  with  odur — doctur  Thurlbe  bysshope  of  EUy. 

The  xxiij  day  of  November  was  a  man  and  a  woman  stode  on 
the  pelere  for  tellyng  of  falsse  lyes  thatt  kyng  Edward  the  vj*^ 
was  a-lyffe. 

The  xxiiij  day  the  sam  man  (and)  woman  was  sett  on  the  pelere 
a-gayne  that  dyd  say  that  kyng  Edward  was  a-lyfFe,  and  for  odur 
thynges. 

[The  same  day  cardinal  Pole  came  from  Gravesend  by  water, 
with  the  earl  of  Shrewsbury,  the  lord  Montagu,  the  bishops  of 
Durham  and  Ely,  the  lord  Paget,  sir  Edward  Hastings,  the  lord 
Cobham,  and  diverse]  knyghts  and  gentyllmen,  in  barges,  and  thay 
all  [did  shoot  the]  bryge  be-twyn  xij  and  on  of  the  cloke,  and 
a-g[ainst]  the  steleardd  of  Temes  my  lord  chanseler  mett  [them 

»  Strype.  >»  John  Holyman.  •=  Ralph  Bayne.  '^  steel-yard. 


76  DIARY    OF    A  [1554. 

in  his]  barge,  and  my  lord  of  Shrousbury  [had  his]  barge  with 
the  [talbot,  all]  ys  men  in  bluw  cotes,  red-hosse,  skarlett  capes, 
[and  white]  fethers  ;  and  so  to  the  cort  gatt,  and  ther  the  Kyng(^s) 
grace  [met  him]  and  inbrasyd  hym,  and  so  lad  ym  thrughe  the 
kyngf  s)  hall ;]  and  he  had  borne  a-for  hym  a  sylver  crosse,  and  [he 
was  arrayed  in]  a  skarlet  gowne  and  a  sqware  skarlett  cape ;  and 
my  lord  [North]  bare  the  swarde  a-for  the  Kyng ;  and  so  they 
whent  up  unto  the  Quens  chambur,  and  ther  her  grace  salutyd 
hym ;  and  after  he  toke  ys  leyffe,  and  toke  ys  barge  to  ys  plase  at 
Lambeth,  that  was  the  bysshope  of  Cantorberys,  Crenmer,  and 
so  to  dener. 

The  XXV  day  of  November  dyd  pryche  at  Powlles  crosse  master 
Fecknam,  den  of  Powlles,  and  a  godly  sermon. 

The  sam  day,  the  wyche  was  Sonday,  at  after-non,  the  Kyngs 
grace  and  my  lord  Fuwater  ^  and  dyvers  Spaneards  dyd  ryd  in 
dyvers  colars,  the  Kyng  in  red,  and  som  [in]  yellow,  sum  in  gren, 
sum  in  whyt,  sum  in  bluw,  and  with  targets  and  canes  in  ther 
hand,  herlyng  of  rods  on  at  a-nodur,^  and  thrumpets  in  the  sam 
colars,  and  drumes  mad  of  ketylles,  and  banars  in  the  sam  colars. 

The  xxvij  day  of  November  was  the  obsequy  of  sir  Hugh  Ryche 
knyght,  the  sune  and  here  to  the  lord  Ryche,  and  knyght  of  the 
Bathe  mad  by  quen  Mare  the  Furst,  in  Essex,  M'ith  a  standard,  a 
penon  of  armes,  and  a  cot  armur,  elmet,  targat,  sword,  skochyons, 
and  torchys. 

The  xxvij  of  November  the  Kynge  and  the  lordes  of  the  parle- 
ment  satt  with-in  the  court,  and  ther  my  lord  cardenall  dyd  make 
a  orayson  to  the  Kyng  and  the  lords  of  the  parlement  what    .     . 

4  .  .  .  ..... 

.     .     .     thankes  unto  God  of  the  Quen('s)  grace  qwyckenyng. 

The  xxix  day  of  November  was  commondyd  by  the  byshope  of 
London,  thrughe  ys  dyosesse,  that  thay  shuld  say  the  masse  of 
the  Holy-gost  (with)  prossessyon,  and  to  syng  Te  Deum,  and  ryng- 

»  Fitzwater.  ^  Here  is  this  aide-note,  TLe  Kynges  rydyng  at  Jube  de  Cane. 


1554.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  77 

yng,  [and  to]  pray  to  God  to  gyfFe  hym  thankes  of  owr  [gracious] 
qiien  of  her  qwyckenyng  with  chyld,  and  to  pray. 

The  XXX  day  of  November  the  Kyng('s)  grace  and  ys  [lords]  rod 
to  Westmynster  abbay  to  masse,  for  the  Spaneards  [sung],  and 
ther  mett  ym  at  the  cort  gate  a  C.  He-Alman  a  in  hosse  and  dobe- 
letes  of  whyt  and  red,  and  yelow  welvet  cotes  [trimmed] ,  with  yelow 
sarsenet,  and  yelow  velvet  capes  and  fethers  .  .  .  coler,  and 
drumes  and  flutes  in  the  sam  coler,  and  with  gylt  [halbards],  and  C. 
in  yolow  hosse,  dobelets  of  welvett,  and  jerkens  of  [leather]  gardyd 
with  cremesun  velvett  and  whyt,  f ether  yelow  and  red  ;  and  thos 
be  Spaneards ;  and  a  C.  in  yelow  gownes  of  velvett  with  [blank) 
And  the  sam  nyght  my  lord  cardenall  cam  to  the  courte,  and 
whent  to  the  chapell  with  the  Kyng,  and  ther  Te  Deum  songe. 

The  furst  day  of  Desember  was  bered  in  Powlles  ch^Tche-yerd 
Recherd  Wethers  penter,^  the  wyche  he  ded  with-in  Ludgat  as  a 
presoner,  and  he  was  a  proper  man  and  a  conyng  man  as  any 
ys  now. 

The  ij  day  of  Desember  dyd  com  to  Powlles  all  prestes  and 
clarkes  with  ther  copes  and  crosses,  and  all  the  craftes  in  ther 
leverey,  and  my  lorde  mayre  and  the  althermen,  agaynst  my  lord 
cardenall('s)  commyng ;  and  at  the  bysshopes  of  London  plase 
my  lord  chansseler  and  alle  the  bysshopes  tarehyng  for  my  lord 
cardenall  commyng,  that  was  at  ix  of  the  cloke,  for  he  landyd  at 
Beynard  Castell ;  and  ther  my  lord  mayre  reseyvyd  hym,  and 
browgth  ym  to  the  Powllse,  and  so  my  lord  chanseler  and  my 
lord  cardenall  and  all  the  byshopes  whent  up  in-to  the  quer  with 
ther  meyturs ;  c  and  at  x  of  the  cloke  the  Kyng('s)  grace  cam  to 
Powlles  to  her  mase  with  iiij  C.  of  gaard,  on  C.  Englys,  on  C.  He- 
Almen,  on  C.  Spaneards,  on  C.  of  Swechenars,^  and  mony  lords 
and  knyghtes,  and  hard  masse.  Boyth  the  quen('s)  chapell  and 
the  kynges  and  Powlles  qwer  song. 

[The  V  day  of  December,  the  which  was  saint  Nicholas'  eve,  at 

*  High  Almaiaes.  *»  painter.  '^  mitres.  «*  Switzers. 


78  DIARY    OP    A  [1554. 

evensong  time,  came  a  commandment  that  saint  Nicholas  should 
not  go  abroad,  nor  about.  But,  notwithstanding,  there  went 
about  these  saint  Nicholases  in  divers  parishes,  as  st.  Andrew^s, 
Holborn,  and  st.]  Nicolas  OlyiFe  in  Bredstret. 

The  viij  day  of  Desember,  the  wyche  was  the  Conceptyon  of 
owre  blessed  lady  the  Vyrgyn,  was  a  goodly  prossessyon  at  the 
Save^  be  the  Spaneards,  the  prest  carehyng  the  sacrement  ryally 
be-twyne  ys  hands,  and  on  deacon  carehyng  a  senser  sensyng,  and 
anodur  the  ale-water  stoke,^  and  a  nombur  of  frers  and  prestes 
syngyng,  [and  every]  man  and  woman,  and  knyghts  and  gentyl- 
men,  bayryng  a  gren  tapur  c  bornyng,  and  viij  trumpeters  blohyng ; 
and  when  they  had  don  plahyng,  and  then  begane  the  sagbottes 
plahyng ;  and  when  they  had  don  theyr  was  on  that  cared  ij  drumes 
on  ys  bake,  and  on  cam  after  playng ;  and,  so  don,  they  whent 
a-bowt  the  Sawve  ^  with-in  ;  and  a  wyll  ^  after  playing  a-gayn,  and 
so  cam  in  syngyng,  and  so  after  they  whent  to  masse,  wher  the 
bedes  w  .  .  (unfinished) » 

The  ix  day  of  Desember  dyd  pryche  at  Powlles  crosse  doctur 
Borne,  bysshope  of  Bathe,  and  prayd  for  the  pope  of  Rome 
(Julius)  the  thurde,  and  for  alle  the  solles  of  purgatory. 

The  sam  day  at  after-non  was  a  bere-beytyn  ^  on  the  Banke 
syde,  and  ther  the  grett  blynd  here  broke  losse,  and  in  ronnyng 
away  he  chakt^  a  servyng  man  by  the  calfF  of  the  lege,  and  bytt 
a  gret  pesse  away,  and  after  by  the  hokyll-bone,  that  with-in  iij 
days  after  he  ded. 

The  xij  day  of  Desember  dyd  ryd  in  a  car  a-bowt  London  for  baldre 
one  Kay  wyiFe  dwellyng  be-syd  sant  Mare  Spytyll  at  the  corner. 

The  xiiij  day  of  Desember  was  sant  Donstones  in  (the)  est 
chyrche  and  chyrche-yerde  halowyd  by  a  sofFeracan,^  the  wyche 
was  sospendyd  one  owr  Lade  day,  the  Consepsyon,  by  a  man  of 
the  parryche. 


Savoy.  ^  holy-water  stock.  "=  MS,  tapurs.  ••  Savoy, 

^  while.  ^  bear-baiting.  k  caught.  '°-  sufifragan  bishop. 


1554.]  RESIDENT   IN   LONDON.  79 

The  xvj  day  of  Desember  dyd  pryche  at  Powlles  crosse  doctur 
Cottes  the  bysshope  of  West  Chastur,  and  h[is]  sermon  of  the 
blessyd  sacrement  of  the  auter  ....  owt  dyvers  actours^ 
of  the  sacrement  of  dyvers     .... 

The  xviij  day  of  Desember  was  a  grett  tryhumph  at  the  court 
gatte,  by  the  Kyng  and  dyvers  lordes  boyth  English-men  and 
Spaneards,  the  wyche  the  Kyng  and  his  compene  [were]  in  goodly 
harnes,  and  a-pon  ther  armes  goodly  jerkyns  of  bluw  velvett^  and 
hosse  in-brodered  with  sylver  and  bluw  sarsenett;  and  so  thay 
tane  on  fott  with  spayrers  ^  and  swerds  at  the  tornay,  and  with 
dromes  and  flutes  in  whyt  velvet  [drawn]  owt  with  blu  sarsenett, 
and  ther  wher  x  aganst  [the  King]  and  ys  compene,  the  wher  XViij 
in  odur  colers. 

The  xxvj  day  of  Desember  cam  by  water  from  .  .  .  the 
prynche  of  Pymon  «  with  my  lord  of  preve-sale  and  my  lord  Monty- 
cute,  and  shut  the  bryge,^  and  cam  unto  {unfinished). 

The  last  day  of  Desember  was  bered  at  Margatt^  at  West- 
mynster  a  Spaneard,  a  lord,  and  bered  with  baner,  cott,  targett, 
and  skochyons,  and  with  grett  lyght,  and  elmet,  and  the  mantyll, 
and  mony  torche  lyght. 

The  furst  day  of  January  where  asymbuUe^  of  men  and 
vomen  in  Bowe  chyrche-yerde  at  nyght  of  a  xxx  and  a-boyflfh,&  and 
ther  thay  had  the  Englys  serves  and  prayers  and  a  lectorne,  and 
thay  wher  taken  by  the  shreyfFes,  and  Thomas  Rosse  the  menyster, 
and  thay  wher  cared  to  the  contors  and  odur  plases,  and  ser 
Thomas  Rosse  to  the  Towre. 

The  viij  day  of  January  the  prynsse  of  Pyemon^  whent  by  water 
to  the  Towre  with  my  lord  Admerall  and  my  lord  Clynton,  and 
dyvers  odur,  and  he  was  shud^  evere  plasse  ther,  and  ther  wher 
grett  shutyng  of  gones. 

[The  ix  day  of  January  certain  Spaniards  killed  an  Englishman 
basely :  two  held  him  while  one  thrust  him  through,  and  sohedied.] 

•  authors.         •»  spears.         <=  Piedmont.  ^  shot  the  bridge.        «  St.  Margaret's. 

'  assembly.        *  above.  •»  So  in  MS.  »  Piedmont.        •«  shown. 


so  DIARY    OF    A  [1554-5. 

The  xiiij  day  of  Januarij  ther  preched  [at  Paul's  cross]  doctur 
Chadsay  persun  of  Allalowes  in  Bred-strett. 

The  xvj  day  of  January  was  bered  the  lade  Fuwater^a  the  wyif 
of  the  lord  Fuwater,  in  [Essex]  at  Odam  Water,  ^  with  iiij 
baners  of  armes,  [a  standard  ?]  of  armes,  and  ij  emages,  with  a  hers, 
and  vij  dosen  penselles,  and  viij  dosen  of  skochyons,  and  a  mantyll, 
and  whyt  branchy s,  and  iiij  dosen  stayfF-torchys. 

The  xviij  day  of  January  wher  hangyd  at  Tyborne  ij  men  and 
iiij  women. 

The  sam  day  whent  to  the  Towre  my  lord  chansseler,  and 
dyvers  odur  lordes  and  of  the  conselle,  and  delyvered  a  nomber 
presonars,  as  ther  names  folowes — ser  James  a  Croft,  ser  Gorge 
Harper,  ser  Gawynn  Carow,  ser  Necolas  Frogmortun,  master 
Vaghan,  ser  Edward  Varner,  Gybbs,  the  bysshope  of  Yorke, 
master  Rogers,  and  dyvers  odur  presonars,  and  after  ther  was  a 
gret  shottyng  of  gones. 

The  xxij  day  of  Januarij  was  raynyd  ^  at  my  lord  chansseler 
plasse  by-syd  sant  Mare  Overes  ser  John  Hoper  latt  bysshope 
of  Glosetur,  doctur  C[rome]5  as  the  parsun  of  Wyttyngtun  colege, 
harold  Tomson,  Rogars  parsun  or  veker  of  sant  Pulkers,  and 
dyvers  odur. 

The  xxiiij  day  of  January  ther  wher  grett  ronnyng  at  the  tylt  at 
Westmynster  with  spayrers,^  boyth  Englys  men  and  Spaneards, 

[The  XXV  day  of  January,  being  saint  PauFs  day,  was  a  general 
procession  of  saint  Paul  by  every  parish,  both  priests  and  clarkes, 
in  copes  to  the  number  of  a  hundred  and  sixty,  singing  Salve  festa 
dies,  with  ninety  crosses  borne.  The  procession  was  through 
Cheap  into  Leadenhall.  And  before  went  the]  chyldryn  of  the 
Gray-frers  and  Powlles  skolle.  [There  were  eight  bishops,  and 
the]  bysshope  of  London  myteryd,  bayryng  the  sacre[ment,  with 
.  .  eym]  of  torchys  bornyng,  and  a  canepe  borne  [over]  ;  so  a-bowtt 
the  chyrch-yerde,  and  in  at  the  west  dore,  [with  the]  lord  mayre 

»  Fitz water.  '»  Woodham  Walter.  «=  arraigned. 

^  spears.     As  a  side-note  to  this  paragraph  is  this  tvord,  Jostyng. 


1554-5.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  81 

and  the  althermen,  and  all  the  craftes  in  ther  best  leverays.  And 
with-in  a  wylle  after  the  Kyng  cam,  and  my  lord  cardenall,  and  the 
prynsse  of  Pyamon/  and  dyvers  lordes  and  knyghtes;  thay  hard 
masse,  and  after  to  the  court  to  dener,  and  at  nyght  bone-fyres  and 
grett  ryngyng  in  evere  [church] . 

The  xxvij  day  of  January  ther  was  a  goodly  prossessyon  cam  from 
Westmynster  unto  TempuU  bar  with  crosses  and  a  C.  chylderyn 
in  surples  and  a  C.  clarkes  and  prestes  in  copes  syngyng,  the 
wyche  the  copes  wher  very  ryche  of  tyssuw  and  cloth  of  gold ;  [and 
after]  that  master  dene  Weston  carehyng  the  blessyd  sacrement^ 
and  a  canepe  borne  over  yt,  and  a-bowt  yt  a  xx  torchys  bornyng, 
and  after  yt  a  ij  C.  men  and  women. 

The  xxviij  day  of  January  was  examynyd  at  sant  Mare  Overes 
bysshope  Hoper,  doctur  Crom,  and  Cardmaker,  and  odur,  and 
Cardmaker  recantyd. 

The  xxix  day  of  January  wher  raynyd^  at  sant  Mare  Overes  for 
herese  Hoper  and  Rogers,  and  cast  to  be  brentt,  and  from  thens 
cared  to  Nugatt. 

The  XXX  day  of  January  was  raynyd  in  the  sam  plasse  Bradford, 
Tayller,  and  Sandur,  and  -cast  to  be  brentt  in  dyvers  places. 

[The  j  day  of  February  was  buried  the  duchess  of  Northumber- 
land at  Chelsea  where  she  lived,  with  a  goodly  herse  of  wax  and 
pensils,  and  escocheons,  two  baners]  of  armes,  and  iiij  [banners 
of  images,  and]  mony  mornars,  and  with  ij  haroldes  of  armes.  Ther 
was  a  mageste  and  the  valans,  and  vj  dosen  of  torchys  and  ij  whyt 
branchys,  and  alle  the  chyrche  hangyd  with  blake  and  armes,  and 
a  canepe  borne  over  her  to  the  chyrche. 

The  iiij  day  (of)  Feybruary  the  bysshope  of  London  went  into 
Nugatt,  and  odur  docturs,  to  dysgratt  ^  Hoper,  and  Rogers  sum- 
tyme  vycker  of  sant  Polkers. 

The  sam  day  was  Rogers  cared  be-twyn  x  and  xj  of  the  cloke 
in-to  Smyth-feld,  and  bomyd,  for  aronyus  ^  apinions,  with  »  grett 
compene  of  the  gard. 

*  Piedmont.  •»  were  arraigned.  *  degrade,  ^  erroneous^ 

CAMD.    see.  M 


S2  DIARY    OF   A  [1554-5. 

The  V  day  of  Feybruarij  be-twyn  v  and  vj  in  the  momyng,  (de- 
parted) master  Hoper  to  Gloceter,  and  Sandurs  to  Coventre,  boyth 
[to  be]  bornd. 

The  vj  day  of  Feybruary  doctur  Tayller  was  sent  in-to  Suffoke, 
and  to  be  brentt. 

The  xij  day  of  Feybruary  was  my  lord  Strange  mared  to  the  lade 
of  Cumberland  the  yerle  of  Cumberland  doyctur  ;  and  after  a  grett 
dener,  and  justes,  and  after  tomay  on  horsbake  with  swordes,  and 
after  soper  Jube  the  cane,  a  play,*  with  torch-lyght  and  cress ett- 
lyghtes^  Ix  cressets  and  C.  of  torchys,  and  a  maske,  and  a  bankett. 

The  ix  day  of  Feybruary  was  raynyd  at  PowUes,  a-for  my  lord 
mayre  and  the  shreyffes  and  the  bysshope  of  London  and  dyvers 
docturs  and  of  the  conselle,  vj  heretykes  [of]  Essex  and  Suffoke,  to 
be  brent  in  dyvers  places. 

The  xvij  day  of  Feybruary  at  bowt  mydnyght  ther  wher  serten 
lude  feylous  cam  unto  sant  Thomas  of  Acurs,  and  over  the  dore 
ther  was  set  the  ymage  of  sant  Thomas,  and  ther  thay  brake  ys 
neke  and  the  tope  of  ys  crosier,  the  wyche  was  mad  of  fre-ston ; 
with  grett  sham  yt  was  done. 

The  V  day  of  Marche  was  playd  a-fo  [r  the  king  and]  the  conselle 
Whyt  the  master  of  fensse^  and  ys  [fellows,  and]  all  odur  that 
wold  come  at  the  court  at  Vest[mynster.] 

The  viij  day  of  Marche  ther  was  a  general  prossessyon  from 
Powlles  and  thrugh  Chepe  and  Bucklers [bery]  and  thrug  Walbroke 
and  up  Boge-row  and  Watling  stret,  and  so  to  Powlles  ;  and  all  the 
chylderyn  of  Powlles  and  of  the  hospetall,  and  the  bysshope  and 
my  lord  mare  and  aldermen,  and  all  the  crafts,  and  all  clarkes  and 
prestes  syngyng. 

The  sam  day  was  a  man  sett  on  the  pelere  [for  hurting]  of  one  of 
the  vj  men  that  was  sworne,  and  lyke  [to  have]  bene  slayne,  and 
dyd  suspend  the  chyrche  of  [saint]  Donestones  in  the  est. 

The  xiiij  day  of  Marche  in  the  nyght  ther  serten  velyns  c  dyd 

•  Jueffo  de  Canas,  or  tilting  with  canes,  a  sport  introduced  by  the  Spaniards. 
^  master  of  fence.  *=  villains. 


1554-5.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  83 

breke  the  neke  of  the  ymage  of  sant  Thomas  of  Canturbere,a  and 
on  of  ys  arms  broke. 

The  XV  day  of  Marche  ther  was  a  proclamassyon  the  morowe 
after  that  wo  so  ever  dyd  know  or  cold  bryng  word  to  the  mayre 
who  dyd  breke  ys  neke,  shuld  have  a  C.  crones  of  gold  for  ys  labur. 

The  xvj  day  of  Marche  was  a  veyver^  bornyd  in  Smyth-feld, 
dwellyng  in  Sordyche,  for  herese,by  viij  of  the  cloke  in  the  mom- 
yng,  ys  nam  was  (Tomkins  «). 

The  xviij  day  of  Marche  was  browth  to  the  Towre  owt  of 
Cambryge-shyre  master  Bowes,  master  Cutt,  and  master  Hynd, 
and  dyvers  odur,  for  a  nuw  conspyrase,  the  wyche  shuld  have  byne 
don  in  Suflfoke  and  odur  plases. 

The  xix  day  of  Marche  in  the  mornyng  the  Kyng('s)  grace  rune 
at  the  tylt  a-gaynst  odur  Spaneards,  and  brake  iiij  stayflFes  by  viij 
of  the  cloke  in  the  mornyng. 

[The  XX  day  of  March  the  earl  of  Bedford,  lord  privy-seal,  who 
died  at  his  house  beside  the  Savoy,  was  carried  to  his  burying- 
place  in  the  country,  called  Chenies,  with  three  hundred  horse  all 
in  black.  He  was  carried  with  three  crosses,]  with  mony  clerkes 
and  prestes,  [till  they  came  to  the  hill]  a-boyffe  sant  James,  and 
ther  returnyd  [certain  of  them]  home ;  and  thay  had  torchys  and 
almes  ^  and  money  gyven  them.  And  after  evere  man  sett  in  aray 
on  horssebake.  First  on  red  «  in  blake  bayryng  a  crosse  of  sylver, 
and  serten  prestes  on  horsebake  wayryng  ther  surples ;  then  cam 
the  standard,  and  then  all  the  gentyllmen  and  hed  officers ;  and 
then  cam  haroldes,  on  beyryng  ys  elmet,  and  the  mantylls,  and 
the  crest,  and  anodur  ys  baner  of  armes,  and  anodur  ys  target  with 
the  garter,  and  anodur  ys  cott  armur ;  and  anodur  ys  sword :  and 
then  master  Garter  in  ys  ryche  cott  armur  and  then  cam  the 
charett  with  vj  banars  roUes  of  armes,  and  a-bowt  the  charett  iiij 
banars  of  ymages,  and  after  the  charet  a  gret  horsse  trapyd  in  cloth 
of  gold  with  the  sadyll  of  the  sam ;  and  then  cam  mornars,  the 

*  In  a  side  note,  sant  Thomas  of  Acurs.  •*  weaver. 

<=  blank  in  MS.  ^  in  MS.  armes.  *  one  rode. 


B4  DIARY    OF    A  [1555. 

cheyife  (of  whom)  my  lord  Russell  ys  sune,»  and  after  my  lord 
trayssorer,  and  the  master  of  the  horse,  and  dyver  odur  nobuU 
men  all  in  blake  ;  and  evere  ^  towne  that  he  whent  thrughe  the 
clarkes  and  prestes  mett  ym  with  crosses  ;  and  thay  had  in  evere 
parryche  iiij  nobuls  to  gyffe  to  the  pore,  and  the  prest  and  clarke 
of  evere  parryche  x^.,  tyll  he  cam  to  ys  plasse  at  Cheynes  ;  and 
the  morowe  after  was  he  bered,  and  a  grett  doll  of  money  ;  and  ther 
the  deyn  of  PowUes  mad  a  godly  sermon ;  and  after  a  grett  dener, 
and  gret  plenty  to  all  the  contrey  a-bowt  that  wold  com  thether. 

The  XXV  day  of  March e,  the  wyche  was  owre  lade  [day,]  ther 
was  as  gret  justes  as  youe  have  sene  at  the  tylt  at  Vestmynster; 
the  chalyngers  was  a  Spaneard  and  ser  Gorge  Haward  ;  and  all  ther 
men,  and  ther  horsses  trymmyd  in  whyt,  and  then  cam  the  Kyng 
and  a  gret  mene  c  all  in  bluw,  and  trymmyd  with  yelow,  and  ther 
elmets  with  gret  tuyfFes  ^  of  blue  and  yelow  fether,  and  all  ther 
veffelers  ®  and  ther  fotemen,  and  ther  armorers,  and  a  compene 
lyke  Turkes  red  ^  in  cremesun  saten  gownes  and  capes,  and  with 
fachyons,?  and  gret  targets ;  and  sum  in  gren,  and  mony  of  dyvers 
colers  ;  and  ther  was  broken  ij  hondred  stayfFes  and  a-boyflf.^ 

The  iiij  day  of  Aprell  the  Kyng('s)  grace  and  the  Quen  removyd 
unto  Hamtun  cowrte  to  kepe  Ester  ther,  and  so  her  grace  to  her 
chambur  ther. 

The  xvij  day  of  Aprell  was  a  commandment  [from  the  bishop 
of  London  that  every]  parryche  in  London  shuld  have  the  sam 
day,  and  the  morowe,  durge  and  masse  and  ryngyng  for  pope  JuUy 
[the  third]  of  that  name,  and  for  all  crystyn  solles. 

The  xiiij  day  of  Aprell,  the  wyche  was  [Ester  day,]  at  sant  Mar- 
gatt  parryche  at  Westmynster,  af[ter  masse]  was  done,  one  of  the 
menysters  a  prest  of  the  ab[bay]  dyd  helpe  hym  that  was  the 
menyster  [to]  the  pepull  who  wher  reseyvyng  of  the  blessyd  sacre- 
ment  of  [the  lord]  Jhesus  Cryst,  ther  cam  in-to  the  chyrche  a  man 

•  son.  •»  every.  '  men^e,  i.  e.  retinue.  ^  tufts,  or  plumes, 

«  whiflSers,  or  forerunners.  '  rode,  sf  falchions.  ••  above. 


1555.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  85 

that  was  a  monke  of  EUy,  the  wyche  was  marryed  to  a  wyff ;  the  sam 
day  ther  that  sam  man  sayd  to  the  menyster,  What  doyst  thow 
gyff  them  ?  and  as  sone  as  he  had  spokyn  he  druw  his  wod-knyflfe, 
and  hyt  the  prest  on  the  hed  and  struck  hym  a  grett  blowe,  and 
after  ran  after  hym  and  struck  hym  on  the  hand,  and  cloyflfe  ys 
hand  a  grett  way,  and  after  on  the  harme  »  a  grett  wond  ^ ;  and  ther 
was  syche  a  cry  and  showtt  as  has  not  byne ;  and  after  he  was 
taken  and  cared  to  presun,  and  after  examynyd  wher-for  he  dyd 
ytt. 

The  XX  day  of  Aprell  was  raynyd  c  at  Powlles  a-for  the  bysshope 
of  London  and  many  odur  and  my  lord  cheyffe  justys  and  my  lord 
mayre  and  the  shreyfFes;  ys  name  was  (master  Fowler,  alias 
Branch^) ;  he  was  a  monke  of  Ely ;  and  ther  was  a  goodly  sermon, 
and  after  he  was  cast  and  condemnyd  to  have  ys  hand  that  hurt 
the  prest  cut  off  or  he  shuld  sufFer,^  and  after  dysgracyd,  and  after 
cared  to  Nuwgatt. 

The  xxj  day  of  Aprell  ther  was  wypyd  at  a  cart-hors  iij,  j  man 
and  ij  women,  and  anodur  man  a-lone,  ij  old  men  with  whyt 
berdes,  and  on  was  for  carehyng     ...... 

[The  xxiijd  day  of  April,  being  saint  George's  day,  at  Hamp- 
ton Court,  the  King,  with  other  lords  and  knights  of  the  garter, 
went  in  their  robes  on  procession,  with  three]  crosses,  and  clarkes 
and  prestes,  and  my  lord  chancellor,  the  cheyff  menyster,  metered,  ^ 
and  all  thay  in  copes  of  cloth  of  tyssue  and  gold,  syngyng  Salva 
fast  a  dyes  as  thay  whent  a-bowt;  the  Quen('s)  grace  lokyd  owt 
of  a  cassement,  that  hundereds  dyd  se  her  grace  after  she  had 
taken  her  chambur ;  and  arolds  s  gohyng  a-bowt  the  Kyng('s)  grace. 

The  xxiiij  day  of  Aprell  was  the  sam  man  cared  to  Westmynster 
that  dyd  hurt  the  prest,  and  had  ys  hand  stryken  of  at  the  post, 
and  after  he  was  bornyd  aganst  sant  Margett  chyrche  with-owt 
the  cherche-yerde. 

»  arm.  •>  wound.  *=  arraigned.  ^  Blank  in  MS, 

*  t.  e.  before  he  should  suffer  death  ;  see  under  the  xxiiij th. 
^  heralds.  e  wearing  his  mitre. 


86  DIARY    OF   A  [1555. 

The  xxvj  day  of  Aprell  was  cared  from  the  Marselsee  in  a  care 
thrugh  London  unto  Charyng-crosse  to  the  galows,  and  ther 
hangyd,  iij  men  for  robyng  of  serten  Spaneardes  of  tresur  of  gold 
owt  of  the  abbay  of  Vestmynster. 

The  sam  day  was  a  yonge  tnan  wypytt  at  a  post  with  a  coler  of 
yron  to  the  post,  by  the  standard  in  the  Chepe,  that  ys  callyd  the 
post  of  reformassyon,  for  brybyng  and  pyky     ,     . 

The  xxix  day  of  Aprell  was  cutte  downe  of  the  galows  a  man 
that  was  hangyd  the  xxvj  day  of  Aprell,  a  pulter('s)  servant  that 
was  one  of  them  that  dyd  robed »  the  Spaneard  with-in  West- 
mynster  Abbay,  and  he  hangyd  in  a  gowne  of  towny  ^  fryse  and  a 
dobelet  of  townny  taiFata  and  a  payre  of  fyne  hose  lynyd  with 
sarsenet,  and  after  bered  undur  the  galaus,  rayllyng  a-ganst  the 
pope  and  the  masse,  and  hangyd  iiij  days. 

The  XXX  day  of  Aprell  and  the  last  day  of  Aprell  thydynges  cam 
to  London  that  the  Quen('s)  grace  was  delevered  of  a  prynce,  and 
so  ther  was  grett  ryngyng  thrugh  London,  and  dyvers  plases  Te 
Deum  laudamus  songe  ;  and  the  morow  after  yt  was  tornyd  odur- 
ways  to  the  plesur  of  God !  But  yt  shall  be  when  yt  plesse  God, 
for  I  trust  God  that  he  wyll  remembur  ys  tru  servands  that  putt 
ther  trust  in  hym,  when  that  they  calle  on  hym. 

[The  ij  day  of  May  three  persons  for  their  abominable  living 
were  carted  through  the  city,  from  Guildhall  to  Cheapside,  and  so 
through  Newgate,  and  through  Smithfield,  and  back  again  to 
the  Standard  in  Cheap,  where  the  proclamation  of  their  unclean 
living  was  made,  viz.  master]  Manwaryng  a  gentyllman,  and  ij 
women,  on  ...  .  Waren  dwellyng  at  the  Hare  in  Chepe,  and 
the  odur  a  gold-smyth('s)  wyfF,  for  baudry  and  hordom,  and  dyvers 
[times  taken]  with-all ;  and  so  cared  owt  of  Algatt. 

The  vij  day  of  May  was  taken  owt  of  ys  grave  the  sam  man  that 
was  bered  be-syd  the  galaus  at  Charynge  crosse,  a  pulter,  and 
bornyd  be-syd  the  galaus. 
The  X  day  of  May  was  browth  c  unto  [the  court  at]  Hamtun  to 

»  Sic  MS.  •*  tawny.  "  brought. 


1555.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  8? 

the  consell  a  yonge  man  the  wyche  sayd  he  was  kyng  Edward  the 
vj**^,  and  was  [examined]  a-for  the  conselle,  and  so  examynyd  how 
he  [dared  be]  so  bold,  and  after  delevered  unto  the  marshall  and 
conveyed  to  the  marshellsay,  and  ther  he  bydyth  the  conselles 
pleasure. 

The  XV  day  of  May  was  a  generall  prossessyon  from  Powlles 
and  unto  Leydynhall  and  downe  Gracious-strett,  and  tornyd  done 
Estchepe,  and  so  to  Powlles  a-gayn ;  for  [there]  whent  ij  C.  pore 
men  with  bedes  in  ther  handes,  and  iij  C.  powre  women  of  evere 
parryche,  ij  men  and  ij  vomen,  ij  and  ij  to-gether,  and  after  all  the 
men-chylderyn  of  the  hospetall,  and  after  the  chylderne  of  sant 
Antonys,  and  then  all  the  chyltheryn  of  Powlles  and  all  ther 
masters  and  husshers,  and  then  all  the  prestes  and  clerkes,  and 
the  bysshope,  and  my  lord  mare  and  the  althermen,  and  all 
the  crafFtes  of  London  in  ther  leveray.  The  sam  tym  as  thay  wher 
a-gohyng  a-prossessyon  in  Chepe  ther  cam  a  frantyke  man  and 
hangyd  a-bowt  a  prest  ij  podynges,  and  after  he  was  browth  ^  to 
the  bysshope,  and  after  to  my  lord  mayre,  and  after  to  the  contur 
for  ys  folyssnes.^ 

*  «•  •  ••••» 

wypyd  at  a  care-hars  c  a-bowt  the     .     .     . 

The  xvij  day  of  May  was  bone  ^  to  a  post  in  [Cheap  and]  wyped 
for  (blank  in  the  MS, J  as  they  wher  gohyng  a-prossessyon  the 
Wednysday  a-for,  a-for  non,^  a  man  dwellyng  at  Belyngatt  ^  in 
Bore[^s  head]-alley;   ys  nam  ys  (blank J  Halle  a  leyterman. 

The  xviij  day  of  May  was  nodur  lad  wypyd  at  the  same  post 
in  Chepe  for  loytryng  and  ronnyng  a-bowt  master-les  as  a  vaca- 
bond. 

The  sam  day  of  May  was  (arraigned)  iiij  men  at  Powlles,  a-for 
none  and  after-non,  of  Essex,  and  thay  wher  cast  for  heresse,  s 
all  iiij  cast  to  be  bornyd,  and  so  cared  unto  Nugatt. 

*  brought.  ''  foolishness.  <=  cart-tail.  ^  bound. 

*  noon.  '  Billingsgate.  sf  heresy. 


88^  DIARY    OF    A  [1555. 

The  xix  day  of  May  dyd  pryche  at  PowUes  crosse  master 
HapfFeld ;  and  ther  wher  ij  women  stode  ther  a-fore  the  precher, 
and  ther  the  ij  women  declaryd  that  yt  was  falsse  that  they  sayd 
a-fore,  that  the  chyld  dyd  nott  spyke,and  bad  all  men  take  hed  »  how 
eny  man  or  voman  shuld  beleyfFe  any  shuche  person  the  wyche 
shuld  spyke  a  chyld  be-syd  Powlles,  the  wyche  the  chyld  shuld 
spyke  and  shuld  bed  ^  men  pray,  and  sayd  that  the  kyngdom  of 
God  ys  at  hand. 

The  xvij  day  of  May  was  bered  the  contesse  of  Vestmerland  at 
Sordyche,  for  ther  was  a  goodly  hersse  with  iiij  banars  of  emages, 
and  iiij  banars-roUes,  and  mony  mornars,  and  ther  was  master 
Garter  and  Ruge-crosse,  and  after  all  done  a  gret  dener. 

The  xxij  day  of  May  one  Wylliam  (blank),  sum  tyme  a  lake,  ^ 
rod  in  a  care  from  the  Marsalsey  thrugh  London  unto  Westmyn- 
ster  and  in-to  the  Hall,  and  ther  he  had  ys  jugement  to  be  wypyd 
be-caws  he  sayd  that  he  cam  as  a  messynger  from  kyng  Edward 
the  vj'li. 

[The  XXV  day  of  May  were  arraigned  at  St.  PauPs  for  heresy, 
before  the  bishop,  master  Cardmaker  sometime  vicar  of  St.  Bride's 
in  Fleet-street,  and  one]  John  Warren  a  cloth  [worker  in  Wal- 
brook]  and  a-nodur  of  (blank),  and  cast  to  be  brent ;  and  [car- 
ried back  to]  Nugatt. 

The  xxix  day  of  May  was  a  goodly  prossessyon  of  the  chyld- 
eryn  of  the  hospetall  and  all  the  skoUes  in  [London] . 

The  XXX  day  of  May  was  burnt  in  Smythfeld  master  Cardmaker 
sum-tyme  veker  of  sant  Bryd  and  master  Varren  clothworker 
dwellyng  aganst  sant  Johns  in  Walbroke,  an  hupholster,  and  ys 
wyff  behyng  in  [Newgate] . 

The  xxvij  day  of  May  was  the  Clarkes'  prossessyon  from  Yerd- 
lialH  college,  and  ther  was  a  goodly  masse  be  hard,  e  and  evere 
clarke  havyng  a  cope  and  garland,  with  C.  stremers  borne,  and  the 

«  heed.  »>  bid.  <=  lacquey.  ^  Sic  in  MS.  for  Yeldhall,  i.  e.  Guildhall, 

e  as  goodly  a  mass  as  has  been  heard. 


1555.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  89 

whettesa  playng  round  Chepe,  and  so  to  Ledynhall  unto  sant 
Albro^  chyrchcj  [and  ther]  thay  putt  off  ther  gayre,c  and  ther  was 
the  blessyd  sacrament  borne  with  torche-lyght  a-bowt,  and  from 
thens  unto  the  Barbur-hall  to  dener. 

The  xxvj  day  of  May  was  a  goodly  May-gam  at  sant  Martens 
in  the  feld,  with  gyant  and  hobehorsses^  with  drumes  and  gonnes 
and  mores  danse  and  with  othur  mynsterelles. 

The  iij  day  of  Junij  cam  a  godly  prossessyon  from  sant  Peters 
in  Cornhylle  with  the  Fyssmongers^  and  my  lorde  mayre,  with  a 
C.  copes,  unto  PowUes,  and  ther  thay  offered  ;  with  the  whettes  d 
playhyng  and  syngyng. 

The  sam  day  was  a  goodly  May -gam  at  Westmynster  as  has 
ben  synes^e  with  gyantes,  mores-pykes,  gunes  and  drumes,  and 
duwylles,  ^  and  iij  mores-dansses,  and  bag-pypes  and  wyoUes,  s 
and  mony  dysgyssyd,  and  the  lord  and  the  lade  of  the  May  rod 
gorgyously,  with  mynsterelles  dyver  playng. 

[The  same  day  was  the  procession  of  saint  Clement's  parish 
without  Temple  bar,  set  forth  with  a  great  many  streamers]  and  ban- 
ners, and  the  whetes  of  London  [with  crosses.]  In  the  myds  of  the 
crosses  was  the  Spaneards  crosse  of  the  Savoy,  and  yt  was  rond 
lyke  to  that  hangys  over  [the  sacrament,]  of  cremesun  welvett  in- 
brodere  ryche,  and  after  clarkes  and  prestes  in  ryche  copes  syng- 
yng Salve  fast  a  dies ;  [and]  folowyng  all  the  ines  of  the  cowrt 
ther;  and  after  all  the  parryche  with  whyt  rods  in  ther  handes 
a  gret  nombur. 

The  sam  day  cam  Eslyngtun  prosessyon,  with  standard  and 
baners,  with  clarkes  and  prestes  in  copes  syngyng  Salve  fast  a  dies, 
and  after  all  the  parryche  boyth  men  and  women. 

The  X  day  of  Juin  was  delevered  owt  of  Nuwgatt  vij  men  to  be 
cared  in-to  Essex  and  SufFoke  to  borne.^ 

The  sam  day  was  Grossers*  fest,  and  ther  was  my  lord  mayre 

»  waits.  "  Ethelburga.  «  gg^r.  «*  waits.  «  Sic  MS.  lege  seen. 

'  devils.  »  viols.  •»  to  be  burned. 

CAMD.  SOC.  N 


90  DIARY    OF    A  [1555. 

and  dyvers  altherraen^  and  ther  my  lord  mayre  dyd  chuysse  mas- 
ter Lee  altherman  shreyfFe  for  the  kyng,  and  master  Whytt  grocer 
and  altherman  the  master  of  the  Grosers,  and  master  Graf  tun  war- 
den and  master  Grenway  warden  for  that  yere. 

The  xj  day  of  Juin  be-gane  they  to  sett  up  the  frame  for  the 
hersse  at  Powlles  for  the  quen  of  Spayn,  the  wyche  was  the  good- 
lest  that  ever  was  sene  in  England ;  the  bare  frame  cost  xv^.  the 
carpynter('s)  dute. 

The  xvij  day  of  Juin  was  the  hersse  fenyssyd  at  Powlles  a-boyfFe 
the  qwyer  with  ix  prensepalles  garnyshyd,  (the)  goodlest  that  ever 
was  sene,  and  all  the  prensepalles  covered  with  blake  velvett,  and 
the  mageste  of  tafFata  and  the  frynge  [gold] ;  and  all  the  qwyre 
and  a-boyfFe  the  qwyre  and  the  sydes  and  ondur  [foot]  and 
the  body  of  the  chyrche  one  he  a  hangyd  with  blake  and  armes, 
and  with  xxxvj  dosen  of  pensells  of  sylke  welvett  with  gold  and 
selver,  and  xvj  baners-rolles  of  armes,  and  iiij  baners  of  whyt 
emages  wroght  with  fyne  gold ;  over-nyght  durge,  and  the  morow 
masse ;  and  mony  mornars,  the  forst  a  stranger  and  the  yerle  of 
Shrusbere,  and  yerle  of  Penbroke,  my  lord  treysorer,  ser  Recherd 
Sowthwell,  and  mony  mo  as  Englys  as  Spaneards ;  and  a  vij  skore 
powre  men  havyng  nuwe  blake  gownes,  and  evere  man  holdyng 
torchys ;  and  after  messe  a  grett  dener  at  the  bysshope  of  Lon- 
don (^s)  plasse,  and  gret  plente. 

The  xiiij  day  (of)  Juin  was  a  proclamassyon  [that  all]  bokes 
shuld  be  broyth  b  in  of  Luter,  Tendalles,  ....  and  Cover- 
dais  and  bysshope  Cremer,c  and  all  shyche  as  ...  .  shuys 
and  all  hereses  bokes,  and  he  that  dyd  nott  [bring  them]  in  with-in 
the  XV  days  after  shuld  go  to  presun  with-owt  prysse,  of  what 
degre  they  be  of. 

The  furst  day  of  July  whent  in-to  Smythfeld  to  borne  ^  master 
Bradford,  a  grett  precher  by  kyng  Edwards  days,  and  a  talow- 

*  on  high.  *>  brought.  *'■  Cranmer.  «*   burn,  i.  e.  to  be  burnt. 


1555.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  91 

chandler('s)  prentes  »  dwellyng  by  Nugatt,  by  viij  of  the  cloke  in 
the  mornyng,  with  a  grett  compene  of  pepull. 

The  sam  day  was  bered  good  master  Thomas 

altherman,  sum  tyme  shreyfF  of  London,  and  [a  hearse]  with  ij 
whyt  branchys  and  xij  longe  torchys  [a  hearse]  stayfFe  torchys 
and  iiij  grett  tapurs,  and  xij  gownes  gyfFen  unto  xij  pore  men  of 
blake  peneston,  and  the  compene  of  the  Clarkes  and  mony  prestes 
and  .  .  .  armes  of  the  body  and  the  tapurs,  and  ther  wher 
.  .  .  blake  gownes,  and  after  durge  speysse-bred  and  wine; 
and  the  morow  masse  of  requeem,  and  ther  dyd  pryche  a  frere  of 
Grenwyche,  and  a  grett  doUe. 

The  ij  day  of  July  was  the  Marchand-tayllers'  fest,  and  ther 
dynyd  my  lord  mayre  and  dyvers  of  the  conselle  and  juges  and  the 
shreyffes  and  mony  althermen  and  gentyllmen,  and  thay  had 
agaynst  ther  dener  Iviij  bokes  and  ij  stages b;  the  master  of  the  com- 
pene master  Jeye  Wade  sqwyre,  (and  the  wardens)  master  Eton, 
master  Rowe,  and  master  Hylle,  and  master  God,  and  all  v  borne 
in  London  and  tayller(s')  sunnes  alle. 

The  vj  day  of  July  rod  to  Tyburne  to  be  hangyd  iij  men,  and 
on  drane*^  upon  a  hyrdyll  unto  Tyburne  for  qwynnyng  d  of  money. 

[The  viij  day  of  July  were  three  more  delivered  out  of  Nugate, 
and  sent  into  the  country  to  be  burned  for  heretics.] 

The  xij  day  of  July  was  bornyd  at  Canturbery  iiij  men  for  herese, 
ij  prestes  and  ij  laye  men. 

The  XX  day  of  July  was  cared  to  the  Towre,  [in  the]  morning 
erlee,e  iiij  men ;  on  was  the  good-man  of  [the]  Volsake  ^  with-owt 
Algatt. 

The  xxj  day  of  July  dyd  pryche  at  Althermare  [church] 
Recherdson  the  Skott,  that  was  the  reder  at  Wyttyngton  college, 
from  on  s  tyll  iij  of  the  cloke,  and  ther  was  the  grettest  audyense 
that  has  ben  sen  in  a  parryche ;  and  he  came  thedur  to  have 
recantyd,  butt  he  wold  nott. 

»  apprentice.  "  bucks  and  stags.  <=  one  drawn.  ^  coining, 

e  early.  '  Woolsack.  «  one. 


SHJ  DIARY    OF    A  [1555. 

The  ij  day  of  August  was  a  shumaker  bornyd  at  sant  Edmunde- 
bere  in  Suffoke  for  herese. 

The  viij  day  of  August,  between  iiij  and  v  in  the  mornyng,  was 
a  presoner  delevered  unto  the  shreyff  of  Medyllsex  to  be  cared 
unto  Uxbryge  to  be  bornyd ;  yt  was  the  markett  day — owt  of 
Nuwgatt  delevered. 

The  ix  day  of  August  was  a  generall  prossessyon  at  London 
with  all  the  chylderyn  of  skolles  ^  in  London ;  and  all  sextens, 
and  all  clarkes,  and  all  prestes ;  and  the  bysshope  of  London,  and 
my  lord  mayre,  in  therleveray,  from  Powlles  done^  Chepesyd,  and 
thrugh  Bokelars-bere  and  Walbroke,  and  up  Watlyng-stret  to 
Powlles. 

The  iij  day  of  August  the  Quen  and  Kynges  grace  removyd 
from  Hamtun  Court  unto  Hotland,^  a  iiij  mylles  of:  has  her  grace 
whent  thrugh  the  parke  for  to  take  her  barge,  ther  mett  her 
grace  by  the  way  a  powre  man  with  ij  chruches,  and  when  that 
he  saw<^  her  grace,  for  joy  he  thruw  hys  stayifes  a-way,  and 
rane  after  her  grace,  and  sche  commondyd  that  one  shuld  gyfF  ym 
a  reward. 


Ox]  fordshyre. 

The  XV  day  of  August  was  a  grett  ffett  on  the  see  ^  be-twyn  the 
Frencmen  and  the  Flemmyng,  and  ther  wher  dyvers  of  boyth 
partes  slene,  and  boyth  men  and  shy  pes  and  dyvers  taken,  and  the 
goodes. 

Thexxiij  day  of  August  was  bornyd  at  [Stratford] -of-bowe,  in  the 

conte  of  Mydyllsex,  a  woman,  [wife]  of  John  Waren,  cloth  worker,  a 

huphulster   [over]  agaynst  sant  Johns  in  Walbroke ;  the  wyche 

.     .     .     John  her  hosband  was  bornyd  with  on  Cardmaker  in 

Smythfeld,^  for  herese  boyth;  and  the  sam  woman  had  a  sunes 


schools.                     •*  down. 

"  Oatlands. 

"  MS.  say. 

*  fight  on  the  sea. 

^  See  before,  p.  88. 

»  son. 

1555.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  '93 

taken  at  her  bornyng  and  cared  to  Nuwgatt  [to  his]  syster,  for 
they  will  borne  boyth. 

The  xxiiij  day  of  August  cam  from  Rome  at  afternone  the 
bysshope  of  Ely,a  the  bysshope  of  Banger,b  the  lord  Montycutt 
vycontt,  ser  Hare  Husse,  and  dyvers  odur. 

The  xxvj  day  of  August  cam  from  Westmynster,  rydyng  thrugh 
London  unto  Towrs-warfF,  the  Kyng  and  the  Gluen,  and  ther  thay 
toke  ther  barge  unto  Grenwyche,  and  landyd  at  the  long  bryge, 
and  reseyvyd  by  my  lord  chanseler^  and  my  lord  of  Ely,  and  my 
lord  vycont  Montyguw,  master  comtroUer,  master  Sowthwell,  and 
dyvers  mo,  and  the  gard,  and  dyvers  holdyn  torchys  bornynge, 
and  up  to  the  Frers,  and  ther  thare  graces  mad  ther  praers,  and  at 
her  grace  (/s)  landyng  received  ix  or  x  suplycasyon  (s),  and  so  bake 
agayn  to  the  court  with  a  c.  torchys  bornyng. 

[The  xxviii  day  of  August  went  out  of  Newgate  certain]  here- 
tykes  to  borne  in  the  contrey. 

The  xxix  day  of  August,  (which)  was  the  day  of  Decolacyon  of 
sant  John  Baptyst,  the  Marchand-tayllers  kept  masse  at  Sant 
Johnes  be-yond  Smyt-feld,  and  my  lord  of  Sant  Johnes  dyd  offer 
at  masse,  and  ser  Hare  Hubylthorne,  ser  Thomas  Whytt  and 
master  Harper,  althermen,  and  all  the  clothyng.  And  after  the 
iiij  wardens  of  the  yeomanry,  and  all  the  compene  of  the  tayllers, 
a  1</.  a  pesse ;  and  the  qwyre  honge  with  cloth  of  arres,  and  after 
masse  to  the  Tayllers^  halle  to  dener. 

The  same  day  the  Kyng(^s)  grace  toke  ys  jorney  toward  Dover, 
and  with  a  grett  compeny,  and  ther  tared  for  the  wynd,  and  ther 
the  shypes  lying  rede  ^  for  ys  grace  gohyng  over  see. 

The  xxx  day  of  August  was  cast  at  yeld-hall,  for  robyng  d  of 
the  quen('s)  warderobe,  one  John  Boneard,  a  servantt  of  hers, 
dwellyng  be-syd  the  Warderobe  at  the  Blake  Frers,  and  cast.  The 
sam  day  were  cast,  for  robyng  of  ther  masturs,  ij.  wher  prentes,e 
and  the  thurd  was  a  servyngman,  the  prentes  dwellyng  in  Boke- 

»  Thomas  Thirlby.       *»  William  Glynn.         <=  ready.        ^  robbing.         «  apprentices. 


94  DIARY    OF   A  [1555. 

larbere,  for  kepyng  of  herers,^  and  after  send  ^  unto  thebysshop(^s) 
presun  at  Startford  in  Essex. 

The  xxxj  day  of  August  whent  out  of  Nugatt  a  man  of  Essex 
unto  Barnett  for  herese,  by  the  shreyfF  of  Medyllsex^  to  borne 
ther. 

The  iiij  day  of  September  the  Quen(^s)  grace  and  my  lady 
Elsabeth,  and  all  the  court,  dyd  fast  from  flessh,  and  toke  the  Popes 
jubele  and  pardon  grantyd  to  alle  men. 

[The  same  day  were  certain  bishops,  viz.  doctor  Corwyn  arch- 
bishop of]  Duvylyne,  [doctor  Wilham]  Glyne  bysshoppe  of 
Bangor,  (and)  doctur  (James  Turberville)  bysshope  of  Exsseter, 
alle  consecratyd  at  Po wiles. 

The  x  day  of  September  was  bered  my  lade  Lyons,  the  mares  <= 
of  London,  with  a  goodly  [herse]  mad  in  sant  Benet-sherog 
parry che,  with  ij  branchy s,  and  xxiiij  gownes  of  blake  for  pore 
men ;  and  thay  had  xxiiij  torchys,  with  v  banars,  one  of  armes, 
and  iiij  of  emages,  and  vj  dosen  pensells,  and  vij  dosen  of  skoch- 
yons,  and  ij  harold(s)  of  armes,  and  c.  mornars  in  blake,  and  the 
althermen  folohyng  the  corsse,  and  after  the  [company  of]  the 
Grosers,  and  the  morow  the  masse,  and  master  H  .  .  dyd 
pry  che,  and  after  a  grett  dener. 

The  XV  day  of  September  dyd  pryche  at  Powlles  {blank),  and  he 
declaryd  (the)  Pope(^s)  jubele  and  pardon  from  Rome,  and  as 
mony  as  wyll  reseyffe  ys  pardon  so  to  be  shryfF,^  and  fast  iij  days 
in  on^  wyke,  and  to  reseyffe  the  blessed  sacrement  the  next 
Sonday  afFter,  clen  remyssyon  of  all  ther  synes  tossy  ens  quossyens^ 
of  all  that  ever  they  dyd. 

The  XX  day  of  September  was  cared  from  Nugatt  unto  the 
lolrar  stowre^  serten  men. 

The  xxix  day  of  September  was  the  grettestrayn  andfludes  that 
ever  was  sene  in  England,  that  all  low  contreys  was  drounyd,  and 
in   dyver  plasses   boyth  men   and    catell   drounyd,  and    all   the 

*  whores?  *•  sent.  *=  mayoress.  ^  shrived.  «  one. 

*  toties  guoties.  «  So  in  MS.  The  Lollards'  tower  at  Lambeth  palace  is  mean  t. 


1555.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  95 

marssys^a  and  sellers^  boyth  of  wyne  and  bere  and  aile^  and  odur 
marchandysse,  in  London  and  odur  plassys,  drounyd;  and  the 
rayne  begane  after  Bathellmuw-tyd  telle  sant  Edwardes  tyde,  after 
not  X  days  fayre. 

ij  goodly  whytt  branchys  and  xij  longe  torchys 

.  .  .  .  .  stayfFes  torchys  grett,  and  a  c.  mornars  in  blake, 
[xij  poor]  men  and  xij  women,  and  all  xxiiij  in  rosett  gownes 
[and  the]  vomen  raylles  apon  ther  heds,  and  iiij  gylt  candyll- 
stykes,  with  iiij  grett  tapurs  and  xx  prestes  and  xx  clarkes. 

The  sam  day  at  after-none  was  bered  master  Barthelett  sqwyre 
and  prynter  unto  Kyng  Henry ;  and  was  bered  with  pennon  and 
cote-armur,  and  iiij  dosen  of  skochyons  and  ij  whytt  branchys  and 
iiij  gylt  candyllstykes,  and  mony  prestes  and  clarkes,  and  mony 
mornars,  and  all  the  craftes  of  prynters,  boke-sellers,  and  all  stas- 
syoners  a     .     .     . 

The  vij  day  of  October  was  a  robere  be-syd  ....  parke  of 
clothears,  so  they  foyth  ^  long,  at  last  the  th[ieves]  over-cam  them, 
and  toke  alle  the  goodes,  and  cot  ther  hors  leges  oflf  and  kyllyd 
sum. 

The  ix  day  of  October  was  a  servyngman,  [the]  penter('s)  broder 
that  war  bornyd  at  Staynes,  was  bered  in  Morefeld  be-syd  the 
doge-howsse,  be-caus  he  was  not  ressefF^  the  ryctes  of  the  chyrche, 
and  thys  lawe. 

The  {blank J  day  of  October  was  bered  doctor  Wottun,  phes- 
syssyon,  in  Woodstrett,  with  ij  whyt  branchys  and  xij  longe  torchys 
and  vj  stayff  torchys  and  mony  (mourners). 

The  xyj  day  of  October  was  the  Sargent  (s')  of  the  law  fest,^  and 
vij  mad  the  sam  day,  and  a  grett  dener  after,  and  kept  at  the 
(blankj, 

[The  same  day  were  burnt  at  Oxford  for  heresy  doctor  Latimer, 

*  marshes.  •*  cellars.  «=  ale.  *  fought. 

«  was  not  to  receive.  '  feast. 


96  DIARY    OF    A  [1555. 

late  bishop  of  Worcester,  and  doctor  Ridley,]  late  bysshope  of 
London  ;  [they  were  some]  tyme  grett  prychers  as  ever  was  ;  and 
at  ther  bornyng  dyd  pryche  doctur  Smyth,  sum-tyme  the  master 
of  Vetyngtun^  colege  (blank). 

The  xxvj  day  of  October  was  sett  on  the  pelere  [one]  for  spyk- 
yng  of  sedyssyous  wordes,  and  had 

The  xxviij  day  of  October  in  the  mornyng  was  set  up  in  Flet- 
strett,  be-syd  the  well,b  a  payre  of  galaus,  and  ij  men  hangyd,  for 
the  robere  of  a  Spaneard,  (and  they  were)  hangyng  aganst  the 
Spaneardes  gate  be-tyme  in  the  mornyng,  and  so  hangyng  alle  the 
day  in  the  rayne. 

The  xxix  day  of  October  ther  wher  ij  goodly  pennes  ^  deckyd 
with  gones  and  flages  and  stremars,  and  a  m.  penselles,  the  penes 
pentyd,  on  whyt  and  bluw,  and  the  thodur  yelow  and  red,  and  the 
oars  and  gowne  ^  lyke  coler ;  and  with  trumpets  and  drumes,  and 
alle  the  craftes  in  barges  and  stremars ;  and  at  the  ix  of  the  cloke 
my  nuw  lord  mayre  and  the  shreyfFes  and  the  althermen  toke 
barge  at  the  iij  Cranes  with  trumpets  and  shalmes,  and  the  whetes 
playhyng ;  and  so  rod  to  Westmynster,  and  toke  ys  othe  in  the 
cheyker,^  and  all  the  way  the  penoys  ^  shutyng  of  gones  and  play- 
hyng up  and  done ;  and  so  after  cam  backe  to  Powlles  warfFe,  and 
landyd  with  gret  shutyng  of  gownes  and  playng  ;  and  so  in  Powlles 
cherche-yerde  ther  mett  the  bachelars  and  a  goody  pagyant,  and  a 
Ixvi.  men  in  blue  gownes,  and  with  goodly  targates  and  gafFelynes  S 
and  a  duwUe,^*  and  iiij  talle  men  lyke  wodys  alle  in  gren,  and 
trumpets  playing  a-for  the  mare — the  iij  yere  of  Quen  Mare. 

[The  xiij  day  of  November  doctor  Gardiner,  bishop  of  Win- 
chester, and  lord  chancellor  of  England,  died  in  the  morning, 
between  twelve  and  one  of  the  clock,  at  the  King's]  plasse,  the 
wyche  ys  callyd  Whyt-hall;  [and  by]  iij  of  the  cloke  he  was 
browt  by  water  [to  his  own]  plasse  by  sant  Mary  Overes  ;  and  by 

•  Whittington.        *»  St.  Bride's  well.        «=  pinnaces.  ^  guns.  "  Exchequer. 

'  pinnace.  *  javelins.  •»  See pp,  47,  73. 


1555.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  9? 

V  of  the  [clock  his  bowjelles  was  taken  owt,  and  bered  a-fore  the  he» 
[altar ;  and]  at  vj  the  knyll  begane  ther,  and  at  durge  and  masse 
contenuyd  ryngyng  alle  the  belles  till  vij  at  nyght. 

The  xiiij  day  of  November  be-gane  the  knyll  for  the  most  ryght 
reverent  father  in  God  my  lord  chaunseler  of  England,  doctur 
Sthevyn  Gardener,  byshope  of  Wynchastur,  and  of  the  preve 
eonsell  with  kyng  Henry  the  viijtl^  and  unto  quen  Mare  quen  of 
England ;  and  with  a  hersse  of  iiij  branchys,  with  gylt  candyll- 
stykes,  and  ij  whytt  branchys  and  iij  dosen  of  stayfFes-torchys,  and 
all  the  qwyre  hangyd  with  blake  and  armes,  and  a  durge  songe ; 
and  the  morow  masse  of  requiem,  and  alle  bysshoppes  and  lordes 
and  knyghtes  and  gentyllmen ;  and  my  lord  bysshope  Bonar  of 
London  did  syng  masse  of  requiem,  and  doctur  Whyt  bysshope  of 
Lynkolne  dyd  pryche  at  the  sam  masse ;  and  after  all  they  whent 
to  his  plasse  to  dener. 

The  sam  day  at  after-none  was  durge  in  evere  parryche  in  Lon- 
don, and  a  hersse  and  ryngyng,  and  the  morow  masse  of  requiem, 
and  so  prayd  for  after  the  old  custom. 

The  xxj  day  of  November  at  none  be-gane  the  knyll  for  my 
lord  chanseler,  for  then  was  the  body  browt  to  the  chyrche  of  sant 
Mare  Overes,  with  grett  compene  of  prestes  and  clarkes,  and  alle 
the  bysshopes ;  and  my  lord  of  London  dyd  exsecute  the  oiFes,  and 
ware  ys  myter ;  and  ther  wher  ij  goodly  whyt  branchys  bornyng, 
and  the  harsse  with  armes  and  (tapers)  bornyng,  and  iiij  dosen  of 
stayffes  ;  and  all  the  qwyre  with  blake,  and  ys  armes ;  and  afor  the 
corse  the  kyng  of  haroldes  with  ys  cot,  and  with  v  baners  of  ys 
armes,  and  iiij  of  emages  wrothe  ^  with  fyne  gold  and  inowUe  ^ ; 
and  the  morowe-masse  iij  masse,  one  of  the  Trenete,  on  of  owre 
Lade,  and  (the)  iij  of  requiem  for  ys  soUe ;  and  after  to  dener ;  and 
so  he  was  put  in  a  hersse  tyll  a  day  that  he  shall  be  taken  up  and 
cared  unto  Wynchaster  to  be  bered  ther. 

[The  xxvj  of  November  a  stripling  was  whipt  about  London, 

■  high.  ''  wrought.  *=  enamel. 

CAMD.    SOC.  O 


sis  DIARY    OP    A  [1555. 

and  about  Paul's  cross,  for  speaking  against  the  'bishop]  that 
dyd  pryche  the  Sonday  a-for. 

The  iiij  day  of  Desember  was  a  voman  [set  in  the]  pelere  *  for 
beytyng  of  her  chyld  with  rodes  and  .  ,  .  .  .  to  peteusly ; 
and  the  sam  day  was  a  man  and  a  voman  cared  a-"bowt  London  at 
a  care-arse  ^  for  baudry  and  .     .     • 

The  furst  day  of  December  was  reseyvyd  with  pressessyon  my 
lord  cardenall  Pole  into  Westmynster  abbay ;  and  ther  mett  hym 
x[viij  bishops,]  and  the  bysshope  of  Yorke  dyd  menyster  with  ys 
myter ;  [and  they]  whent  a  pressessyon  a-bowt  the  chyrche  and 
the  cloyster. 

The  ix  day  of  Desember  was  the  parlement  [adjourned]  at  the 
Whyt  Hall,  her  grace  ('s)  place — the  iij  yere ;  and  so  to  Sant 
James  thrughe  the  parke. 

The  X  day  of  Desember  was  had  to  the  Towre  ser  Anthony 
Kyngston  knyght,  and  to  the  Flett,  and  cam  owt  a-gayn  shortely 
after. 

The  xiij  day  of  Desember  was  bered  at  sant  Androwes  in  the 
Warderobe  master  Recherd  Stokdun,  gentyllman  of  the  warderobe, 
with  ij  goodly  whyt  branchys  and  xiij  stayiFes-torchys,  and  xiij  pore 
men,  and  thay  had  gownes  of  mantell  frysse,  and  iiij  grett  tapurs, 
and  money  mornars ;  and  the  strett  hangyd  with  blake  and  armes ; 
and  money  prestes  syngyng ;  and  the  morowe  masse  and  alfFe  a 
trentall  of  masses,  and  after  the  ofFeryng  a  sermon  (by)  a  doctur 
callyd  master  Sydnam,  a  gray  frere  of  Grenwyche. 

[The  XV  day  of  December,  before  the  sermon  at  PauPs  cross 
began,  an  old  man,  a  shepherd,]  be-gane  to  spyke  serten  thynges 
and  rayllyng,  [whereupon  he  was]  taken  and  carett  c  to  the  conter 
for  a  tyme* 

The  xviij  day  of  Dessember  be-twyn  [8  and  9]  of  the  cloke  in 
the  mornyng,  was  cared  in-to  Smythfeld  to  be  bornyd  on  master 
(Philpot^  archdeacon  of  Winchester,^)  gentyllman,  for  herese. 

•  pillory.         •»  cart's  tail.  *=  carried.  «•  This  name  is  supplied  by  Strype, 


1555-6.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  99 

The  XX  day  of  Dessember  was  bered  at  sant  Donstones  in  the 
Est  master  Hare  Herdsun,  altherman  of  London  and  skynner^  and 
on  of  the  masturs  of  the  hospetall  of  the  gray  frers  in  London,  with 
men  and  xxiiij  women  in  mantyll  fresse  gownes,  a  hersse  of 
wax,  and  hong  with  blake ;  and  ther  was  my  lord  mare  and  the 
swordberer  in  blake,  and  dyvers  odur  althermen  in  blake,  and  the 
resedew  of  the  aldermen,  at  ys  beryng ;  and  all  the  masters,  boyth 
althermen  and  odur,  with  ther  gren  stayfFes  in  ther  handes, 
and  all  the  chylderyn  of  the  gray  frersse,  and  iiij  men  in  blake 
gownes  bayryng  iiij  gret  stayffes-torchys  bornyng,  and  then  xxiiij 
men  with  torchys  bornyng ;  and  the  morowe  iij  masses  songe ; 
and  after  to  ys  plasse  to  dener ;  and  ther  was  ij  goodly  whyt 
branchys,  and  mony  prestes  and  clarkes  syngyng. 

The  xij  even  was  at  Henley  «  a-pon  Temes  a  mastores  Len- 
tall  wedow  mad  a  soper  for  master  John  Venor  and  ys  wyff, 
and  I  and  dyver  odur  neybors ;  and  as  we  wher  at  soper,  and 
or  whe  had  supt,  ther  cam  a  xij  wessells,^  with  may  dens  syng- 
yng with  ther  wessells,  and  after  cam  the  cheyfF  wyfFes  syng- 
yng with  ther  wessells  ;  and  the  gentyll- woman  had  hordenyd  ^  a 
grett  tabuU  of  bankett,  dyssys^  of  spyssys  and  frut,  as  marmelad, 
gynbred,  gele,  e  comfett,  suger  plat,  and  dyver  odur, 

,  .  .  dwellyng  in  Ive-lane,  stuard  unto  master  G  .  .  .  ser 
Rechard  Recherdsun,  prest,  with  ij  whytt  .  .  .  .  ,  xij  stayfF- 
torchys,  and  iiij  grett  tapurs,  a  doUe,  and  a  knell  at  Powlles,  and 
a-nodur  at  sant  Feyths. 

The  xxij  day  of  January  whent  in-to  Smythfeld  to  berne  ^  be- 
twyn  vij  and  viij  in  the  mornyng  v  men  and  ij  women  ;  on  of  the 
men  was  a  gentyllman  of  the  ender  tempull,  ys  nam  master 
Gren ;  and  they  wer  all  bornyd  by  ix  at  iij  postes ;  and  ther  wher 
a  commonment  thrughe  London  over  nyght  that  no  yong  folke 

»  MS.  enley.  ''  visors,  or  masques.  "  ordained. 

«•  dishes.  '  jelly.  ^  to  be  burnt. 


100  DIARY    OF    A  [1555-6. 

shuld  come  ther,  for  ther  the  grettest  [number]  was  as  has  byne 
sene  at  shyche  *  a  tyme. 

The  V  day  of  Feybruary  was  bered  master  Cry[stopher]  Allen, 
sum-tyme  altherman  of  London,  in  sant  ...  in  London,  with  iij 
dosen  torchys,  on  dosen  of  [staff]  -torchys,  ij  whyt  branchys,  and 
iiij  grett  tapurs,  and  pore  men  and  women  had  gownes,  and  ther 
wher  mony  mornars  in  blake,  a  Ix;  and  the  xxviij  was  the 
monyth  ['s  mind  ?] 

The  viij  day  of  Feybruary  dyd  pryche  at  Powlles  crosse  master 
Peryn,  a  blake  frere,  and  at  the  sam  sermon  was  a  prest,  on  ser 
Thomas  Samsun,  dyd  penanse  for  he  had  ij  wyffes,  and  a  shett 
abowt  hym,  and  a  tapur  in  ys  hand  bornyng  a-for  the  precher, 
and  the  mayre  of  London  and  the  althermen  and  worshephuU  men, 
and  mony  odur. 

The  xij  day  of  January  was  bered  in  Essex  master  Leygett, 
justes  of  pesse,  ^  with  ij  whyt  branchys  and  a  v  dosen  of  torchys, 
and  iiij  gret  tapurs  and  a  gret  dolle,  and  mony  mornars,  and  a 
gret  dener;  and  shroyfF  sonday  was  ys  monyth  myne,c  and  ij 
dosen  stayffes  more,  and  a  grett  dolle  to  the  pore  and  a  ij  dosen 
skochyons. 

Grenwyche,  and  to  the  courtt  gatt  for  the 

Spaneardes  and  odur,  one  master  Kayes  kepyng  [there]  tavarne 
and  vetell. 

The  xxiiij  day  of  Feybruary  was  the  obsequies  of  the  most 
reverentt  father  in  God,  Sthevyn  Gardener,  docthur  and  bysshope 
of  Wynchastur,  prelett  of  the  gartter,  and  latte  chansseler  of  Eng- 
land, and  on  of  the  preve  consell  unto  Kyng  Henry  the  viij  and 
unto  quen  Mare,  tyll  he  ded ;  and  so  the  after-none  be-gane  the 
knyll  at  sant  Mare  Overes  with  ryngyng,  and  after  be-gane  the 
durge  ;  with  a  palle  of  cloth  of  gold,  and  with  ij  whytt  branchys, 
and  ij  dosen  of  stayffe-torchys  bornyng,  and  iiij  grett  tapurs ;  and 

•  such.  ^  justice  of  the  peace.  *  month's  mind. 


1555-6.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  101 

my  lord  Montyguw  the  cheyflfe  mornar,  and  my  lord  bysshope  of 
Lynkolne  and  ser  Robart  Rochaster,  comtroller,  and  with  dyvers 
odur  in  blake,  and  mony  blake  gownes  and  cotes  ;  and  the  morow 
masse  of  requeem  and  ofFeryng  done,  be-gane  the  sarmon ;  and  so 
masse  done,  and  so  to  dener  to  my^  lord  Montyguw('s) ;  and  at  ys 
gatt  the  corse  was  putt  in- to  a  wagon  with  iiij  welles, »  all  covered 
with  blake,  and  ower  the  corsse  ys  pyctur  mad  with  ys  myter  on 
ys  hed,  with  ys  and  ys^  armes,  and  v  gentyll  men  bayryng  ys  v 
banars  in  gownes  and  hods,  then  ij  harolds  in  ther  cote  armur, 
master  Garter  and  Ruge-crosse ;  then  cam  the  men  rydyng,  care- 
hynp^  of  torchys  a  Ix  bornyng,  at  bowt  the  corsse  all  the  way ;  and 
then  cam  the  mornars  in  gownes  and  cotes,  to  the  nombur  unto 
ij  C.  a-for  and  be-hynd,  and  so  at  sant  Gorges  cam  prestes  and 
clarkes  with  crosse  and  sensyng,  and  ther  thay  had  a  grett  torche 
gyfFyn  them,  and  so  to  ever^  parryche  tyll  they  cam  to  Wynchaster, 
and  had  money  as  money  ^  as  cam  to  mett  them,  and  durge  and 
masse  at  evere  ^  logyng. 

[The  iiij  of  March  a  young  man  named  Fetherstone,  who  gave 
himself  out  to  be  King  Edward  the  Sixth,  and  whose  sayings  and 
pretences  had  occasioned  many  men  and  women  to  be  punished, 
was  hanged,  drawn,  and  quartered;]  and  ys  hed  was  sett  up 
the  V  day  upon  London  bryge,  and  ys  quarters  was  bered. 

The  vij  day  of  Marche  was  hangyd  at  Tyborne  x  theyfFes  for 
robere  ^  and  odur  thynges. 

The  vij  day  of  Marche  be-gane  the  blassyng  [star]  at  nyght,  and 
yt  dyd  shutt^  owt  fyre  to  grett  [wonder]  andmarvell  to  the  pepuU, 
and  contynud  serten  [nights]. 

The  viij  day  of  Marche  dyd  pryche  at  Powlles  crosse  doctur 
{blank),  and  ther  was  a  man  dyd  penanse  with  ij  pyges  rede  dythe,^ 
on  apon  ys  hed  sowd,  the  [which]  he  browth  ^  them  to  selle. 

The  V  day  of  Marche  was  the  obseques  of  the  bysshope  of 
Peterborowth  i    in    Lynkolne   shyre,  [and]  bered  with   a   goodly 

*  wheels.  ''  so  the  MS.  '"  every.  ^  many.  ^  robbery. 

*  shoot.        8^  pigs  ready  dight,  L  e.  dressed.         *>  brought.         '  John  Chambers. 


102  DIARY    OF    A  [1555-6*. 

hersse  and  armes  and  pensells  ;  and  with  ij  whyt  branchy s  and  viij 
dosen  of  stayfFes^  and  with  an  harold  of  armes  and  v  baners  and 
a  C.  in  blake  gownes  and  cotes,  and  a  gret  meyne  of  pore  men  in 
gownes,  and  the  morow  masse,  and  after  a  grett  dener  der.* 

The  Fryday  the  vij  day  of  Marche  was  hangyd  in  chaynes  be- 
syd  Huntyntun  on  (blank)  Conears,  and  Spenser  after- ward,  for 
the  kyllyng  of  a  gentyllman  that  kept  them  bowth  lyke  gentyll- 
men ;  and  ther  be-syd  wher  thay  hange,  the  wyche  on  Benett 
Smyth  ded  promessyd  and  hyred  them,  and  promesed  them  xl^.  to 
do  that  dede. 

The  xiiij  day  of  Marche  was  on  ^  sett  on  the  pelere  ^  for  sedys- 
syous  wordes  and  rumors  and  conseles  agaynst  the  quen('s)  ma- 
geste — the  iij  yer  of  her  grace. 

[The  xviij  day  of  March  were  divers  gentlemen  carried  to  the 
Tower  by  certain  of  the  guard,  viz.  John  Throgmorton,]  Hare 
Peckam,  master  Bethell,  master  Tornur,  master  [Hygins,  master] 
Daneell,  master  Smyth  marchand,  master  Heneage  of  the  chapel, 
[George  the]  sherche  of  GrafFend,^  master  Hogys,  master  Spenser, 
and  ij  Rawlins,  and  Rosey  keper  of  the  Star-chambur,  and 
master  Dethyke,  and  [divers]  odur  gentyllmen  that  I  have  not 
ther  names. 

The  ix  day  of  Marche  was  hangyd  at  Brykhyll  Benett  Smyth, 
in  Bokyngham-shyre,  for  the  deyth  of  master  RufFord,  gentyllman, 
the  wyche  Conears  and  Spenser  sluw — the  iij  yer  of  quen  Mare. 

The  Sonday  xxij  day  of  Marche  was  at  the  Gray-fFrers  at  Gren- 
wyche  was  my  lord  cardenall  Polle  was  consecratyd,  with  x 
byshopes  mytyred — the  iij  yer  of  the  quen  Mare. 

The  XXV  day  of  Marche  was  owre  Lady  day,  the  Annunsyasyon, 
at  Bow  chyrche  in  London  was  hangyd  with  cloth  of  gold,  and 
with  ryche  hares  ®  and  cossens  ^  for  the  commyng  of  my  lord 
cardenall  Polle ;  ther  dyd  the  bysshope  of  Vosseter^  dyd  synge  he  ^ 
masse  mytyred ;  and  ther  wher  dyver  bysshopes,  as  the  bysshope 


"  there. 

**  one. 

"  pillory.                   ''  search  of  Gravesend. 

"  arras. 

^  cushions. 

i  Worcester.                 ''  high. 

1556.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  103 

of  Ely,  bysshope  of  London,  and  bysshope  of  Lynkkolne,  and  the 
yerle  of  Penbroke,  and  ser  Edward  Hastynges,  the  master  of 
horsse,  and  dyvers  odur  nobuls,  and  after  masse  done  to  my  lord 
funfinished). 

The  xxvij  day  of  Marche  was  hangyd  be-yonde  Huntyngtun  in 
cheynes  on  Spenser,  for  the  deth  of  master  RufFord  of  Bokyng- 
hamrshyre,  by  ys  fellow  Conears  hangys. 

The  xxj  day  of  Marche  was  bornyd  at  Oxford  doctor  Cranmer, 
late  archebysshope  of  Canturbere. 

The  iiij  day  of  Aprell  was  in  London  [a  proclamation]  thrugh 
London  of  serten  gentyllmen,  the  wyche  [fled]  over  the  see,  as 
trayturs ;  the  furst  was  Hare  Dudley,  CrystofFer  Aston  the  either, 
and  Crystoff'er  the  yonger,  and  [Francis]  Horssey  and  Edward 
Horssey,  and  Edward  Cornwell  alias  [Corewel],  and  Recherd  Tre- 
mayn  and  Necolas  Tremayn,  and  [Richard]  Ryth  and  Roger 
Renold,  and  John  Dalle  and  John  [Caltham],  and  Hamond,  and 
Meverell,  and  dyver  odur. 

The  xvj  day  of  Aprell,  erly  in  the  mornyng,  dyd  (blank)  Vynto- 
ner,  servand  at  the  syne  of  the  Swane,  with  owt  ,  .  .  .  dyd 
hange  hym(selff »)  in  a  gutter  on  he.^ 

The  xiij  day  of  Aprell  was  mared  ^  in  sant  Gylles'  with-owt 
CrepuU-gatte  Thomas  Gre  .  .  wax-chandeler  unto  Jone  Wakfibld, 
wedow. 

The  XV  day  of  Aprell  was  electyd  at  Grenwyche  bysshope  of 
Wynchastur  master  doctur  Whyt,  byshope  of  Lynckolne;  and 
doctur  Westun,  dene  of  Westmynster,  to  be  bysshope  of  Lynck- 
olne  ;  and  the  dene  of  Durram  ^  to  be  bysshope  of  Karlelle. 

The  xvij  day  of  Aprelle  was  on  ^  on  the  pelere  ^  for  fasshele  » 
deseyvyng  of  the  quen(^s)  subgettes  sellyng  of  ryngs  for  gold,  and 
was  nodur  seylver  nor  gold  but  couper,  the  wyche  he  has 
deseyved  money  :  thys  was  done  in  Chepe. 

*  marginal  note.  ^  high.  '  married. 

^  Read,  Owen  Oglethorpe,  Dean  of  Windsor  ;  not  Thomas  Watson,  Dean  of  Durham. 
'  one.  *  pillory.  s  falsely. 


104  DIARY    OF    A  [1556. 

The  xxj  day  of  Aprell  cam  from  the  Towre  over  London  bryge 
unto  the  ssessyonsse  house  in  Sowth-warke,  and  ther  raynyda  and 
cast  to  be  drane  and  quartered,  for  a  consperacy  agaynst  the  quen, 
and  odur  maturs,  master  John  Frogmorton,  and  master  Wodall, 
captayn  of  the  ylle  of  Whyth ;  the  accusars  master  Rossey,  master 
Bedyll,  and  master  Dethyke. 

grett  stayffe  torchys  and  they  had  gownes 
a  nobull  a  yerde,  and  xij  women  in  cassokes  of  rosett 
.     iiij  men  holdyng  iiij  grett  tapurs,  and  iiij  dosen  of 
skochyons. 

The  xxiiij  day  of  Aprell,  in  the  mornyng  be-tyme,  was  cared 
to  Smyth-fFeld  to  be  bornyd  vj  men,  [and]  more  was  cared  in-to 
the  contrey  to  be  bornyd. 

The  sam  day  was  sett  on  the  pelere  ^  in  Chepe  iij  [men ;  two] 
was  for  the  prevermentt  of  wyllfull  perjure,  the  iij  was  for 
wylfull  pergure,^  with  paper  sett  over  their  hedes. 

The  xxviij  day  of  Aprell  was  drane  from  the  Towre  to  Tyborne 
ij  gentyll-men ;  on  ys  name  was  master  Waddall  captayn  of  the 
yle  of  Wyth,  and  the  odur  master  John  Frogmorton;  and  so 
hangyd,  and  aftar  cut  downe  and  quartered,  and  the  morowe  after 
ther  hedes  sett  on  London  bryge — the  iij  of  quen  Mare. 

The  xxix  day  of  Aprell  was  a  man  baude  sett  up  one  the  pelere  ^ 
for  bryngyng  unto  men  prentes  e  harlots,  the  wyche  they  gayff 
hym  and  them  serten  of  ther  masturs  goodes  and  wastyd. 

The  sam  day  was  cared  unto  the  Towre  ser  Wylliam  Cortenay, 
ser  John  Paratt,  ser  John  Pallard,  ser  Necolas  Arnold,  ser  John 
Chechastur,  and  with  dyvers  odur. 

The  ij  day  of  May  was  a  man  and  a  woman  (placed  in  the 
pillory)  for  falshod  and  perjure,  the  man  had  ys  here  ^  naylled — 
the  iij  of  queue  Mare. 

The  iij  day  of  May  dyd  ryd  in  a  care  a-bowt  London  a  woman 
that  dwelt  at  Quen-heyfFe  at  the  hott  howsse,  for  a  bawde. 

»  arraigned.         ^  pillory.         '^  perjury.       ^  pillory.       «  men's  prentices.       '  ear. 


1556.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  105 

The  V  day  of  May  at  after-none  the  sufFeracan  of  Norwyche  dyd 
consecratyd  and  halohyd  iij  auters  in  Trenete  parry che — the  iij 
yere  of  quen  Mare. 

The  XXV  of  Aprell  was  bered  lord  chamberlayne  Gage  to  the 
quen,  with  ij  haroldes,  with  a  standard,  .  .  [banners  of]  armes 
and  iiij  of  emages,  and  with  a  hersse  and  ij  [white  branches,]  ij 
dossen  of  stayffes,  and  viij  dosen  of  skochyons ;  bered  at  {blank) 

The  ix  day  of  May  was  a  audetur  dyd  [wear  a  paper]  round 
a-bowtt  Westmynster  Hall,  and  after  he  [was  placed]  apon  the 
pelere,a  for  deseyvyng  the  quen  of  her  rents,  and  dyd  reseyfFof  her 
tenantes  money  and  after  dyd  [avow  he]  reseyvyd  non  ;  ys  nam 
ys  master  Leyke ;  the  wyche  [queen's]  tenantes  had  ther  qwyttans 
of  hym  of  [his  hand] . 

The  X  day  of  May  was  bered  Annes  [Heth],  the  wyff  of 
John  Heth,  penter  stayner.  Anno  M.v^^.lvj.  the  iij  yere  of  quen 
Mare,  ser  Wylliam  Garr[ard  being]  mayre  of  London,  and  master 
John  Machyll  and  master  Thomas  [Leigh]  shreyffes  of  London, 
and  bered  at  AUalowes-staynyng  Fanchurche-strett. 

The  xij  day  of  May  was  raynyd  b  at  Yeld-hall  Wylliam  Stantun, 
sum-tyme  captayn,  and  cast  to  be  drane  from  the  Towre  unto 
Tyburne,  and  hangyd  and  quartered,  for  a  consperacy  against  the 
kyng  and  the  quen  and  odur  maters. 

The  xiij  day  of  May  ded  ^  ser  Rechard  Dobes  late  mayre  of 
London,  and  skynner,  and  altherman,  betwyn  iiij  and  v  in  the 
mornyng. 

The  XV  day  of  May  was  cared  in  a  care  from  Nuwgatt  thrug 
London  unto  Strettford-a-bow  to  borne  ^  ij  men  ;  the  on  blyne,® 
the  thodur  lame;  and  ij  tall  men,  the  (one)  was  a  penter,  the 
thodur  a  clothworker;  the  penter  ys  nam  was  Huw  Loveroke, 
dwellyng  in  Seythin  lane ;  the  blynd  man  dwellyng  in  sant 
Thomas  apostylles. 

•  pillory.         •»  arraigned.  «  died.  **  to  be  burned.  «  one  blind. 

CAMD.    see.  P 


106  DIARY    OF    A  [1556. 

The  xviij  day  of  May  at  after-non  was  bered  ser  Recherd  Dobes 
latt  mayre  of  London  and  altherman ;  ther  wher  at  ys  berehyng 
mony  worshefull  men  ;  .  .  .  my  lord  mare  and  the  swordbeyrer 
in  blake,  and  the  recorder  cheyfF  morner,  and  master  Eggyllfield 
and  master  [blank)  and  master  ....  [ovjersear,  and  a  Ix  mornars, 
and  ij  haroldes  of  armes,  and  the  althermen  and  the  shreyffes, 
and  master  Chestur  bare  ys  cott  armur,  [with]  helmett  and 
targatt^  sword,  a  standard,  and  penone,  and  iiij  baneres  [of] 
images,  and  a  xxx  pore  men  in  rosett  gownes  holdyng  .  . 
torches,  and  iiij  gylt  chandyllstykes  with  iiij  grett  tapurs  [with] 
armes  on  them ;  and  all  the  cherche  and  the  stret  hangyd  with 
blake  and  the  qwyre,  and  armes,  and  ij  grett  whyt  branchys ;  and 
alle  the  masturs  of  the  hospetalle  boyth  althermen  and  the 
commenas  »  with  ther  gren  stayfFes  in  ther  handes ;  and  the  chyefF 
of  the  hospetalle,  and  prestes  and  clarkes ;  and  after  dirige  to  the 
place  to  drynke  ;  and  the  morow  masse  of  requiem  ij  masses,  on 
of  the  Trenete  in  pryke  songe,  and  a-nodur  of  our  Lade ;  and  after 
a  sermon,  and  after  to  dener :  and  ther  wher  x  dosen  of  skochyons. 

The  xix  day  of  May  was  dran  ^  from  the  Towre  unto  Tyborne 
captain  Wylliam  Stan  tun,  and  ther  hangyd  and  quartered,  and  ys 
hed  sett  on  London  bryge  the  morow  after. 

The  xviij  day  of  May  was  the  Clarkes'  pressessyon,  with  a  C 
stremers,  with  the  weyttes,  and  the  sacrementt,  and  viij  stayfFes 
torchys  bornyng,  and  a  goodly  canepe  borne  over  the  sacrementt. 

The  ij  day  of  June  was  bered  at  sant  Magnus  at  London  bryge 
ser  Recherd  Morgayn  knyght,  a  juge  and  on  of  the  preve  consell 
unto  the  nobuU  quen  Mare,  with  a  harold  of  armes  bayryng  ys 
cott  armur,  and  with  a  standard  and  a  penon  of  armes  and  elmett, 
sword,  and  targatt;  and  iiij  dosen  of  skochyons,  and  ij  whytt 
branchys  and  xij  torchys  and  iiij  gret  tapurs,  and  xxiiij  pore  men 
in  mantyll  ffrysse  gownes,  and  mony  in  blake  -,  and  master 
chansseler  of  London  ^  dyd  pryche. 

»  commoners  ?  *»  drawn.  •=  Dr.  Darbishire. 


1556.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  10/ 

[The  same  day  were  arraigned  at  Westminster  hall  three  gentle- 
men^  master  Rosey,  master  Bedyll,  and  master  Dethick,  for]  the 
the  experyng  *  the  kyng  and  quen  majeste  deth. 

The  viij  day  of  June  was  a  goodly  pressessyon  at  Whyt-hall  by 
the  Spaneards ;  the  hall  hangyd  with  ryche  cloth,  and  at  the 
[screen]  in  the  halle  was  a  auter  mad,  and  hangyd  rychely  with 
[a  canopy] ,  and  with  grett  baseins  clen  gylt  and  candyll-stykes  ; 
and  in  the  [court]  at  iiij  corners  was  mad  iiij  godly  auters  hangyd 
with  clothe  of  gold>  and  evere  auter  with  canepes  in  brodere  ;  and 
[in  the]  court  mad  a  pressession  way  with  a  C.  yonge  okes  sett 
in  the  grond  and  of  evere  syd  sett  ard  ^  to  the  wall  with  gren 
boughs ;  and  then  cam  the  pressessyon  out  of  the  chapell  syngyng 
and  playing  of  the  regalles ;  and  after  the  sacrement  borne,  and 
over  ytt  the  rychest  canepe  that  the  Quen  had,  with  vj  stayfFes 
borne  by  vj  goodly  men,  and  a-bowt  the  sacrement  a  C.  torchys 
burnyng,  and  sum  of  whytt  wax ;  and  at  ever  auter  [was  ringing] 
and  senst  c  with  swett  odurs,  and  all  the  kyng  ['s]  garde  ^  with 
[partizans]  gyltt,  and  after  to  messe  in  the  chapell,  and  song  by 
the  Spaneardes. 

The  XXV  day  of  May  was  slayne  by  my  lord  Dacre's  son  master 
West  sqwyre  ;  ther  wher  xl  men  a-ganst  master  West  and  ys  viij 
men,  be-syd  Roderam  in  Yorke-shyre.  The  lord  Dacre  dwellys 
at  Aston  in  the  sam  contrey. 

The  ix  day  of  June  was  drane  from  the  Towre  unto  Tyborne  iij 
gentyllmen  for  a  consperace,  master  Rosey,  master  Bedylle,  and 
master  Dethyke,  and  ther  hangyd  and  quartered,  and  ther  quar- 
ters bered,  master  Rosey (^s)  hed  on  London  bryge,  and  Bedylle (^s) 
hed  over  Ludgatt,  and  master  Dethyke  ('s)  over  Althergatt. 

The  sam  day  was  a  woman  sett  on  the  pelere  ®  in  Chepe,  a  baude, 
for  conveyhyng  of  harlottes  unto  men(^s)  prentes^  and  servandes. 

The  xj  day  of  June  was  a  man  sett  on  the  pelere^,  a  gold-smyth 

■  conspiring.  ^  hard,  i.  e.  close.  <=  censed.  ^  garge  in  MS. 

*  pillory.  ^  prentices.  «  pillory. 


108  DIARY    OF    A  [1556. 

in  Lumbarstrett,  for  raysyng  of  an  oblygasyon,  and  mad  ytt  a  syn- 
guU  oblygassyon  falsely  and  deseytt  for  money. 

[The  xiv  day  of  June  father  Sydnam,  a  grey  friar  of  Green- 
wich^ preached  at  Trinity  church,  and  after  dined  with  Sir  Robert 
Oxenbridge  knight. «] 

The  XV  day  of  June  was  raynyd  ^  at  Yeld-hall  [master]  Leck- 
nolle,  c  grome  porter  unto  kyng  Edward  the  vj  and  quen  Mare, 
the  iij  yere  of  quen  Mare,  and  cast  to  suffer  deth. 

The  sam  (day)  was  the  Grosers'  fest;  and  ther  dynyd  [the 
lord]  mayre  and  xiiij  althermen,  and  my  lord  cheyff  justice,  master 
Chamley  the  recorder,  and  mony  worshefuU  men,  and  my  lade 
mares  ^  and  mony  lade  ®  and  althermen  wyfFes  and  gentyll- women, 
and  .then  was  the  master  of  the  compene  master  Whyt  grocer  and 
altherman,  and  master  Grafton  and  master  Grenway  wardens  that 
tyme,  and  master  Harper  altherman  marchand-tayller  was  chosyn 
shreyfF  for  the  kyng. 

The  xviij  day  of  June  was  hangyd  at  sant  Thomas  of  Wather- 
ing  for  robyng  of  a  cartt  with  grett  reches  that  came  from  a  fayre 
(at)  Beverlay  my  lord  Sandes  sune. 

The  sam  day  was  raynyd  ^  at  Yeld-halle  for  a  consperace  master 
Frances  Varney  and  captayn  Tornar,  and  thay  cast  to  be  drane,  S 
hangyd,  and  quartered. 

The  xxvij  day  of  June  rod  from  Nuwgatt  unto  Stretford-a-bow 
in  iij  cares  xiij,  xj  men  and  ij  women,  and  ther  bornyd  ^^  to  iiij  postes, 
and  ther  wher  a  xx  m.  pepull. 

The  X  day  of  Juin  was  bered  ser  Gylles  Capell  knyght,  sune  and 
here  unto  ser  Wylliam  Capell  late  mayre  of  London  and  draper, 
the  w}^che  he  ded  ^  in  Essex,  with  standard  and  penon  and  iiij 
baners  of  emages  and  ij  dosen  of  torchys  and  ij  whyt  branchys, 
and  iiij  dosen  of  penselles  and  vj   dosen  of  skochyons,  and  mony 

*  Strppe,  who  adds,  now,  or  soon  after,  Lieutenant  of  the  Tower.  These  words, 
apparently,  were  not  in  the  Diary,  but  Trinity  church  was  near  the  Tower. 

^  arraigned.  «=  Lewkner?  •>  mayoress.  *  ladies. 

^  arraigned.  fi  drawn.  •»  burnt.  '  died. 


1556.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  109 

mornars ;  and  the  morow  masse,  and  after  to  dener,  and  after  a 
grett  doUe,  and  ther  was  a  harold  of  armes. 

.  sant  John  and  dyver 

.  juges  and  sergantes  of  coyffe  and  dyver  knight  and 
gentyllmen  and  mony  lades  and  gentyllwomen,  and  mony  stran- 
gers ;  ther  wher  1.  bokes  *  and  iiij  stages  ^  that  wher  b.  .  .  .  the 
dener  and  the  morow  after. 

The  last  day  of  Juin  was  led  from  the  Towre  unto  Yeld-halle 
Wylliam  West  sqwyre  odur-wyse  callyd  lord  La  Ware,  and  cast 
of  he*^  treson,  to  be  drane  and  quartered. 

The  ij  day  of  July  rod  in  a  care  v.  unto  Tyborne ;  on  was  the 
hangman  with  the  stump-lege  for  stheft,^  [the]  wyche  he  had 
hangyd  mony  a  man  and  quartered  mony,  and  hed  e  naony  a  nobuU 
man  and  odur. 

The  iij  day  of  July  was  a  man  wypyd  a-bowtt  the  post  of 
reformacyon  be^  the  standard  in  Chepsyd  for  sellyng  of  false 
rynges. 

The  vij  day  of  July  was  hangyd  on  the  galaus  on  Towre-hylle 
for  tresun  a-gaynst  the  quen,  on  s  master  Hare  Peckham,  and  the 
thodur  master  John  Daneell,  and  after  cutt  downe  and  heded, 
and  ther  hedes  cared  unto  Londune  bryge  and  ther  sett  up,  and 
ther  bodys  bered  at  AUalows-barkyng. 

The  viij  day  of  Julii  was  on  ^  of  the  laborars  of  Bryd-welle  for 
brykyng  upon  ^  of  a  chest  was  hangyd  in  the  mydes  of  the  furst 
courtt  apon  a  jubett. 

[The  .     .    .  day  of  July  was  buried  the  lady  Seymer,  wife  of 

sir  Thomas  Seymer  knight,  late  lord  mayor ;  with 

.  .  ]  armes ;  with  ij  whyt  branches,  xx  torchys,and  xxmen  [had] 
XX  gowne  of  sad  mantyll  fryse,  and  xx  women  [xx  gowns]  of  the 
sam  frysse,  and  iiij  baners  of  emages,  and  iiij  grett  [tapers]  apon 

*  bucks.  ^  stags.  «  high.  ^  theft. 

«  beheaded.  ^  by.  s  one.  ^  one.  '  open. 


110  DIARY    OF    A  [1556. 

iiij  grett  candyll-stykes  gylted,  and  a  vj  dosen  skochyons;  and 
the  strett  hangyd  with  fyn  brod  clothes,  and  the  chyrch  [hung 
with]  armes ;  and  after  durge  they  whent  home  to  her  plasse. 
[On  the]  morow  iij  masses  songe,  on  of  the  Trenete,  and  on  of 
owr  Lade,  the  thurd  of  requiem,  and  a  sermon ;  and  after  masse 
hard  [to]  her  plasse  to  dener,  for  ther  was  mony  mornars,  and  a 
grett  mone  mad  for  her  for  her  deyth,  and  gyfFen  money  .  .  . 
wardes  in  London. 

The  xvj  day  of  July  was  the  obseque  of  my  lade  Norwyche, 
the  wyff  of  the  lord  Norwyche  juge,  cheyf  baron,  at  (blank)  in 
Essex,  with  baners  and  armes  and  dyver  mo[urners.] 

The  xxj  day  of  July  the  Quen(\s)  grace  removyd  from  sant 
James  in  the  fFelds  unto  Heltem  »  thrugh  the  parke  and  thrugh 
Whyt-alle,  and  toke  her  barge,  and  so  to  Lambeth  unto  my  lord 
cardenoll('s)  place ;  and  there  here  grace  toke  here  chare tt,  and  so 
thrugh  sant  Gorge  (^s)  ffeld  unto  Nuhyngton,  so  over  the  feldes 
to-wherd  Eltem  at  v  of  the  cloke  at  after-none ;  and  ther  wher  of 
pepuU  a-boyfF  x  m.  pepuU  to  se  her  grace ;  and  my  lord  cardi- 
noU  rod  with  her,  and  my  lord  of  Penbroke  and  my  lord  Mon- 
tyguu  and  dy vers  lordes  and  knyghtes  and  mony  lades  and  gentyll 
women  a  grett  nombur  rod  with  her  grace. 

The  xxvj  day  of  July  was  bered  at  the  Sayvoy  a  whyt  monke 
of  the  Charterhowsse,  and  bered  in  ys  monke  ('s)  wede  with  grett 
lyght. 

The  xxvij  day  of  July  was  bered  Thomas  Lune  grocer  in  sant 
Mare  Mawdlyn  in  Mylke-strett,  with  ij  whytt  branchys  and  xviij 
stayfFes  torchys  and  iiij  grett  tapurs  ;  and  alle  thay  ^  had  mantyll 
fryse  gownes,  and  dyvers  women  had  lyke  gownes,  pore  men  and 
women ;  and  mony  morners  in  blake,  and  dyver  althermen  with 
gren    stayffes ;    and   the   masturs   of   the   hospetalle   with    gren 
stayfFes;         .......... 

and  vj  long  torchys  and  vj  tapurs  of  iij'>  a  [peice]  and  iiij  grett 

•  Eltham.  *»  The  24  bearers  of  the  lights. 


556.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  Ill 

tapurs  with  armes^  and  the  cherche  hangyd  with  blake  a-for-none ; 
and  mony  mornars  and  mony  prestes  and  clarkes,  [and  so]  home 
to  dener ;  and  a  vj  dosen  of  skochyons,  and  the  powre.  .  .  . 
The  sam  day  was  bered  at  saynt  Katheryn  .  .  .  cherche  master 
Thomas  Henege,  with  a  penon  and  a  harold  bayring  his  cott  armur, 
and  ij  whyt  branchy s,  and  a  dosen  stayfFes  [torches,  .  .  ]  tapurs 
and  a  v.  dosen  of  skochyons  ;  and  the  cherche  hangyd  with  blake  ; 
and  after  to  the  hosse  ^  to  dener. 

The  same  day  at  nyght  be-tweyn  viij  and  ix  ded*^  ser  W[iUiam 
Laxton]  knyght  and  late  mayre  of  London,  and  grocer,  in  Alther- 
mary. 

The  xxxj  day  of  July  was  raynyd  ^  at  the  Yeld-halle  .... 
robars  of  the  see  a  vj,  and  the  morow  after  thay  wher  hangyd  at 
Wapyng  at  the  low-water  marke. 

The  sam  day  stod  on  the  pelere  *=  in  Chepe  a  man  and  a  woman, 
the  wyche  wher  offesers  of  Brydwelle,  [the  which]  favered  them 
and  convayd  from  thens  sondry  harlottes,  the  wyche  dyver  of  them 
wher  taken  a-gayn  and  browth  a-gayn. 

The  {blank)  day  of  August  was  bered  the  bysshope  of  Che- 
chastur  doctur  Day,  with  armes,  in  the  contrey. 

The  V  day  of  August  dyd  drowne  here-seylfF  in  More-fFeldes,  in 
corner  by  the  tre,  a  woman  dwellyng  besyde  the  Swane  with  the 
ij  nekes  at  Mylke-street  end. 

The  {blank)  day  of  August  ded  ^  ij  bysshops,  the  bysshope  of 
Chechastur  Day,  and  the  bysshope  of  Wosseter  doctur  Belle  sum- 
tyme  bysshope. 

[The  ixth  day  of  August  was  buried  sir  William  Laxton,  late 
lord  mayor,  in  the  church  of  saint  Mary  Aldermary;  with]  a 
goodly  hers  with  v  prynsepalles,  [and  the  majesty]  and  the  valans 
gyltyd,  and  viij  dosen  of  penselles  [and]  xiij  dosen  of  skochyons 
and  a  half  of  bokeram ;  and  a  standard  and  iiij  penons,  and  ij  baners 
of  [images]  ;  and  the  howsse,  chyrche,  and  the  stret  hangyd  with 

■  house.  ^  arraigned.  «  pillory.  •*  died. 


112  DIARY    OF    A  [1556. 

blake  [and]  armes ;  and  a  cott  armur  and  helmett,  target,  and 
sward,  mantylles  and  crest  a  teyger-hed  with  a  colynbyn  and  the 
slype.  *  [There  were  two]  grett  and  goodly  whyt  branchys,  and 
xxxiiij  stayffes  torchys,  and  xxxiiij  mantyll  frysse  gownes  to  powre 
men,  and  a  c  blacke  gownes ;  morners  master  Loges  altherman 
cheyffmornar  and  master  Machyl  secund  mornerand  master  Wan- 
ton iij  morner,  and  dyver  odur,  the  lord  mare  and  master  Whytt 
and  dyvers  odur,  and  alle  the  thodur  althermen  in  vyolett ;  and 
then  cam  the  women  morners,  lades  and  mony  althermens  wyffes 
and  gentyll-women ;  and  after  durge  to  the  plasse  to  drynke 
and  the  compene  of  the  Grocers,  and  after  prestes  and 
clarkes,  to  the  place  to  drynke,  and  the  harolds,  and  the  Wax- 
chandlers  and  the  Penters,  to  drynke,  with  mony  odur.  And  the 
morow  iij  masses  song,  ij  pryke  songe  and  (the)  iij(d)  requiem;  at 
masse  dyd  pryche  doctur  Harpsfelle  archeydekyn;  and  after  to 
dener,  for  ther  was  a  grett  dener  as  I  have  sene  at  any  berehyng, 
for  ther  dynyd  mony  worshepfuU  men  and  women. 

The  xiij  day  of  August  was  bered  at  Clarkynwell  doctur  Belle 
sum-tyme  bysshope  of  (Worcester),  and  wher  that  he  was  put  in 
ys  cofFen  lyke  a  bysshope,  with  myter  and  odur  thynges  that 
longyst  to  a  bysshope ;  with  ij  whyt  branchys  and  ij  dosenof  stayiFes 
torchys  and  iiij  grett  tapurs,  and  a  surmon  ;  doctur  Harpfelle  dyd 
make  yt. 

The  sam  day  a  woman  for  baldry  and  procuryng  a  chyld,  she 
and  the  chyld  beyng  on  the  pelere ;  ^  the  wyche  she  was  her  chyld 
browth  c  to  hordome. 

The  xxiiij  day  of  August  was  bered  at  (blank)  beyonde  Hamtun 
cowrt  master  {blank)  Banester  sqwyre,  with  cott  armur  and 
penone  of  armes  and  iiij  dosen  of  skochyons  of  armes,  and  xij 

stayflFe  torchys,  and  iiij  grett  tapurs 

cott-armur,  helmett,  targatt,  and 

swerd     ...     of  skochyons  of  armes  and  iiij  baners  of  emages 

*  a  columbine  slipped.  •»  pillory.  "^  brought. 


1556.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  113 

and  iiij  dosen  of  penselles  and  ij  whyt  branchys  .  .  .  and  tapurs ; 
and  master  Norrey  the  harold. 

The  xxviij  day  of  August  was  bered  at  WaQtham  ?]  abay 
master  (blank)  Jakes  dwellyng  in  Cornehylle,  sum-tyme  the  mas- 
ter of  the  Marchand-tayllers  of  [London]  ;  with  ij  whytt  branchys 
and  ij  dosen  torchys  ....  grett  tapurs  and  iij  dosen  sko- 
chyons  of  armes. 

The  xxxj  day  of  August  was  bered  masteres  .  .  .  Sawde  sum- 
tyme  weyff  unto  John  Sawde  su  .  *  .  .  quen  Katheryn[^s  ex-] 
chekare,  and  here  sune  a  p  .  ,  .  .  unto  quen  Mare  her  dow^ 
ther ;  with  ij  grett  branchys  and  xij  torchys  and  iiij  grett  tapurs, 
and  bered  in  sant  Dunstones  parry che  in  the  est,  with  many  mor- 
ners ;  and  to  master  Grenway('s)  to  drynke  [ale  ?]  and  spysse- 
bred;  and  the  morow  masse  and  a  sermon,  and  after  a  grett 
dener;  and  the  morowe  after  ther  was  gyffyn  for  her  boyth  wod 
and  colles  to  the  powre  pepulle. 

The  XXX  day  of  August  was  the  monyth  myn^  of  ser  WyUiam 
Laxtun  knyght  and  grocer,  and  the  hersse  bornyng  with  wax;  and 
the  morowe  masse  and  a  sarmon,  and  after  a  grett  dener ;  and 
after  dener  the  hersse  taken  downe. 

The  furst  day  of  September  was  sant  Gylles  day,  and  ther  was 
a  goodly  prossessyon  abowt  the  parryche  with  the  whettes,  and  the 
canepe  borne,  and  the  sacrement,  and  ther  was  a  godly  masse  songe 
as  bene  hard  ^ ;  and  master  Thomas  Grenelle,^  waxchandler,  mad  a 
grett  dener  for  master  Garter  and  my  lade,  and  master  Machylle 
the  shreyfFe  and  ys  wyff,  and  boyth  the  chamburlayns,  and  mony 
worshefull  men  and  women  at  dener,  and  the  whettes  playng  and 
dyver  odur  mynsterelles,  for  ther  was  a  grett  dener. 

The  vj  day  of  September  was  bered  at  Barking  church  in  Lon- 
don master  Phelype  Dennys  sqwyre,  with  cote  [armour, ,  .  .] 
of  armes,  and  ij  whytt  branchys  and  xij  torchys,  [iiij]  grett  tapurs, 

"  her  son.  '>  month's  mind.  •=  as  has  been  heard.  ^  GreenhilJ. 

CAMD.  SOC.  Q 


114  DIARY    OF    A  [1556. 

a  ij  dosen  of  skchochyons  of  armes ;  the  wyche  he  was  a  goodly 
man  of  armes  and  [a  great]  juster^  kyng  Henry  the  viij^^  behyng  at 
Tornay  beyond  see  in  Franse^  the  wyche  was  englang  t  .     .     .     . 

The  vij  day  of  September  was  bered  within  the  Towre  of  Lon- 
don, the  wyche  was  the  evyn  of  the  natevete  of  owre  Lade,  on 
master  (blank)  Lecknolle,  sum-tyme  grome  porter  onto  quen 
Mare,  the  wyche  was  kast  to  suffer  deth  for  the  consperacy  agaynst 
the  kynge  and  the  quen. 

The  XV  day  of  September  was  bered  at  sant  Peter  the  Powr 
hard  by  Frer  Austyne,  with  a  harold  kareyng  his  cott  armur  and 
a  penon  of  armes,  and  ij  fayre  whyt-branches  and  xij  stayiFe 
torchys  and  ....  tapurs  and  a  dosen  and  d.  of  skochyons, 
and  the  powre  men  had  mantyll  frys  gownes;  and  mony  mornars; 
on  master  (blank)  Lucas  sqwyre,  sum-tyme  on  of  the  masters  of 
the  request  unto  kyng  Henry  the  viijt^. 

The  xix  day  of  September  dyd  the  Queue  ('s)  grace  remove  from 
Croydun  the  bysshope  of  Canthurbere(^s)  plasse  unto  sant  James 
in  the  feld  be-yond*  Charyng-crosse,  her  own  plasse,  with  my  lord 
cardenall  and  (unfinished). 

The  xix  day  of  September  was  proclamyd  in  London  by  a  xij 
of  the  cloke,  the  crearhavyng  the  quen(^s)  selle,^  that  rosse  pensec 
shullde  nott  be  taken  after  the  cry  was  mad,  butt  in  Yrland  to  be 
taken  for  pense. 

The  xxj  day  of  September  was  a  grett  rumor  in  London  a- 
bowtte  stesturnsd  in  Chepe,  Belynggatt,  Leydynhalle,  Nuwgatt 
markett,  amonge  markett  folke  and  meyllmen,  by  noythe  e  par- 
suns,  and  that  my  lord  mayre  and  the  ij  shreyfFes  was  fayne  to  go 
in-to  the  marketts  for  (to)  sett  pepuU  in  a  stay,  and  so  to  Nuwgatt 
markett,  and  ther  sold  melle  for 

[The  .  .  .  day  of  September  was  buried  at  saint]  Martens 
be-syd  Charyng-crosse  ser  [Humphrey  Forster]  knyghtt  of  (blank) 
shyre,  with  ij  goodly  whytt  branchys,  xxiiij  stayife  torchys,  and  iiij 

*  be  long  tn  M/S'.      ^  ^  seal.  *=  rose  pence. 

«*  testerns.  «  naughty.. 


1556.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  115 

tapurs  ...  a  pesse,  and  with  a  harold  of  armes  with  hy[s  coat 
armourj  and  ys  pennon  of  armes  and  ys  cott  armur,  [targattj  and 
sword  and  elmett,  and  crest,  and  vj  dosen  of  [scocheons]  ;  and 
the  chyrche  hangyd  with  blake  and  armes  ;  [and  many]  morners. 

The  xxvj  day  of  September  was  bered  in  Essex  at  South- 
mynster,  on  master  WiUiam  Har[risJ  sheriff  of  Essex,  notabuUe 
ryche  both  in  landes  and  fermes ;  with  a  pennon  .  .  ,  .  and 
cott  armur,  and  iiij  baners  of  emages  of  armes,  and  a  vj  dosen  of 
skoychyons  ;  and  mony  morners,  and  a  grett  doUe. 

The  iij  day  of  October  was  the  sessyon  at  Oxford,  and  ther  wher 
condemnyd  Ix  to  [die.] 

The  viij  day  of  October  was  bered  in  Kentt  at  a  towne  callyd 
("blank,  sir  John)  Champney  knyght  late  mare  of  London  and 
altherman  and  skynner,  with  ij  whytt  branchys,  ij  dosen  torchys, 
and  iiij  grett  tapurs;  and  with  a  harold  of  armes  beyryng  ys 
cote-armur,  hys  standard,  and  pennon  of  armes,  with  elmett,  tar- 
gatt,  and  sword,  and  vj  dosen  of  skochyons  and  mony  gounes  and 
cottes  ;  and  after  a  grett  dener  to  alle  the  contrey. 

[The  .  .  day  of  October  was  buried  the  lo]rd  Waus*  of 
Northamptonshyre,  wyth  baner  of  armes,  elmett,  targett,  and 
sword,  [and  with  a  v]j  dosen  of  skochyons,  and  a  dosen  of  pen- 
selles. 

The  xviij  day  of  October  was  bered  ser  Recherd  Cottun  knyght, 
and  comtroller  unto  the  kyng  Edward  the  vj^^  of  ys  honorabuU 
howssehold,  with  a  harold  of  armes,  and  a  standard,  penone,  and 
cote  of  armes,  and  a  vj  dosen  of  skochyons,  and  bered  at  Warl- 
bryltun^  in  (Hampshire). 

The  xviij  day  of  October,  was  sant  Luke  day,  was  bered  at 
sant  Peter  in  Cornehyll  ser  Henry  Hobulthurne  knyght  and  late 
mayre  of  London,  the  wyche  he  was  mare  at  the  crownenasyon  of 
kyng  Edward  the  vj^h ;  and  marchand-tayller  of  London,  and  mar- 
chand   of  the   stapuU   of    Calys;    and   he   had   [ij]    fayre  whytt 

*  Vaux.  •»  Warblington. 


116  DIARY    OF    A  [1556. 

branchys,  and  xx  grett  stafFe  torchys,  and  iiij  grett  tapurs  a-pon 
iiij  gylt  candyll-stykes ;  and  a  standard  and  a  penon  of  armes,  and  a 
harold  of  armes  bayreng  ys  cott  armur,  and  a  helmet,  target,  and 
sword;  and  a  vj  dosen  of  skochyons ;  and  the  chyrche  and  the  strett 
hangyd  with  blake  and  armes ;  and  mony  mornars ;  and  pore  men 
had  new  gownes. 

The  XX  of  October  was  bered  ser  John  Olyff  knyght  and 
altherman,  and  sum-tym  he  was  surgantt  ^  unto  kyng  Henry  the 
viijtii,  and  after  he  was  shreyflP  of  London  ;  and  ^  he  had  levyd  tylle 
the  next  yere  he  had  beyn  mayre,  for  he  tornyd  from  the  Surgens 
unto  the  Grosers;  and  bered  at  sant  Myghelles  in  Bassynghall, 
with  a  harold  of  armes  bayryng  ys  cott  armur,  and  with  a  standard 
and  a  pennon  of  armes,  and  iiij  baners  of  emages,  and  ij  grett 
whytt  branchys,  and  iiij  grett  tapurs  and  (blank)  dosen  of  torchys ; 
and  mony  powre  men  had  gownes ;  and  with  a  elmett,  targat,  and 
sword  ;  and  the  crest  a  crowne  and  a  holyfF-tre  ^  standyng  with-in 
the  crowne. 

•  ••••••••••« 

.  hytt  and  mad  a  nobull  haration. 

The  xxij  day  of  October  was  bered  doctur  [Man],  sumtime  the 
pryor  of  Shen  the  charterhowse,  and  after  mad  bysshope  of  Man 
by  kyng  Edward  the  vj<^*' ;  [and]  was  mared  ^ ;  and  bered  at  sant 
Andrews  hundershaft,  London,  and  ded^  at  master  Whetheley('s) 
marchand  tayller. 

The  xxx  day  of  October  was  bered  ser  [John]  Gressem,^  knyght 
and  merser,  and  marchand  of  the  [staple]  of  Callys,  and  marchand 
venterer,g  and  late  mere  [and  alderman]  of  London;  with  a  standard 
and  a  penon  of  armes,  [cote-]  armur  of  damask,  and  iiij  pennons 
of  armes  ...  a  elmett,  a  targett  and  a  sword,  mantylles,  and 
ys  .  .  .  .  and  a  goodly  hersise  of  wax  and  x  dosen  of  [pen- 
sels]  and  xij  dosen  of  skochyons;  and  hegayff  a  c  blake  g[owns] 
unto  pore  men  and  powre  women  of  fyne  blake  [cloth]  ;  iiij  dosen 

•  surgeon.        ^  if.       "=  olive-tree.       ''  married.       *  died.      '  Greshara.       i  adventurer. 


J556.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  Il7 

of  grett  stayfFe  torchys,  and  a  dosen  of  .  .  longe  torches ;  and 
he  gayiF  a  C.  d.^  of  fyne  blake  .  .  .  .  ij  unto  the  mare  and  the 
old  mare,  and  to  ser  Rowland  Hylle  and  to  ser  Andrew  Jude  and 
to  boyth  the  chamburlayns,  and  to  master  of  Blakwelle,  and  to 
master  the  common  huntt  and  ys  man,  and  to  the  porters  that 
longes  to  the  stapull,  and  to  all  ys  farmers  and  ys  tenantts ;  and  all 
the  chyrche  hangyd  and  the  strett  with  blake  and  armes  grett  store ; 
and  morow  iij  goodly  masses  song,  on  of  the  Trenete,  and  a-nodur 
of  owre  Lade,  and  the  iij  of  requiem,  and  a  goodly  sermon ;  mas- 
ter Harpfeld  dyd  pryche ;  and  after  as  grett  a  dener  as  has  bene 
sene  for  a  fysse-day,^  for  alle  that  cam  to  dener,  for  ther  laket 
nothyng  dere.*^ 

The  XXX  day,  a'  for-none,  was  bered  at  sant  Thomas  of  Acurs, 
by  ys  father,  master  Loke  the  sune  of  ser  Wylliam  Loke,  the  wyche 
he  ded  ^  at  ys  plasse  in  Walbroke,  and  bered  at  sant  Thomas  of 
Acurs;  and  alle  the  qwyre  hangyd  with  blake,  and  armes,  and 
iiij  grett  tapurs,  and  ij  whyt  branchys  and  xij  torchys ;  and  mas- 
ter doctur  Pendyltun  dyd  pryche. 

torchys  and  iiij  grett  tapurs  and  [there  were  at  his] 
.  .  .  bereng  the  felowshype  of  the  Drapers,  master  Cha[ster 
herald  and]  odur,  and  greet  mon  ^  mad  for  hym  at  ys  berehying. 

The  XXX  day  of  October  was  hanged  at  the  [palace  gate]  at 
sant  James  iiij  men  for  robyng  [at  the]  courte  of  one  of  the 
quen('s)  maydes,  and  ij  for  robyng  [of  the]  knyght  marshall('s) 
servandes. 

The  xxviij  day  of  October  the  new  mare  toke  ys  oythe,  and  so 
whent  by  water  to  Westmynster  [with]  trumpettes  and  the 
whettes  *  ryalle,  S  and  a  galant  [pinnace]  deckyd  with  stremars  and 
gonnes  and  dromes ;  [the  new]  mayre  master  Hoflfeley,  marchand- 
tayller,  and  marchand  of  the  stapull  of  Calles,  and  the  ij  heynch- 
men  in  cremesun  velvett  in-brodered  with  gold  an  ell  brod ;  and 
iiij*'^  [poor]  bachelers,  and  they  dyd  gyfF  iiij*^  blue  gownes,  cape, 

»  a  hundred  and  fifty  ?  "  fish-day.  *=  there.  ^  died. 

«  moan.  *  waits.  *  royally. 


118  DIARY    OF    A  [1556- 

dobelet,  and  hose  to  the  iiijxx  poure  men;  and  there  was 
a  godly  pageant ;  and  the  trumpets  had  skarlett  capes^  ^  and  the 
whetes.  ^ 

The  XX  day  of  October  was  delivered  out  of  the  Lowlar  towre  '^ 
alle  the  heretykes  that  cam  out  of  Essex,  and  odur  plassys,  and 
so  to  kepe  them  ^  good  and  truw  to  God  and  to  the  king  and 
quen. 

The  iij  day  of  November  was  bered  in  the  parryche  of  sant 
Towlys  ^  in  Sowthwarke  master  (blank)  Goodyere,  sum-tyme 
altherman  of  London  and  letherseller,  marchand  of  the  stapuU 
of  Callys,  with  ij  whytt  branchys,  xij  stayfFes  torchys,  and  iiij 
grett  tapurs,  and  mony  mornars  in  blake,  boythe  men  and  vomen, 
and  the  compene  of  the  Lethersellers,  in  ther  levere.^ 

The  iiij  day  of  November  was  bered  my  lade  Wylliams  of 
Tame,  with  iiij  baners  of  emages  and  vi  dosen  of  skoychyons 
of  armes,  &c. 

otherjwys  called  the  kynges  henchmen. 

The  xvj  day  of  November  cam  out  of  the  Towre  [to  be  arraigned] 
at  Westmynster  on  (blank)  Walker  servant  [to  my]  lord  of 
DensherjS  for  carehyng  of  letters,  and  cond[emned  to]  perpetuall 
presun,  and  for  kepyng  consell  with  the[m  that  had  died]  afFor. 

The  xxj  day  of  November  was  raynyd  '*  [at  Guild  ?  ]  halle  on  i 
master  Smyth  a  marchand,  for  kepying  [the  counsel]  of  them 
that  wher  put  to  deth,  and  condemnyd  to  perpetual  presun. 

The  xxj  day  of  November  a-fForen[oon  was  taken]  ronde  a-bowtt 
Westmynster  halle  a  servand  of  master  .  .  .  the  master  of 
the  rolles,  with  a  paper  on  ys  hed,  and  so  to  the  ...  in 
Chepe,  and  ther  he  was  sett  apone  the  pelere  ^  with  [the  paper] 
on  ys  hede  that  every  man  shuld  know  what  he  [had  done], 
the  wyche  was  thes'wordes  (not  added). 

The  sam  day  was    the    new  abbott  of  Westmynster  putt  in, 

*  caps.  ^  waits.  •-  the  Lollards'  tower  at  Lambeth  Palace. 

^  i.  e.  charged  to  keep  themselves.  *  Olave's.  '  livery. 

«  Devonshire.  ••  arraigned.  '  one.  •'  pillory. 


1556.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  119 

docthur  Fecknam,  late  dene  of  PowUes,  and  xiiij  moo  monkes 
shorne  in ;  and  the  morow  after  the  lord  abott  with  ys  coventt 
whentt  a  prossessyon  after  the  old  fassyon  in  ther  monkes'  wede, 
in  collys  »  of  blake  say,  with  ij  vargers  carehyng  ij  sylver  rodes  in 
ther  handes,  and  at  evyngsong  tyme  the  vergers  whent  thrugh  the 
clostur  to  the  abbott ;  and  so  whentt  in-to  the  churche  afFor  the 
he  auter,^  and  ther  my  lord  knellyd  downe  and  ys  coventt,  and 
after  ys  praer  mad  was  browtt  in-to  the  qwyre  with  the  vergers 
and  so  in-to  ys  plasse,  and  contenentt  "^  he  be-gane  evyngsong — xxij 
day  of  the  sam  monyth,  that  was  santt  Clementt  evyn  last. 

[The  xxiv  day  of  November,  being  the  eve  of  saint  Katharine,  at 
six  of  the  clock  at  night,]  sant  Katheryn('s)  lyght  [went  about 
the  battlements  of  Saint  Paul's  with  singing,]  and  sant  Katheryn 
gohying  a  prossessyon. 

The  XX  sr  day  of  November  my  lord  of  Pembroke  toke  ys  barge 
toward  Cales,  and  funfinishedj . 

The  xxvj  day  of  the  sam  monnth  was  bered  masteres  H[eysi 
a  mersere(^s)  wyfFin  Althermanbere,  with  ij  whyt  branchys  [and] 
ten  stayfFe  torchys,  and  iiij  grett  tapurs,  and  xvj  women  bayreng 
them  and  holdeng  them,  and  they  had  nuw  gownes  and  raylles, 
and  a  iiij  dochen  of  skochyons,  and  mony  morners ;  and  alle  ys 
howsse  and  ys  gatt  hangyd  with  blake  and  [with  ar]mes,  with  hers 
and  Mersers'  and  StapuU  and  Venterers'  armes  :  and  doctur  Per- 
ryn  dyd  pryche  at  her  masse,  and  after  a  grett  dener. 

The  xxvij  day  of  November  was  a  proclamassyon  in  London 
thatt  ever  ^  man  to  loke  that  no  enfanttes  shuld  be  layd  in  the 
streetes  nor  men('s)  dores,  and  that  ther  shuld  be  a  day  watche,  and 
a  nyghtes,  that  ther  shuld  be  non  led  ^  in  no  plase  in  London  by 
nyght  nor  day,  and  he  that  do  take  ane  shytt^  person  shall  hayffe 
XX5.  for  ys  payne. 

The  xxix  day  of  November  was  my  lord  abbott  consecratyd  at 
Westmynster  abbay ;  and  ther  was   grett  compene,  and  he  was 

»  cowls.       *»  high  altar.       '^  incontinently.         '*  every.       *  laid. 


1^0  DIARY    OF    A  [1556. 

mad  abbott,  and  dyd  wher  *  a  myter ;  and  my  lord  cardenall  was 
ther,  and  mony  byshopes,  and  my  lord  chanseler  dyd  syng  masse, 
and  the  abbott  mad  the  sermon,  and  my  lord  tressore  ^  was  [there] . 

The  xxviij  day  of  November  came  rydyng  thrugh  Smythfeld 
and  Old  Balee  and  thrugh  Fletstrett  unto  Somesset  place  my 
good  lade  EHsabeth('s)  grace  the  quen(^s)  syster,  with  a  grett 
compene  of  velvett  cottes  and  cheynes,  her  graces  gentyllmen, 
and  after  a  grett  compene  of  her  men  all  in  red  cottes  gardyd  with 
a  brod  gard  of  blake  velvett,  and  cuttes ;  and  ther  her  grace  dyd 
loge  at  her  place  ;  ther  her  grace  tared  (blank)  days  till  the  iij  day 
of  Dessember  or  her  grace  dyd  remowy fFe . 

The  iij  day  of  Desember  was  bered  in  Essex  my  lord  Morley, 
with  iij  harolds,  master  Garter  and  odur  [heralds,  a]  standard  and 
a  banur  of  ys  armes,  and  iiij  baners  [rolls],  and  iiij  baners  of 
emages,  and  elmett,  and  cott  [-armour,]  targett  and  sword,  and 
viij  dosen  of  skochyons  .  .  .  dosen  of  torchys,  and  ij  whytt 
branchys,  and  [many]  mornars,  and  after  the  masse  a  grett  dener. 

The  sam  day  at  after-non  in  London  [at  saint]  Mare  Colchyrche 
in  Chepe,  on  master  Robart  Downes  the  master  of  the  Yrmongers 
with  xij  torchys,  [ij  white]  branchys,  and  iiij  grett  tapurs ;  and 
vj  pore  men  [did  bear]  hym  to  the  chyrche,  and  all  theys  pore 
men  had  gownes,  xxij  gowns ^;  and  he  had  [a]  tombe  m[ade,  in  the] 
tombe  a  caifen  ®  of  led,  and  when  that  he  cam  to  the  grayff  ^  he  was 
taken  out  of  one  of  wood,  and  putt  in-to  that  of  lede ;  and  the 
morow  ij  (masses)  song,  and  a  godly  sermon,  and  after  a  grett  dener ; 
and  ther  wher  mony  blake  gownes  gyffyn  to  men  and  women. 

The  iij  day  of  Desember  cam  rydyng  from  her  plasse  my  lade 
Elizabeth  (^s)  grace,  from  Somersett  place  downe  Fletstreet,  and 
thrugh  Old  Bayle,  and  thrugh  Smyth-field,  with  a  grett  compene ; 
and  her  servandes  alle  in  red  gardyd  with  velvett ;  and  so  her  grace 
toke  her  way  toward  Bysshope  Atfeld  ^  plasse. 

"  wear.  •>  treasurer.  ^  remove. 

^  The  men  who  bore  the  lights  and  the  corpse  amounted  in  all  to  twenty  two. 

*  coffin.  '  grave.  «  Bishop's  Hatfield. 


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The  V  day  of  Desember  was  Sant  Necolas  evyn^  and  Sant 
Necolas  whentt  a-brod  in  most  partt  in  London  syngyng  after  the 
old  fassyon,  and  was  reseyvyd  with  mony  good  pepulle  in-to  ther 
howsesj  and  had  myche  good  chere  as  ever  they  had^  in  mony 
plasses. 

[The  vj  day  of  December  the  abbot  of  Westminster  went  a  pro- 
Cession  with  his  convent ;  before  him  went  all  the]  santuary  men 
with  crosse  keys  apon  [their  garments,  and]  after  whent  iij  for 
murder ;  on  *  was  the  lord  Dacres  sone  of  the  Northe  was  wypyd  ^ 
with  a  shett  ^  a-bowt  [him,  for]  kyllyng  of  on  master  West  sqwyre 
dwellyng  be-syd     .     .     .     .      ;  and  anodur  theyfF  that  dyd  long 

to  one  of  master  comtroller dyd  kylle  Recherd 

Eggyllston  the  comtroller ('s)  tayller,  and  k[illed  him  in]  the  Long 
Acurs,  the  bak-syd  Charyng-crosse ;  and  a  boy  [that]  kyld  a  byge 
boye  that  sold  papers  and  pryntyd  bokes  [with]  horlyng  of  a  stone 
and  yt  ^  hym  under  the  ere  in  Westmynster  Hall ;  the  boy  was 
one  of  the  chylderyn  that  was  [at  the]  sckoll  ther  in  the  abbey ; 
the  boy  ys  a  hossear  ^  sune  a-boyfF  London-stone. 

The  ix  day  of  Desember  was  herd  ^  at  Hyslyngton  s  ser  Recherd 
Brutun  knyght,  with  a  do  sen  torchys,  and  ij  whytt  branchy  s,  sum 
tyme  of  the  preve  chambur  unto  kyng  Henry  the  viij*^. 

The  X  day  of  Desember  was  bered  at  the  Sawvoy  master 
Clarenshus'  syster,  with  a  herse  mayd  with  ij  stores,^  and  a  c. 
whytt  candyllstykes,  and  in  evere  candy llstyke  a  grett  qwarell  of 
aliF  a  lb.  of  wax,  and  her  armes  apon  the  herse,  and  a  dosen  of 
torchys  and  her  armes  apon. 

The  xvj  day  of  Desember,  was  the  sessyons  at  Nuwgatt,  and 
ther  was  John  Boneard/  and  on  Gregory  a  Spaniard,  a  smyth, 
raynyd  for  a  robere  that  thay  wold  have  done  to  Halesandur  ^  the 
keper  of  Nuwgatt ;  and  ther  was  one  that  gayif  evydens  aganst 
them  that  Gregore  had  a  knyflf,  and  he  dyd  flfrust^  in-to  the  man 

»  one.  ''  whipt.  ^  sheet.  ••  hit.  «  hosier's.  '  buried. 

8  Islington.         •»  stories.         '  See  bqfore,  p.  93.         ''  Alexander.         '  thrust. 
CAMD.    see.  R 


122  DIARY    OF    A  [1556. 

a-for  the  juges,  and  after  he  was  cast ;  and  contenent  a  ther  was  a 
gebett  sett  up  at  the  sessyons  gatt^  and  ther  ys  ryght  hand  strykyn 
of,  and  nayllyd  apone  the  jubett,  and  contenent  he  was  hangyd  up, 
and  Boneard  was  bornyd  in  the  hand,  and  Gregore  hangyd  all 
nyght  nakyd. 

[The  XX  day  of  December  the  Queen  rode  in  her  chariot  through 
the  park  from]  Santt  James  unto  the  galere,  and  so  [took]  her 
barge  unto  Westmynster,  and  landyd  [at  the  palacej  and  so  in-to 
the  abbay,  and  ther  her  grace  hard  [even  song] ,  and  my  lord 
cardenalle  and  my  lord  Montyguw,  [and  my]  lord  Darse  of  Essex 
dyd  here  the  sword  a-for  [her  grace],  and  my  lade  Montyguw 
bare  up  the  quen['s  train]. 

The  xxij  day  of  Desember  the  Quen('s)  grace  [removed]  from 
Sant  James  thrugh  the  parke,  and  toke  [her  barge]  unto  Lambyth 
unto  my  lord  cardenalles  place,  [where]  her  grace  dynyd  with 
hym  and  dyvers  of  the  [council] ;  and  after  dener  her  grace  toke 
her  gornay  ^  to  Grenwyche,  to  kepe  her  Cryustynmus  ther. 

The  xxiij  day  of  Desember  was  a  proclamasyon  thrugh  London, 
and  shall  be  thrugh  the  quen('s)  reuym,  that  watt  man  somover 
thay  be  that  doysse  forsake  testorns  and  do  not  take  them  for  vjd. 
a  pesse  ^  for  corne  or  vetelles  or  any  odur  thynges  or  ware,  that 
they  to  be  taken  and  browth  a-for  the  mayre  or  shreyfF,  baylle, 
Justus  a  pesse,  or  constabulle,  or  odur  oiFesers,  and  thay  to  ley 
them  in  presun  tyll  the  quen  and  her  consell,  and  thay  to  remayn 
ther  plesur,  and  to  stand  boyth  body  and  goodes  at  her  grace  ('s) 
plesur. 

The  XX  of  Desember  was  bered  at  Westmynster  master  Brysse 
the  sergantt  of  the  quen('s)  wod-yarde,  with  (unfinished) 
»  •♦•»...•»*»• 

....         strett  ma    .     .     . 

The   xxix  day  of  Dessember  was  bered  [at]   Barkyng  towne 
yonge  masteres  Bowes,  the   [daughter]  of  my  lord  Skrope,  with 

*  incontinently,  i.  e.  forthwith.  •*  journey.  «=  apiece. 


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ij  whytt  branchy s  and  .  .  dossen  torchys  and  iiij  grett 
tapurs^  and  a  iij  dosen  of  skochyons  of  armes,  and  after  a  grett 
dener. 

The  xxxj  day  of  Desember  was  maltt  sold  in  Gracyous  strett 
markett  for  xUiij  s.  a  quarter,  melle  ^  sold  for  vj  s,  a  bussell ;  of 
whett  melle  after  at  xlvj  s.  a  quarter. 

The  iiij  day  of  January  at  nyght  was  serten  feyres  ^  [seen]  in 
Fynsbere  feyld  and  in  More-feld  at  the  wynd-mylle,  and  at  the 
Doge-howse,  and  in  gardens  by  mony  men,  and  yt  was  sene  at 
Damanes  cler/  and  mo  plases. 

The  viij  day  of  January  dyd  ryd  in  a  care  at  Westmynster  the 
wyfF  of  the  Grayhond,  and  the  Abbott['s]  servand  was  wypyd  be- 
caus  that  he  toke  her  owt  of  the  care,  at  the  care-harse. 

The  X  day  of  January  was  bered  at  sant  BotoUf  without  Alther- 
gatt  on  master  Tayller  a  gold-fyner,^  with  ij  fayre  whytt  branchys 
and  a  xij  stayfFes  torchys,  and  iiij  grett  tapurs,  and  mony  morners, 
and  the  compene  of  the  Goldsmyth(s)  in  ther  levery. 

The  xj  day  of  January  was  bered  my  lade  Challenger,^  the  wyfF 
of  ser  Thomas  Challenger,  and  was  the  wyfF  of  ser  Thomas  Lee  of 
Hogston,  and  bered  at  Shordyche  chyrche,  with  ij  whyt  branchys, 
and  ij  dosen  stayfFes  torchys  and  iiij  grett  tapurs,  and  a  harold  of 
armes,  and  iiij  baners  of  emages  and  a  viij  dosen  of  skochyons  of 
armes,  and  the  strett  hangyd  with  blake  boythe  the  strett  and  the 
chyrche  and  armes. 

[The  xiij  day  of  January,  in  alderman  Draper^s  ward,  called] 
Chord  wen  er  strett  ward,  a  belle-man  [went  about]  with  a  belle  at 
evere  lane  end  and  at  the  ward  [end,  to]  gyfF  warnyng  of  fFyre  and 
candyll  lyght,  [and  to  help  the]  powre,  and  pray  for  the  ded. 

The  XV  day  of  January  was  bered  at  A[llhallows-]  stannyng  in 
Fanchyrche- strett  on  master  Croker,  w[ith  a  herse]  and  a  dossen 
StayfFes  torchys  and  iiij  grett  tapers,  and  [arms]  a-pone  them,  and 

*  meal.  ^  fires.  *^  Dame  Agnes  Clare. 

''  refiner.  «  Clialoner 


124  DIARY   OF   A  [1556-7. 

armes  a-bowt  ys  body  and  se mornars  and  mony 

prestes  and  clarkes  syngyng. 

The  XX  day  of  January  at  Grenwyche  parke  the  quen  grace ('s) 
pensyonars  dyd  mustur  in  bryth  *  [harness]  and  mony  barbe 
horsses ;  and  evere  pensyonar  had  iij  men  in  grene  cottes  gardyd 
with  whytt;  so  thay  rod  a-bowt  [the  parkj  iij  in  ranke  apone  grett 
horssys  with  spers  in  ther  handes  pentyd  whyt  and  grene,  and 
a-for  rod  trumpeters  blohyng  ;  and  next  a  man  of  armes  bayryng 
a  standard  of  red  and  yelowe^  in  the  standard  a  whytt  hart^  and  on 
the  thodur  syd  a  blake  eygyll  with  goldyd  leges  ;  and  be-twyn  ij  and 
iij  of  the  cloke  thay  cam  downe  and  mustered  a-for  the  Quen('s) 
grace  a-for  the  parke  gatt,  for  ther  stod  the  Quen('s)  grace  on  he,^ 
and  my  lord  cardenall^  and  my  lord  admerall^  and  my  lord  Monty- 
guw,  and  dyvers  odur  lordes  and  lades  ;  and  so  a-for  the  pensyoners 
rod  many  gentyll-men  on  genetes  and  lyght  horsses,  butt  spesyalle  ^ 
ther  rod  on  ^  gentyll-man^  ys  nam  ys  master  (blank),  apon  the  lest 
muUe  thatt  evere  I  say ;  ^  and  so  thay  rod  to  and  fro  a-for  the 
Quyne ;  and  ther  cam  a  tumbeler,  and  playd  mony  prate  fettes  f 
a-for  the  Quen  and  my  lord  cardenalle^  that  her  grace  dyd  layke  s 
hartely ;  and  so  her  grace  dyd  thanke  them  alle  for  ther  peyne  ; 
and  so  after  they  partyd,  for  ther  wher  ^  of  the  pensyonars  1.  and 
mo,  besyd  ther  men  of  armes  ;  and  ther  wher  ^  of  pepuUe  of  men 
and  vomen  a-boyfF  x  m.  pepulle  and  mo. 

[The  xxvj  day  of  January  went  to  Cambridge,  Watson  bishop 
elect  of  Lincoln,  Scot  bishop  of  Chester,  and  Christopherson  bishop 
elect  of  Chichester,]  comyssyoners  to  the  [lord  cardinal,  to  the] 
chyrche  of  sant  Mares,*  and  thay  toke  up  on  ^  Martin  [Bucer] 
that  was  bered  ther,  and  Paulus  Phagius  [was]  taken  up  at  Sant 
Myghelle  cherche  that  was  [buried  there,]  and  after  brentt  boyth. 

The  XXV  day  of  January  was  bered  master[ess]  Ogull,  the  wyff 
of  master  Ogull,  in  the  parryche  [church  of]  sant  Gylles  with-out 

*  bright.  ^  high.  ^  especially.  ^  one.  ^  ever  I  saw. 

'  pretty  feats.  f  laugh.  ^  were.  '  Mary's.  ''  one. 


1556-7-]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  125 

Crepulgatt,  with  ij  whytt  branchy  s^  and  a  do  sen  stayfFe  torchys, 
and  iiij  grett  gylt  candylstykes,  and  with  iiij  grett  tapurs  and 
armes  apone  them^  and  a  ij  dosen  of  skochyons  of  armes  ;  and  a 
blake  frere  dyd  pryche  at  masse  for  here. 

The  xxviij  day  of  January  was  bered  at  Powlles  ser  .  .  .  Trekett, 
on  of  the  keeper(s)  of  the  westre/  the  wyche  he  was  worth  a  grett 
sum  of  money  and  gold. 

The  sam  day  cam  thrugh  London  to  (blank)  a  fayre  (blank) 
cowe  and  a  grett  hynd  and  fat  that  ever  that  I  have  sene,  to  goo 
to-getherto  (unfinished) 

The  xxviij  day  of  January  was  had  to  the  Towre  my  lorde 
Sturton  for  murder  of  ij  gentyllmen,  the  father  and  the  sune  and 
ere,  ^  master  Argylles  ^  and  ys  sune^  the  wyche  was  shamfully 
murdered  in  ys  own  plasse. 

The  xxxj  day  of  January  my  lord  tresorerf  s)  lord  of  mysrulle 
cam  to  my  lord  mare,  and  bad  my  lord  to  dener,  and  ther  cam  a 
grett  cumpene  of  my  lord  tresorer('s)  men  with  portesans,^  and  a 
grett  mene  ^  of  musysyonars  and  dyssegyssyd,  and  with  trumpets 
and  drumes,  and  with  ys  consellers  and  dyver  odur  ofFesers,  and 
ther  was  a  dullvyll  ^  shuting  of  fyre,  and  won  was  lyke  Deth  with 
a  dart  in  hand. 

[The  vijth  day  of  February  master  Offley,  the  lord  mayor,  and 
divers  aldermen,  taking  their  barge,  went  to  Greenwich  to  the 
Queen^s]  grace,  and  ther  she  mad  ym  [knight,  he]  behyng  mayre, 
and  master  William  Chester,  altherman,  mayd  hym  knyght  the 
sam  tyme  and  day. 

The  sam  day  was  a  santhuary  man  of  W  [estminster]  wypyd 
a-for  the  crosse  for  murder. 

The  X  day  of  Feybruary  was  bered  at  sant  Dunstones  in  the 
West  ser  Wylliam  Portman,  cheyfFe  justice  of  Englande,  with  a 
harold  of  armes,  and  a  standard  of  armes,  and  pennon,  and  a  cott 
armur,  and  a  targett,  a  helmett,  and  the  crest  a  leberd-hed  gold, 

*  vestry.  ^  heir.  •=  The  name  was  Hartgill.  ^  partisans. 

*  meyne,  i,  e.  company.  *  deyil. 


126  DIARY   OF    A  [1556-7. 

with  ij  snakes  [coming]  out  of  ys  mowthe,  with  a  crosse  peyche  * 
guiles ;  a  [herse] ,  and  sword,  and  the  mantylles  of  blake  velvett, 
and  ij  grett  wytt  branchys  fayre  with  shochyons  of  armes,  and  ij 
dosen  of  torchys,  and  the  powre  men  had  go  .  .  .  gownes,  and 
iiij  grett  gylt  candylstykes,  with  iiij  p  .  .  ,  garnyshed  with 
angelles,  and  armes,  and  penselles,  and  mo[ny]  morners;  and  after 
came  vj  juges  and  vij  sergantes  of  [the  coif] ,  and  after  all  the  ynes 
of  the  cowrte,  ij  and  ij  together ;  and  the  morow  iij  goodly  masses 
songe,  and  a  sermon  mad. 

The  X  day  of  Feybruary  was  slayne  in  Nugatt  market,  on 
Robartt  Lentall,  odur-wyse  callyd  Robart  (blank),  servant  unto 
my  lord  tresorer  the  marques  of  Wynchester,  by  a  servand  unto 
the  duke  of  NorfFoke,  and  ys  fottman,  the  wyche  was  ys  on 
sekyng.^ 

,         .         .     and  iij  women. 

The  xvij  day  of  Feybruary  was  my  lord  Sturton  cam  from  the 
Towre,  and  one  of  ys  men,  unto  Westmynster  a-for  the  consell 
and  juges,  and  ther  the  evydens  was  declared  a-for  ys  owne  face 
that  he  cold  nott  deny  ytt. 

The  xvij  day  of  Feybruary  ded  ^  in  Chanell-rowe  the  good  yerle 
of  Sussex  at  Westmynster. 

The  xviij  day  of  Feybruary  cam  from  the  Towre  unto  my  lord 
of  Preve-selle  a-for  serten  of  the  consell,  iiij  of  my  lord  Sturtunfs) 
servandes,  and  ther  thay  where  examynyd  of  the  deth  of  master 
Argyll  and  ys  sune ;  and  after  they  wher  cared  bake  a-gayne  by 
iiij  of  the  gard  unto  the  (Tower). 

The  xxvj  day  of  Feybruary  was  rayned  at  Westmynster  halle 
my  lord  Sturton,  and  for^  the  juges  and  dyvers  of  the  consell,  as 
lord  justes  Broke,  and  the  lord  stuard,  and  my  lord  tresorer,  and 
dyvers  odur  lordes  and  knyghtes ;  and  longe  yt  wher^  or  he  wold 
answer,  and  so  at  last  my  lord  justes  stod  up  and  declaryd  to  my 

*  fitchy.  *>  his  own  seeking.  '^  died.  ^  before.  ^  were. 


JL556-7.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  12? 

lord  and  *  he  wold  nott  answer  to  the  artycuUes  that  was  led  ^  to 
hym,  that  he  shuld  be  prast  ^  to  deth  by  the  law  of  the  rayme  ^ ;  and 
after  he  dyd  answer,  and  so  he  was  cast  by  ys  owne  wordes  to  be 
hangyd,  and  ys  iiij  men,  and  so  to  be  cared  to  the  Towre  a-gayne 
tyll  thay  have  a  furder  commondement  from  the  con  sell. 

[The  same  day  was  buried  the  earl  of  Sussex  ..... 
of]  England  at  sant  Lauruns  [Pountney  .  .  .  .  ],  and  the 
chyrche  hangyd  with  blake,  and  ys  armes  .  .  borne,  and  ij 
goodly  whytt  branchy s,  and  ij  .  .  ;  and  ij  haroldes  of  armes, 
^nd  a  baner  of  ys  armes,  [and  iiij]  banars  of  emages,  and  a  x 
dosen  of  skochyons  ....  dosen  of  penselles,  and  a  cote 
armur,  target,  [sword,]  the  elmett,  crest,  and  mantylles  of  blake 
velvett. 

The  xxvij  day  of  Feybruary  cam  toward  London  out  of  Skott- 
land  a  duke  of  Muskovea,  as  [ambassador,]  and  dyvers  of  the  njar- 
chandes  of  England,  as  we[ll  as  others]  of  all  nassyons,  and  so  they 
mett  him  be  [yond]  Sordyche  in  cottes  of  velvett  and  cottes  of  fyne 
cloth  gardyd  with  velvett,  and  with  frynge  of  sylke  [and]  chenys  ^ 
of  gold ;  and  after  comys  my  lord  Montycutte  and  dyvers  lordes  and 
knyghtes  and  [gentlemen,  in]  gorgyus  aparelle ;  and  after  comys 
my  lord  mayre  and  althermen  in  skarlett,  and  the  enbassedur  ys 
garment  of  tyssuw  brodered  with  perlles  and  stones ;  and  ys 
[men  in]  corsse  cloth  of  gold  downe  to  the  calffe  of  the  leg,  lyke 
gownes,  and  he  copyng  capes,^  and  so  to  master  Dymmokes  plasse 
in  Fanchyrche  street,  the  marchand ;  and  ys  cape  and  ys  nyght 
cape  sett  with  perles  and  stones. 

The  ij  day  of  Marche  rod  from  the  Towre  my  lord  Sturtun  with 
ser  Robart  Oxinbryge  the  leyif-tenantt,  and  iiij  of  my  lordes 
servandes,  and  with  serten  of  the  gard,  thrugh  London,  and  so  to 
Honsley,»  and  ther  thay  lay  alle  nyght  at  the  seyne  ^  of  the  Angell, 
and  the  morow  after  to  Staynes,  and  so  to  Bassyng-stoke,  and  so 
to  Sturtun,  to  sufer  deth,  and  ys  iiij  men ;  and  to  ^  more  men  for 

'  if.  •*  laid.  '^  pressed.  ^  realm.  *  chains. 

^  high  coping  caps.  «  Hounslow.  ^  sign.  *  two. 


128  DIARY   OF  A  [1556-7. 

robyng  of  a  ryche  farmer  in  that  contrey,  to  be  hangyd,  for  ther 
was  layd  by  the  sam  farmer  a- for  the  con  sell  that  a  knyght  and 
ys  men  dyd  rob  him^  and  the  knyght  was  layd  in  the  Flett  tylle  yt 
plessyd  God  that  the  theyfF  was  taken ;  the  knyght  ys  nam  ys 
callyd  ser  [blank]  Wrothun  knyght. 

[The  V  day  of  March  *vas  buried  in  Northamptonshire  sir 
Edward  Montagu,  'late  lord  chief  justice  of  England ;  with]  cott 
armur,  and  targett,  and  sword,  helmett,  and  man  [ty lis  of]  vel- 
vett,  and  iiij  dosen  of  stayifes,  ij  whyt  branchys  ....  dosen 
of  skochyons,  and  iiij  dosen  of  penselles,  and  with  .... 
harold  of  armes  and  a  hersse  of  wax. 

The  vj  day  of  Marche  was  bered  in  Huntyngtun  [shire  sir] 
Olever  Leyder  knyght,  with  a  harold  of  armes,  a  standard  and 
penon  of  armes,  a  cott  armur,  a  targett,  and  sword,  elmett, 
.  .  .  .  mantylles  of  velvett,  and  vj  dosen  of  skochyons,  and 
iiij  dosen  of  torchys,  and  a  hersse  of  wax. 

The  sam  day  was  hangyd  at  Salysbere  in  the  markett  plasse  the 
lord  Sturtun  for  the  deth  of  old  master  Argylle  and  yong  Argyll 
ys  sune ;  the  wyche  they  wher  shamfuUy  murdered  by  the  lord, 
and  dyvers  of  ys  servandes ;  the  wyche  he  mad  grett  lamentasyon 
at  ys  deth  for  that  wyllfuU  ded  that  was  done,  and  sayd  as  he  was 
on  the  ladder  (unfinished). 

The  viij  day  of  Marche  was  bered  master  (blank)  with  armes 
and  ij  whyt  branchys  and  viij  storchys  and  iiij  gret  tapurs,  in  sant 
Androws  in  Holborne,  with  prestes  and  clarkes. 

The  xvij  day  of  Marche  cam  rydyng  from  kyng  Phelype  from 
be-yond  the  see  unto  the  court  at  Grenwyche,  to  owre  quen,  with 
letters  in  post,  my  lord  Robart  Dudley,  and  after  master  Kemp 
of  the  preve  chambur,  that  the  kyng  wold  com  to  Cales  the  xvij 
day  of  Marche ;  and  the  sam  day  dyd  pryche  a-for  the  quen  the 
nuwe  bysshope  of  Lynckolne  doctur  Watsun. 

The  xviij  day  of  Marche  was  the  monyth  myn  *  of  the  yerle 

•  month's  mind. 


1556-7.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  129 

of  Sussex,  and  the  hersse  bornyng  and  standyng  tyll  durge,  and 
masse  done  on  the  morow  after  yt  was  taken  downe ;  and  master 
Garter  was  ther  to  se  ys  standard  and  ys  elmet,  targat,  cott,  and 
banars  sett  up  over  hym,  with  alle  thyng  longyng  therto. 

•  •  •  •  •         •  •  •         w         •        te         '• 

*         .         ,  man  shuld  where  no         .         .         . 

The  XX  day  of  Marche  the  Kyng  cam  from  be-yond  the  see,  and 
cam  at  v  to  Grenwyche;  at  the  sam  tyme  ther  cam  a  shype 
up  by  the  tyde,  [and  as]  he  cam  agaynst  the  courte  gatt,  he  shott 
a  xvj  [pieces]  of  twys/  the  wyche  wher  vere  ^  grett  pesses,  and 
[cried,]  God  save  the  Kyng  and  the  Quen. 

The  xxj  day  of  Marche  the  Kyng  and  the  Quen  [went]  thrugh 
the  galere  unto  ther  closett,  and  ther  thay  [heard  mass]  ;  and  ther 
was  ij  swordes  borne  a-for  them,  on  by  lord  Cobham,  and  the 
thodur  (by)  my  lord  admerall ;  [and  from]  ther  closett  bake  to 
dener,  boyth  the  Kyng  and  the  Quen  together,  and  ther  my  lord 
chanseler  was  ther  and  dyvers  [other  lords.] 

The  sam  day  at  after-non  cam  downe  that  evere  ^  chyrche  shuld 
in  London  syng  Te  Deum  laudamus  by  the  commondement  of  my 
lord  bysshope  of  London,  and  rynggyng  alle  that  whylle,  to  ryng 
with  grett  presse  ^  to  God ;  and  ther  cam  iij  huwysse^  of  Spaneards 
the  sam  day  to  London. 

The  xxiij  day  of  Marche  was  a  commondement  cam  that  the 
Kyng  and  the  Quen  wold  ryd  from  the  Towre-warfF  thrugh  Lon^ 
don  with  the  nobuls  of  the  rayme,^  boyth  lordes  and  lades ;  and 
at  the  Towre-warflP  my  lord  mayre  mett  ther  gracys  boyth,  and 
thrugh  London  my  masters  the  althermen  and  the  shreyfFes  and 
aUe  the  crafftes  of  London  in  ther  leveres,  and  ther  standynges 
set  up  of  evere  craft  of  tymbur,  and  the  strett  and  the  trumpettes 
blohyng  with  odur  enstrementtes  with  grett  joye  and  plesur,  and 
grett  shutyng  of  gones  at  the  Towre,  and  the  waytes  plahyng  on 

•  off  twice.  ^  very.  •=  every.  ^  praise.  «  hoys.        '  realm 

CAMD.    SOC.  S 


132  DIARY    OF    A  [1557. 

bur  of  xxvj ;  and  my  lord  Broke  the  chefF  justes,  and  my  lord 
justes  Browne,  and  my  ser  John  Baker,  and  ser  Roger  Chamley, 
and  mony  nobuU  gentyllmen,  with  the  hoU  cete  *  boythe  old  and 
yonge,  boythe  men  and  women. 

The  xix  day  of  Aprell  was  a  wager  shott  in  Fynsbere  feld  of 
the  parry che  of  the  Trenete  the  lytyll,  of  vj  men  agaynst  vj  men, 
and  one  parte  had  xv  for  iij  and  lost  the  game ;  and  after  shott 
and  lost  a-nodur  game. 

The  sam  owre  master  parsun  and  entryd  in-to  helle  and  ther  ded 
at  the  barle  breyke  with  alle  the  wyfFe  of  the  sam  parryche;  and 
ever  was  master  parsun  in  the  fyre,  ser  Thomas  Chambur ;  and 
after  they  whent  and  dronke  at  Hogston  vij^  in  bred  and  here, 
butt  ij  quarttes  of  claret^  alle,  and  after  they  cam  to  the  Swane  in 
Wyttyngtun  college  to  on  master  Fulmer  a  vetelar,  ther  they  mad 
good  chere,  and  payd  for  yt.  ^ 

[The  same  day  went  to  Westminster  to  hear  mass,  and  to  the  lord 
abbot's  to  dinner,  the]  duke  of  Muskovea,  and  after  dener  [came 
into  the  motiastery,  and  went]  up  to  se  sant  Edward  shryue  nuw 
set  up,  [and  there  saw]  alle  the  plasse  thrugh  ;  and  after  toke  ys 
leyfF  of  [my  lord  abbot] ,  and  ther  mett  hym  dyvers  althermen  and 
mony  [merchants]  ;  and  so  rod  in-to  the  parke,  and  so  to  London. 

The  xxij  of  Aprell  dyd  pryche  at  sant  Mare  speytyll  [doctor] 
Watsun  nuw-choyssen  bysshope  of  Lynckolne  a  godly  sermon. 

The  sam  day  the  Kyng  and  the  Quen  removyd  from  Grenwyche 
unto  Westmynster,  a-ganst  sant  [George^s  day.] 

The  xxiij  day  of  Aprell  was  sant  Gorge  ('s)  day  [the  King's] 
grace  whent  a  pressessyon  in  ys  robes  of  the  garter  ;  lord  Talbott 
bare  the  sword  a-for  the  Kyng,  and  master  (blank)  bare  the  rod  \ 
and  doctur  (blank)  bare  the  boke  of  the  record ;  and  the  bysshope 
of  Wynchaster  ware  ys  myter,  and  song  masse  that  day ;  and  x 
knyghtes  of  the  Garter  be-syd  the  Kyng;  and  secretere  Peter 

^  whole  city. 
*•   This  paragraph f  which  is  clearly  written  as  here  printed^  seems  to  commemorate 
iome  ivild  merry -making  of  the  diarisVs  parish. 


1557.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  133 

ware  a  robe  of  cremesun  velvett  with  the  Garter ;  and  after  the 
Kyng  and  odur  lordes  and  knyghtes  of  the  garter  whent  to  evyng- 
song ;  and  ther  was  the  duke  of  Muskovea  was  in  chapell  at  evyng- 
song,  and  after  he  whent  and  toke  ys  barge  and  whent  to  London, 
find  after  wher  iij  knyghtes  of  the  garter  chossen,  furst  my  lord 
r(itz)uater,  my  lord  Gray  of  Wylton,  and  ser  Robart  Rochaster; 
thes  iij  wher  mad  of  the  order. 

The  xxiij  day  of  Aprell  cam  rydyng  from  the  Towre  the  kynges 
kynswoman  the  duches  of  (blank) 

^         »         .  armes  and  a  cott  armur,  targett,  sword,  helmett. 

The  XXX  day  of  Aprell  was  bered  at  sant  Mare  Overes  master 
Frances  Browne('s)  wyiF  with  iiij  branchys  [and  iiij]  tapurs  apon 
iiij  gylt  candyllstykes  and  with  armes  and  penons ;  [the  church 
hung  a]bowt  with  blake  cloth  and  armes,  and  ij  whyt  branchys 
and  XX  ...  .  stayiFe  torchys ;  and  the  powre  men  had  blake 
gownes ;  and  mony  mornars ;  and  a  iij  dosen  of  skochyons,  and  a 
grett  dolle  of  money. 

The  iij  day  of  May  was  bered  my  lord  Shandowes/  odur-wys 
callyd  ser  John  of  Bryges,  with  ij  haroldes  of  armes,  and  a  herse 
of  wax,  and  ij  whyt  branchys,  and  a  iiij  dosen  of  torchys,  and  a 
standard  and  a  baner  of  armes  and  a  targett,  and  iiij  baners  of 
emages,  and  elmett,  mantylles,  and  viij  dosen  of  skochyons  and 
iiij  baner-rolles  of  [arms],  and  viij  dosen  of  penselles  mad  in  the 
contrey ;  and  money  mornars ;  and  ther  was  a  grett  dolle  of  money, 
and  mett  ^  and  drynke  grett  plente  as  has  bene  sene  of  shyche  ^  a 
man  in  the  contrey. 

The  XXX  day  of  Aprell  was  master  Perse  ^  was  mad  knyght  and 
baroun. 

The  furst  day  of  May  was  creatyd  at  Whytt-halle  master  Perse 
the  yerle  of  Northumberland,  with  viij  haroldes  and  a  dosen  of 
trumpeters  thrugh  the  quenf  s)  chambur,  and  thrugh  the  hall,  and 

»  Chandos.  ^  meat.  '^  such.  ^  Percy. 


132  DIARY    OF    A  [1557. 

bur  of  xxvj ;  and  my  lord  Broke  the  chefF  justes,  and  my  lord 
justes  Browne,  and  my  ser  John  Baker,  and  ser  Roger  Chamley, 
and  mony  nobuU  gentyllmen,  with  the  holl  cete  *  boythe  old  and 
yonge,  boythe  men  and  women. 

The  xix  day  of  Aprell  was  a  wager  shott  in  Fynsbere  feld  of 
the  parry che  of  the  Trenete  the  lytyll,  of  vj  men  agaynst  vj  men, 
and  one  parte  had  xv  for  iij  and  lost  the  game ;  and  after  shott 
and  lost  a-nodur  game. 

The  sam  owre  master  parsun  and  entryd  in-to  helle  and  ther  ded 
at  the  bar  le  breyke  with  alle  the  wyfFe  of  the  sam  parry  che;  and 
ever  was  master  parsun  in  the  fyre,  ser  Thomas  Chambur ;  and 
after  they  whent  and  dronke  at  Hogston  vij^  in  bred  and  bere> 
butt  ij  quarttes  of  claret,  alle,  and  after  they  cam  to  the  Swane  in 
Wyttyngtun  college  to  on  master  Fulmer  a  vetelar,  ther  they  mad 
good  chere,  and  payd  for  yt.  ^ 

[The  same  day  went  to  Westminster  to  hear  mass,  and  to  the  lord 
abbot's  to  dinner,  the]  duke  of  Muskovea,  and  after  dener  [came 
itito  the  monastery,  and  went]  up  to  se  sant  Edward  shryne  nuw 
set  up,  [and  there  saw]  alle  the  plasse  thrugh  ;  and  after  toke  ys 
leyfF  of  [my  lord  abbot] ,  and  ther  mett  hym  dyvers  althermen  and 
mony  [merchants]  ;  and  so  rod  in-to  the  parke,  and  so  to  London. 

The  xxij  of  Aprell  dyd  pryche  at  sant  Mare  speytyll  [doctor] 
Watsun  nuw-choyssen  bysshope  of  Lynckolne  a  godly  sermon. 

The  sam  day  the  Kyng  and  the  Quen  removyd  from  Grenwyche 
unto  Westmynster,  a-ganst  sant  [George's  day.] 

The  xxiij  day  of  Aprell  was  sant  Gorge  ('s)  day  [the  King's] 
grace  whent  a  pressessyon  in  ys  robes  of  the  garter ;  lord  Talbott 
bare  the  sword  a-for  the  Kyng,  and  master  (blank)  bare  the  rod ; 
and  doctur  (blank)  bare  the  boke  of  the  record ;  and  the  bysshope 
of  Wynchaster  ware  ys  myter,  and  song  masse  that  day ;  and  x 
knyghtes  of  the  Garter  be-syd  the  Kyng;  and  secretere  Peter 

^  whole  city. 
*•   This  paragraph,  which  is  clearly  written  as  here  printed^  seems  to  commemorate 
some  wild  merry-making  of  the  diarisVs  parish. 


1557.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  133 

ware  a  robe  of  cremesun  velvett  with  the  Garter ;  and  after  the 
Kyng  and  odur  lordes  and  knyghtes  of  the  garter  whent  to  evyng- 
song ;  and  ther  was  the  duke  of  Muskovea  was  in  chapell  at  evyng- 
song,  and  after  he  whent  and  toke  ys  barge  and  whent  to  London, 
find  after  wher  iij  knyghtes  of  the  garter  chossen,  furst  my  lord 
F(itz)uater5  my  lord  Gray  of  Wylton,  and  ser  Robart  Rochaster; 
thes  iij  wher  mad  of  the  order. 

The  xxiij  day  of  Aprell  cam  rydyng  from  the  Towre  the  kynges 
kynswoman  the  duches  of  (blank) 

t.         »         .  armes  and  a  cott  armur,  targett,  sword,  helmett. 

The  XXX  day  of  Aprell  was  bered  at  sant  Mare  Overes  master 
Frances  Browne ('s)  wyfF  with  iiij  branchys  [and  iiij]  tapurs  apon 
iiij  gylt  candyllstykes  and  with  armes  and  penons ;  [the  church 
hung  ajbowt  with  blake  cloth  and  armes,  and  ij  whyt  branchys 
and  XX  ...  .  stayfFe  torchys ;  and  the  powre  men  had  blake 
gownes ;  and  mony  mornars ;  and  a  iij  dosen  of  skochyons,  and  a 
grett  dolle  of  money. 

The  iij  day  of  May  was  bered  my  lord  Shandowes/  odur-wys 
callyd  ser  John  of  Bryges,  with  ij  haroldes  of  armes,  and  a  herse 
of  wax,  and  ij  whyt  branchys,  and  a  iiij  dosen  of  torchys,  and  a 
standard  and  a  baner  of  armes  and  a  targett,  and  iiij  baners  of 
emages,  and  elmett,  mantylles,  and  viij  dosen  of  skochyons  and 
iiij  baner-rolles  of  [arms],  and  viij  dosen  of  penselles  mad  in  the 
contrey ;  and  money  mornars ;  and  ther  was  a  grett  dolle  of  money, 
and  mett  ^  and  drynke  grett  plente  as  has  bene  sene  of  shyche  ^  a 
man  in  the  contrey. 

The  XXX  day  of  Aprell  was  master  Perse  ^  was  mad  knyght  and 
baroun. 

The  furst  day  of  May  was  creatyd  at  Whytt-halle  master  Perse 
the  yerle  of  Northumberland,  with  viij  haroldes  and  a  dosen  of 
trumpeters  thrugh  the  quenf  s)  chambur,  and  thrugh  the  hall,  and 

"  Chandos.  ^  meat.  "  such.  '^  Percy. 


134  DIARY    OF    A  [1557. 

a-for  hym  my  lord  of  Penbroke  and  my  lord  Montyguw  and  then 
my  lord  of  Arundell  and  my  lord  of  Rutland,  and  hym-self  whent 
in  the  myddes,  alle  in  cremesun  welvett  in  ther  parlement  robes, 
and  whyt  *  a  hatt  of  velvett  and  cronet  of  gold  on  ys  hed. 

Item  the  sam  day  a-bowt  non  ther  wher  sarten  Spaneardes 
fowyth  ^  at  the  cowrt-gate  a-gaynst  one  Spaneard,  and  one  of  them 
frust  c  hym  thrugh  with  ys  raper,  and  ded  contenent  d ;  and  ij  of 
the  Spaneardes  that  kyld  hym  was  browt  in-to  the  cowrt  by  on  of 
the  gard,  and  he  delevered  them  to  the  knyght  marshall(^s)  ser- 
vandes  to  have  them  (to)  the  Marshellsay. 

.  serten  skochyons. 
The  xxiij  day  of  Aprell  was  sant  George  ('s)  day  [the  King's] 
grace  whent  a  pressessyon  at  Whyt-halle  [through  the  hall]  and 
rond  abowt  the  court  hard  by  the  halle ;  and  so  [certain  of]  the 
knyghts  of  the  garter  as  they  whent  in  ther  [robes]  of  the  garter ; 
the  bysshope  of  Wynchaster  dyd  exsecute  the  masse  with  ys 
myter ;  the  furst  as  they  whe  [nt  the  lord]  Montyguw,  my  lord 
admerall,  ser  Antony  Sely[ger,  the]  lord  Cobham,  the  lord  Darce^ser 
Thomas  Chenne,  [the  lord]  Pagett,  the  lord  of  Penbroke,  the  lord 
of  Arundel,  [the]  lord  tressorer,  and  secretore  Peter  in  a  robe  of 
cremesun  velvett  with  the  garter  brodered  on  ys  shuder,^  and 
[one  bare]  a  rod  of  blake,  and  a  docthur  bare  a  boke ;  and  [then 
went  all]  the  harodes,  and  then  my  lord  Talbott  bare  the  sword, 
then  sergant(s)  of  armes,  and  the  Kyng(^s)  grace  [came  next],  and 
Quen('s)  grace  lokyng  owt  of  a  wyndow  [beside]  the  cowrt  on  the 
garden  syde. 

The  sam  after-non  was  chossen  iij  knyghtes  of  the  garter,  my 
lord  Fuwwater  depute  of  Yrland,  my  lord  Gray  depute  of  Gynes, 
and  ser  Robart  Rochaster  comtroUer  of  the  quenfs)  howsse  the  iij. 
And  after  cam  the  duwcke  of  Muskovea  cam  thrugh  the  halle,  and 


with.  »>  fought.  "  thrust. 

^  he  died  incontinently  (immediately).  "  shoulder. 


1557.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  135 

the  gard  stod  in  a-ray  in  ther  ryche  cottes  with  halbardes,  and  so 
up  to  the  quen(^s)  chambur,  and  dyvers  althermen  and  mar- 
chandes;  and  after  cam  downe  a-gayne  to  the  chapell  to  evyng- 
song,  and  contenent*  cam  the  Kyng  and  the  knyghtes  of  the 
garter  to  evyngsong ;  and  when  that  evyngsong  was  down  ^  cam  the 
Kyng  and  the  knyghtes  up  to  the  chambur  of  presens;  and  after 
cam  the  duke  of  Muskovea,  and  toke  ys  barge  to  London,  and 
that  tyme  my  lord  Strange  bare  the  sword  to  evyngsong. 

The  ij  day  of  May  dyd  pryche  at  Powlles  crosse  dyd  pryche 
docthur  Chadsay,  and  mad  a  godly  sermon,  and  ther  he  declaryd 
that  serten  trayturs  that  was  taken  at  Skarborow  castyll,  the 
wyche  they  fled  over  the  see  a-for        •••••. 


[The  iij  day  of  May  came  five  persons  to  the  Tower,  the  chief 
of  those  that  had  taken  the]  castylle  of  Skarborow  in  Yorke-shyre, 
[viz.  Stafibrd,  Saund]urs,  Seywelle,  and  Prowtter,  and  a  Frenche 
man. 

The  iiij  day  of  May  dyd  ryd  a-for  the  Kyng  and  Quen  in  her 
grace ('s)  preve  garden  ser  James  Garnado,  and  so  the  bridle  bytt 
dyd  breke,  and  so  the  horsse  rane  aganst  the  wall,  and  so  he  brake 
ys  neke,  for  ys  horsse  thruw  ym  agane  the  wall  and  hys  brauns  c 
rane  owtt. 

The  V  day  of  May  a-for  non  was  bered  my  lade  Chamburlayne, 
the  wyff  of  ser  Lenard  Chamburlayne  of  Oxfibrdshyre,  with  ij 
whyt  branchys  and  a  fayr  [herse]  of  wax,  and  v  dosen  penselles 
and  skochyons  and  ij  dosen  of  [staff-torches] ;  xxiiij  powre  men 
and  women  dyd  here  them,  and  they  [had]  gownes  of  fyne  brode 
cottun  of  blake;  and  iiij  baners  borne  abowte  her;  and  with 
prestes  and  clarkes,  a  grett  compene  of  mornars ;  and  ther  dyd 
pryche  att  the  masse  docthur  Chadsay,  and  he  mad  a  godly  ser- 
mon; and  after  a  grett  dener;  and  master  Longkaster  was  the 
harold;  and  ther  was  a  grett  doUe  of  money  at  the  cherche. 

»  incontiaently.  ''  done.  ^  brains. 


136  DIARY    OF    A  [1557. 

The  vj  day  of  May  was  bered  in  sant  Donstones  in  the  est  ser 
James  Garnado  knyght,  with  ij  whytt  branchys  and  xij  stayffe 
torchys  and  iiij  grett  tapurs  and  a  ij  dosen  of  skochyons. 

Item,  the  xij  day  was  bered  master  Tadeley  haburdassher  at 
sant  Mangnus  parryche,  with  ij  whytt  branchys  and  xij  stayff 
torchys,  and  iiij  grett  tapurs,  and  xvj  pore  men  bare  them,  and 
they  had  xvj  blake  cassokes  and  nuw  capes,*  and  xvj  payre  of 
blake  stokes ;  ^  and  he  was  one  of  the  masturs  of  the  hospetall ; 
with  a  dosen  of  skcohyons  and  d.  ^ 

The  xiiij  day  of  May  was  bornyd  in  Chepe-syd  and  odur  places 
in  Lundon  serten  melle  d  that  was  nott  swett ;  and  thay  sayd  that 
hey  ^  had  putt  in  lyme  and  sand  to  deseyffe  the  pepull,  and  he  was 
had  to  the  conter. 

The  xxvij  day  of  May  at  after-none  was  a  woman  grett  with 
chyld  was  slayne  gohyng  in  Fynsbere  feld  with  her  hosband  with 
a  narow  ^  shott  in  the  neke,  the  wyche  she  was  a  puterer(^s)  wyfF. 

,         .         .  masteres  sumtyme    the    wyff    of 

kynges  bakehowsse  and  after  the  wyfF  of  master  ....  clarke 
of  the  grencloth  boyth  sqwyrers,  e  and  d 

The  xxij  day  of  May  cam  owt  of  the  Towre  .  .  .  .  vj  pre- 
sonars,  on  Thomas  Stafford,  and  captayn  Sanders,  Seywell  and 
Prowther,  and  a  Frencheman,  and  one  othur ;  wher  cast  v,  and  so 
cared  to  the  Towre  agayn  [through]  London  by  land,  the  wyche 
thay  cam  from  . 

The  xxij  day  of  May  was  bered  master  Doge  ....  gren 
cloth  at  sant  Martens  in  the  feld  be-syd  Charyng-crose,  with  ij 
whytt  branchys  and  ....  and  ij  dosen  of  skochyons  and 
dyver  mornars. 

The  xxiij  day  of  May  dyd  pryche  the  bysshope  of  Wynchaster 
doctur  Whytt  at  sant  Mare  Overes  in  Sowthwarke,  and  ther  was  a 
heretyke  ther  for  to  here  the  sermon. 

*  caps.  ''  stockings.  "^  a  half.  «*  meal. 

•  he,  i.  €.  the  seller.  '  an  arrow.  «  esquires. 


1557.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  ISj 

The  XXV  day  of  May  was  raynyd  at  Westmynster  one,  a  Frenche 
man,  that  was  taken  at  Skarborow  when  that  Thomas  Stafford 
was  taken  with  ys  adherentes,  and  cast  to  dee,  and  so  cared  to 
the  Towre  agayn. 

The  sam  day  was  hangyd  at  Tyburne  xvij ;  on  was  a  nold  * 
voman  of  Ix  yere,  the  trongyest  ^  cut-purs  a  voman  that  has  ben 
herd  off;    and  a  lad  a  cut-purs,  for  ys  tyme  he  be-gane  welle. 

The  xxvij  day  of  May,  the  wyche  was  the  Assensyon  day,  the 
Kynges  andthe  Quen('s)  grace  rod  unto  Westmynster  with  all  the 
lords  and  knyghtes  and  gentyllmen,  and  ther  ther  graces  whent  a 
f)rossessyon  abowt  the  clowster,  and  so  thay  hard  masse. 

[The  xxviij  day  of  May  Thomas  Stafford  was  beheaded  on 
Tower  hill,  by  nine  of  the  clock,  master  Wode  being  his]  gostly 
father ;  and  after  ther  wher  iij  more  [drawn  from  the  To]  wre,  and 
thrugh  London  unto  Tyburne,  and  ther  [they  were]  hangyd  and 
quartered ;  and  the  morow  after  was  master  [Stafford]  quartered, 
and  hangyd  on  a  care,  and  so  to  Nuwgatt  to  [boil.] 

The  sam  roomyng  was  bornyd  be-yond  sant  George's  parryche 
iij  men  for  heresee,  a  dyssyd  ^  Nuwhyngtun . 

The  sam  for-non  was  bered  masteres  Gattes  wedow,  and  she 
[gave]  vij  fyne  blake  gowens,  and  xiiij  for  pore  men  of  bro  .  .  , 
with  ij  whytt  branchy s  and  x  stayffes  torchys  and  iiij  grett  tapurs, 
and  after  masse  a  grett  dener. 

The  xxix  day  of  May  was  the  iiij  beds  sett  upon  London  bryge, 
and  ther  xvj  quarters  sett  up,  iij  and  ij,  on  evere  gatt  of  London ; 
the  sam  mornyng  was  Thomas  Stafford (^s)  body  quartered. 

The  XXX  day  of  May  was  a  goly  ^  May-gam  in  Fanch-chyrche- 
strett  with  drumes  and  gunes  and  pykes,  and  ix  wordes  ^  dyd 
ryd ;  and  thay  had  speches  evere  man,  and  the  morris  dansse 
and  the  sauden,^  and  a  elevant  with  the  castyll,  and  the  sauden 
and  yonge  morens  ^  with  targattes  and  darttes,  and  the  lord  and 
the  lade  of  the  Maye. 


"  an  old.                *>  strongest  ? 

*=  at  this  side. 

«*  go[od]ly,  or  jolly. 

«  The  Nine  Worthies. 

*  sowdan,  or  sultan. 

«  moors. 

CAMD.  see. 

T 

138  DIARY    OF    A  [1557. 

The  V  day  of  Junj  was  bered  in  sant  Peters  in  Chepe  master 
Tylworth  goldsmyth,  withmony  mornars^  and  with  ij  whytt  branchys 
and  xij  stayfFes  torchys,  and  the  xij  pore  men  had  gownes  of  man- 
tyll  frysse,  and  iiij  grett  tapurs ;  and  ys  mas  was  kefth.*  .  .  , 
on  Wyssunmonday,  and  after  ther  was  a  grett  deener. 

The  vij  day  of  Juin  was  a  proclamassyon  in  London  by  the 
quen('s)  grace^  of  the  latt  duke  of  Northumberland  was  supported 
and  furdered  by  Henry  the  Frenche  kyng  and  ys  menysters,  and 
by  the  heddes  of  Dudley,  Asheton,  and  by  the  consperacy  of 
Wyatt  and  ys  trayturs  ^  band ;  and  the  sayd  kynges  mynysters  dyd 
secretly  practysse  and  gyff,  and  they  favorabuUe ;  with  trumpeters 
blohyng,  and  a  x  harroldes  of  armes,  and  with  my  lord  mayre  and 
the  althermen ;  and  by  the  lat  Stafford  and  with  odur  rebelles 
whom  he  had  interteynyd  in  ys  rayme/  and  dyver  odur  mo,  the 
wyche  be  ther  yett  on-taken. 

[The  same  day  was  the  Fishmongers'  procession.  The  mass 
kept  at  saint  Peter's,  in  Cornhill;  three]  crosses  borne  and  a  C. 
prestes  in  [copes;  and  clerks]  syngyng  Salve  festa  dies;  and  then 
cam  the  [parish  with]  whyt  rodes,  and  then  the  craft  of  Fysmong- 
ers ;  [and  after]  my  lord  mayre  and  the  althermen,  and  alle  the 
ofFesers  with  whyt  rodes  in  ther  handes ;  and  so  to  PoUes,  and 
ther  offered  at  the  he  '^  auter,  and  after  to  dener  to  the  Fys- 
mongers  hall  to  dener. 

The  sam  day  be-gane  a  stage  play  at  the  Grey  freer s  of  the 
Passyon  of  Cryst. 

The  viij  day  of  Juinj  cam  a  goodly  prossessyon  unto  Powlles, 
and  dyd  oblassyon  at  the  he  ^  auter,  sant  Clementes  parryche 
with-out  Tempylle-bare,  with  [iiij^^]  baners  and  stremars,  and  the 
whettes  ^  of  the  cete  ^  playing  ;  and  a  iij^^  copes,  and  prestes  and 
clarkes,  and  dyver  of  the  ennes  ^  of  the  cowrt  whent  next  the 
prestes ;  and  then  cam  the  parryche  with  whytt  rodes  in  ther 


kept.  •»  traiterous.  *=  his  realm.  ^  high. 

«  high.  f  waits.  «  city.  ^  inns. 


1557.  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  139 

handes,  and  so  bake  agayne  with  the  whettes  playing,  and  prestes 
and  clarkes  syngyng,  home-warde. 

The  X  day  of  Junij  the  Kyng  and  the  Gluen  toke  ther  jorney 
toward  Ham  tun  courte  for  to  hunt  and  to  kyll  a  grett  hartt,  with 
serten  of  the  consell ;  and  so  the  howswold  tared  at  the  Why tt- 
halle,  tylle  the  Saterday  folowhyng  they  cam  a-gayne  to  Whytt- 
halle. 

The  xvj  day  of  June  my  yong  duke  of  Norfoke  rod  abrod,  and 
at  Stamford-hylle  my  lord  havying  a  dage  hangyng  on  ys  sadylle 
bow,  and  by  mysse-fortune  dyd  shutt  »  yt,  and  yt  on  ^  of  ys  men  that 
ryd  a-for,  and  so  by  mysse-forten  ys  horse  dyd  flyng,  and  so  he 
hangyd  by  on  of  ys  sterope(s),  and  so  thatt  the  horse  knokyd  ys 
brayns  owt  with  flyngyng  owt  with  ys  leges. 

[The  xvij  day  of  June,  being  Corpus  Christi  day,  the  King  and 
Queen  went  in  procession  at  Whitehall]  thrughe  the  halle  and  the 
grett  cowrtt-gate  ;  [attended  with  as  goodly]  synging  as  ever  was 
hard;  and  my  {unfinished) 

The  xviij  day  of  Junj  was  ij  cared  to  be  bornyd  beyonde  sant 
Gorgeus,  almost  at  Nuwhyngtun,  for  herese  and  odur  matters. 

The  xix  day  of  June  was  bered  in  the  parryche  of  sant  Benett- 
sheyroge  old  masteres  Halle,  the  mother  of  master  Edward  Halle, 
of  Gray('s)  in,  the  wyche  he  sett  forthe  the  cronnacle  the  wyche 
hes  ^  callyd  master  Halle(^s)  cronnaculle ;  and  she  dyd  give  serten 
good  gownes  boyth  for  men  and  vomen  a  xx ;  and  ij  feyre  whytt 
branchys  and  x  stayfFes  torches  ;  and  master  Garrett  and  my  lade 
bebyng  secturs^,  and  my  lade  War  .  .  and  master  Mossear 
and  ys  wyfF  and  dyver  odur  had  blake  gownes. 

The  x  day  of  June  dyd  on  of  the  chantere  prest,^  dyd  hang 
hym-selif  with  ys  gyrdylle  in  ys  chambur ;  ys  name  was  ser  John. 

The  xiiij  day  of  June  was  cared  to  the  Towre  serten  gentyllmen, 
blyndfeld  and  mufFelyd. 

The  XX  day  of  Junj  dyd  pryche  my  lord  abbott  of  Westmyn- 

"  shoot.         ''  hit  one.         •=  is.  ^  executors.        «  one  of  the  chantry  priests. 


140  DIARY    OF    A  [1557. 

ster  at  PowUes  Crosse,  and  mad  a  godly  sermon  of  Dyves  and 
Lazarus,  and  the  crossear  holdyng  the  stayfFe  at  ys  prechyng ; 
and  ther  wher  grett  audyense,  boyth  the  mayre  and  juges  and 
althermen,  and  mony  worshepfuUe. 

The  xxi  day  of  Junj  was  the  Sextens^  prossessyon,  with  standards 
and  stremars  a  xxx  and  ode,  with  good  syngyng  and  the  westes  * 
playing,  and  the  canepe  borne,  with  iij  qwerers  ^  songe,  thrughe 
Nuwgatt  and  Old-bayle,  and  thrugh  Ludgatt,  and  so  to  PowUes 
chyrche-yerde  and  in-to  Chepe  a-longe  to  the  Cowper(s')  halle 
to  dener. 

Westmynster  abbay,  at  afternone,  and  the     . 
xij  of  the  cloke. 

The  x[vij]  day  of  Junj  was  the  store-howsse  at  Port[smouth] 
bornyd,  and  a  gentyll-mansse  howsse  next  unto  hytt,  and  [both 
were]  borntt,  and  all  maner  of  thynges  for  war  and  vetelle.c 

The  xxiij  day  of  Junj  was  bered  master  Byrd,  cow[per,  at]  sant 
Martens  in  the  vyntere,  with  ij  whytt  branchys  and  viij  grett 
stayfFe  torchys ;  and  he  gayfF  vare  ^  good  gownes  to  the  pore  men 
and  women ;  and  money  mornares  gownes,  and  the  powre  had 
blake  gownes ;  and  iiij  grett  tapurs  .  .  .  clarkes,  and  after  to 
drynke  spysse-bred  and  wyne;  and  the  morowe  masse  and  a 
sarman,  and  after  a  grett  dener  and  a  dolle,  for  he  dyd  gyfFe 
{unfinished) 

The  sam  day  at  sant  Martens,  the  santuare  lane  e[nd,  was  a] 
pelere  «  sett  ther,  and  ther  was  a  gold-smyth  sett  on  for  [making] 
conterfett  rynges,  and  causyd  them  for  to  be  sold  for  g[old,  and] 
holies  ^  lyke  sylver  and  gold ;  and  a  woman  sett  up,  for  she  w^as  the 
broker,  and  theseller  of  the  rynges. 

The  xxiiij  day  of  June  was  goodly  serves  ^  kept  at  the  Frere 
Austens  by  the  marchandes  strangers  as  has  bene  sene. 

The  xxix  day  of  June,  was  sent  Peters  day,  was  a  smalle  fare  ^ 

»  waits.  ^  quires?  "  victual.  **  very.  *  pillory. 

i  bowls.  5  service.  ••  fair. 


1557.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  141 

keft  ^  in  sant  Margatt  cherche-yerde,  as  wolle  ^  and  odur  smalle 
thynges,  as  tornars  and  odur :  and  the  sam  day  was  a  godly 
prossessyon,  the  wyche  my  lord  abbott  whent  with  ys  myter  and 
ys  crosse  and  a  grett  nomber  of  copes  of  cloth  of  gold,  and  the 
wergers  ^,  and  mony  worshephull  gentyll-men  and  women  at  West- 
mynster,  went  a  prossessyon. 

The  sam  day  at  after-non  was  the  ij-yere  myne  ^  of  good  master 
Lewyn,  yrmonger,  and  at  ys  durge  was  alle  the  leverey  ;  the  furst 
master  altherman  Draper ;  and  after  to  her  plasse,^  and  they  had  a 
kake  and  a  bone  a  pesse/  be-syd  the  parry che  and  all  comers,  and 
wyne  he-nowgh  for  all  comers. 

[The  last  day  of  June,  saint  PauPs  day,  was  a  goodly  procession 
at  saint  Paul's.  There  was  a  priest  of  every]  parryche  of  the 
dyosses  of  Londun,  [with  a  cope,  and  the  bishop]  of  Londun 
wayreng  ys  myter ;  and  after  cam  [a  fat  buck,]  and  ys  hed  with 
the  homes  borne  a-pone  a  baner[-pole,  and]  xl  homes  blohyng 
a-for  the  boke  and  be-hynd. 

The  sam  day  was  the  Marchandes-tayllers'  fest,  [where]  was 
master  of  the  compene  master  George  Eytune ;  and  thay  [had]  Ix 
bokes  e  at  the  fest,  and  he  gayfFe  to  ys  one  ^  parryche  [two]  bokes 
to  make  mere ' ;  and  ther  dynyd  at  the  fest  [the  lord]  mayre  and 
the  shreyiFes,  and  dyver  worshephulle  men,  and  my  lord  mayre 
dyd  chusse  master  Malere  altherman  shreyfF  for  the  kyng  for  thys 
yere  folohyng. 

The  sam  day  the  Kyng(^s)  grace  rod  on  untyng  ^  in-to  the  forest, 
and  kyllyd  a  grett  stage  '  with  gones. 

The  ij  day  of  July  the  duke  of  Norfokef  s)  sun  was  crystened  at 
Whytt-hall  at  after-non,  and  the  kyng  and  my  lord  chanseler  was 
the  godfathers,  and  my  old  lade  the  duches  of  North-foke  was  the 
god-mother,  and  ther  wher  iiij'^^  storchys  bornyng. 

'  kept.  ^  wool.  «=  virgers.  ^  two  years'  mind. 

*  their  place — the  Drapers'  hall.  '  a  cake  and  a  bun  apiece.  «  bucks. 

■»  his  own.  »  merry.  "  hunting.  '  stag. 


142  DIARY    OF    A  [1557. 

The  iij  day  of  July  the  Kyng  and  the  Quen  toke  ther  gornay  * 
toward  Dover^  and  lay  all  nyghtt  at  Syttyngborne. 

The  vi  day  of  July  was  bered  at  sant  Pulkers  with-owtt  Nuwgatt, 
master  Stukley  5  with  ij  whytt  branchys  and  {blank)  stayfFes  torchys, 
and  with  armes. 

The  X  day  of  July  was  bered  at  Peterborow  my  lade  Tressam, 
with  iiij  baners,  and  a  herse  of  wax,  [blank)  torchys,  and  a  iiij 
dossen  of  skochyons. 

[The  V  day  of  July  the  King  took  shipping  at  Dover]  towarde 
Callys,  on  hys  jornay  [toward  Flanders]. 

The  {blank)  day  of  Aprell  suffered  dethe  in  [several]  plases  in  the 
Northe  for  entrying  in-to  Sk[arborough]  castyll,  (for)  the  wyche  at 
London  master  Thomas  [Stafford]  was  heddyd  on  Towre  hylle ; 
and  at  Tyborne  John  Procter  aleas  Wylliamsun,  Wyllyam  Stowe, 
John  Bradford,  and  more  in  dyvers  plases ;  [in  York]shyre,  John 
Wylborne,  Clement  Tyllyd,  John  Cawsewelle,  and  Robart  Hunter, 
at  York,  [by  the]  dethe  of  hangyng,  drahyns,^  and  quarter[ing]. 

Item,  at  Skarborow  suffered  dethe  master  Thomas  Sp  .  .  , 
John  Adames,  John  Wattsun,  skott,  John     .     .    a  frencheman. 

At  Hulle,  John  Browne,  Owyn  Jones,  suffered. 

At  Beverley,  Hary  Gardener  and  John  Thomas  suffered. 

At  Whyttby,  Thomas  Warden  and  John  Deyctam,  skott. 

Att  Malton,  Wyllyam  Palmer,  John  Mortfurth,  scott. 

Att  Flamborow,  at  Assyley,  Thomas  Wylkynsun. 

At  Byrlyngton,  John  Wallys. 

At  Awdborowre,  Antony  Persevall. 

At  Hornesey,  Wylliam  Wyllamsun. 

At  PawUe  in  Holdernes,  Roger  Thomas. 

At  Hassylle,  Roger  Raynoldes. 

At  Alefax,'=  Lawransse  Alssope. 

At  Donkester,  in  Yorkeshyre,  Thomas  Jordayn. 

At  Howden,  John  Grey,  skotte. 

*  journey.  ^  So  in  MS,  ;  read  drawing.  «=  Halifax. 


1557.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  143 

At  Wakefeldj  Robert  Hawgatt,  skott ;  and  all  thes  for  enteryng 
in  Skarborow  castylle. 

.     es  Stanley,  of  Le,  in  Essex. 

Thomas  Thorley,  of  Prykkyllwell,  in  Essex. 

Hare  Ramsey,  of  Amwell,  in  conte  of  Harford. 

The  xiiij  day  of  July  was  bered  at  [saint]  Bowtolfe  in  Temes 
strett  master  Tornburn,  fysmonger,  with  ij  whytt  branchys,  and 
xii  torchys,  and  iiij  grett  tapurs,  and  mony  morners. 

The  same  day  was  bered  good  master  Worley  in  the  parryche 
of  sant  Mare-bowe,  in  Chepe,  with  ij  whytt  branchys,  and  xij 
torchys,  and  iiij  gret  tapurs,  and  a  xviij  morners,  and  a  ij  dosen  of 
skochyons. 

The  XV  day  of  July  the  Quen(^s)  grace  dynyd  at  Lambeth  with 
my  lord  cardenall  PoUe,  and  after  dener  removyd  to  Rychmond, 
and  ther  (  her)  grace  tares  ther  herplesur. 

The  XV  day  of  July  was  nuw  cofFend  again  and  le  [aded]  master 
Wyttyngtun  and  my  lade  ys  wyfF,  at  Wyttyngtun  college,  and  had 
durge  over  nyght,  and  the  morow  masse ;  the  wyche  was  the 
fonder  of  the  same  colege,  and  beldyd  Nugatt  and  other  places, 
and  was  mere  of  London. 

The  moneth  of  July  whent  a  grett  army  after  that  the  kyng  was 
gone  over ;  my  lord  of  Pembroke,  cheyfF  capten  of  the  feld,  and 
my  lord  Montyguw  whent,  and  my  lord  Clyntun,  and  dyvers 
lordes  and  knyghtes  and  gen ty  11  men  by  water  and  land,  and 
goodly  aparelle ;  they  wher  sent  to  Dover.  London  fond  v  c.  men 
all  in  bluw  cassokes,  sum  by  shypes  and  sum  to  Dover  by  land,  the 
goodlyst  men  that  ever  whent,  and  best  be-sene  in  change  ( of ) 
aparelle. 

The  XXX  day  of  July  master  Dave  *  Gyttons,  master  Meynard, 
and  master  Draper,  and  master  Smyth,  master  Coldwelle,  and 
master  Asse  and  Gybes,  and  master  Packyngtun,  and  monser  the 
Machyn  de  Henry,^  and  mony  mo,  ded   ett  alfF  a  busshell  o^ 

»  David.  *•  A  playful  designation  of  the  writer's  own  person. 


144  DIARY    OF    A  [1557. 

owsturs  *  in  Anckur  lane  at  master  Smyth  and  master  Gytton^s 
seller  ^  a-pone  hoghedes^  and  candyll  lyght,  and  onyons  and  red 
alle  '^  and  clarett  alle,*=  and  muskadylle  and  malmesey  alle,  fre  cope,^ 
at  viij  in  the  mornyng. 

[The  xvi  day  of  July  died  the  lady  Anna  of  Cleves,  at  Chelsea, 
sometime  wife  and  queen  to  king  Henry  the]  viij^^,  but  she  was 
never  crounyd,  butt  [remained  in  England,]  and  she  was  seyryd  « 
the  nyght  folohyng. 

The  XV  day  of  July  was  bered  master  Reche('s)  wyflf,  [who]  was 

mere  of  London  and  knyght  and  altherman  of  London,  with  ij 

wyth  ^  branchys,  and  xij  torchys,  iiij  tapurs,  and  ij  dosen  of  armes. 

The  xxij  day  of  July  was  bered  in  Essex  master  Latham,  with 

ij  whytt  branchys,  and  xij  stayff-torchys,  and  iiij  grett  tapurs. 

The  sam  day  cam  from  my  lord  Dacurs  of  the  North,  beyond 
Carlylle,  {blank)  lyght  hors-men  to  go  [beyond]  see. 

The  xxiij  day  of  July  sir  Gorge  Pallett  and  ser  Wyllyam  Cort- 
nay  toke  ther  barge  at  Towre  wariF,  at  .  .  .of  the  cloke  at 
after-non,  toward  Dover,  and  dyvers  captaynes. 

The  xvij  day  of  July  was  a  scresmys  &  at  Margyson  be-twyn  the 
Englysmen  and  Frenchemen,  and  ther  owre  men  had  the  beter 
and  had  good  bote '  of  cattell ;  and  ther  wher  slayne  ix  men  of 
armes  and  xviij  taken  presoners  of  Frenche-men,  and  of  owrs  iij 
taken  presoners  and  v  hurtt,  by  the  helpe  of  men  of  Gynes  and 
Calles  horse-men. 

The  xxvj  day  of  July  was  bered  masteres  Draper  of  Camurell,'^ 
with  ij  whytt  branchys  and  xii  stayfF  torchys,  and  iiij  grett  tapurs, 
and  ij  dosen  of  skochyons  of  armes. 

The  xxix  day  of  July  was  fechyd  out  of  Westmynster  ^  by  the 
constabyll  of  the  Towre  of  London,  the  wyche  ys  constabuU,  and 
browth  ^  on  {blank)  Waxham,  the  wyche  he  brake  out  of  the  Towre, 
and  was  browth  thrugh  London. 

"  oysters.  ^  cellar.  *^  ale.  ^  all  free  cups  ? 

*  cered,  i.  e.  inclosed  in  waxed  cloths.  '  white.  ^  skirmish. 

'  booty.  ^  Camberwell.  '  i.  e.  out  of  the  sanctuary.  "*  brought. 


15570  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  145 

[The  same  day,  being  saint  Olave's  day,  was  the  church  holiday 
in  Silver  street ;  and  at  eight  of  the  clock  at  night  began]  a  stage 
play  of  [a  goodly  matter,  that  continued  until]  xij  at  mydnyght, 
and  then  they  mad  an  end  with  a  g[ood  song.] 

The  sam  day  began  the  herse  at  Westmynster  for  my  lade  Anne 
of  Cleyflf,  with  carpynters  worke  of  vij  prensepalles,  as  goodly  a 
hers  as      .... 

The  first  day  of  August  was  the  nones*  of  Syon  was  closyd  in  by 
my  lorde  bysshope  of  London  and  my  lord  abbott  of  Westmynster, 
and  serten  of  the  consell,  and  serten  frers  of  that  order,  of  shepe 
coler  as  the  shepe-  bereth ;  and  thay  had  as  grett  a  charge  of  ther 
leyfvyng,^  and  never  to  goo  forth  as  longe  as  they  do  lyffe,  but 
ever     .     . 

The  iij  day  of  August  my  lade  Anne  of  Cleyflf,  sumtyme  wyflf 
unto  kyng  Henry  the  viij*^  cam  from  Chelsey  to  be  [buried]  unto 
Westmynster,  with  all  the  chylderyn  of  Westmynster  and  [many] 
prest  ^  and  clarkes,  and  then  the  gray  ames  ^  of  PowUes  and  iij 
crosses,  and  the  monkes  of  Westmynster,  and  my  lord  bysshope  of 
Lo[ndon]  and  my  lord  abbott  of  Westmynster  rod  together  next 
the  monkes,  and  then  the  ij  sekturs  ^  ser  Edmond  Peckham  and 
ser  (Robert)  Freston,  coflferer  to  the  quen  of  England ;  and  then 
my  lord  admerall,  my  (lord)  Darce  of  Essex,  and  mony  knyghts 
and  gentyllmen  ;  and  a-for  her  servandes,  and  after  her  baner  of 
armes ;  and  then  her  gentyllmen  and  here  hed  oflfesers ;  and 
then  here  charett  with  viij  baners  of  armes  of  dyvers  armes, 
and  iiij  baners  of  emages  of  whytt  taffata,  wroght  with  fyne 
gold  and  her  armes  ;  and  so  by  sant  James,  and  so  to  Charying- 
crosse,  with  a  C.  torchys  bornyng,  her  servandes  beyrying 
them,  and  the  xij  bed-men  of  Westmynster  had  new  blake 
gownes ;  and  they  had  xij  torchys  bornyng,  and  iiij  whyt 
branchys  with  armes;  and  then  ladies  and  gentyll- women  all 
in  blake,  and  horsses ;  and  a  viij  haroldes  of  armes  in  blake, 
and  ther  horses ;  and  armes  sad  ^  a-bowt  the  herse  behynd  and 

»  nuns.  *»  living.         «=  priests.         ^  amice.         "  executors.        '  set. 

CAMD.    see.  U 


146  DIARY    OF   A  [1557. 

be-for ;  and  iiij  haroldes  barying  the  iiij  whyt  baners ;  and  at 
(the)  chyrche  dore  all  dyd  a-lyght  and  ther  dyd  reseyvyd  the  good 
lade  my  lord  of  London  and  my  lord  abbott  in  ther  myteres 
and  copes,  sensyng  her,  and  ther  men  dyd  here  her  with  a  canepe 
of  blake  welvett,  with  iiij  blake  stayfFes,  and  so  browth  in-to  the 
herse  and  ther  tared  durge,  and  so  ther  all  nyght  with  lyght 
bornyng. 

[The  iij  day  of  August,  in  the  afternoon,  came  from  the  Ex- 
chequer about  seventeen  horses  laden  with  money  towards  Ber- 
wick, and  divers  men  riding  with  it  with  javelins  and  pole-axes, 
on  horseback,  and]  bowes  and  sheyifes  of  arowes,  be-twyn  viij 
and  [ix  of  the  clock.] 

The  iiij  day  of  August  was  the  masse  of  requiem  for  my  lade 
prenses*  of  CleyfF,  and  dowther  to  [William]  duke  of  Cleyff; 
and  ther  my  lord  abbott  of  Westmynster  mad  a  godly  sermon  as 
ever  was  mad,  and  [then]  .  .  .  the  byshope  of  London  song 
masse  in  ys  myter  ;  [and  after]  masse  my  lord  byshope  and  my 
lord  abbott  mytered  dyd  [cense]  the  corsse ;  and  afterward  she  was 
caried  to  her  tomb,  [where]  she  leys  with  a  herse-cloth  of  gold, 
the  wyche  lyys  [over  her]  ;  and  ther  alle  her  hed  oflfesers  brake 
ther  stayffes,  [and  all]  her  hussears''  brake  ther  rodes,  and  all 
they  cast  them  in-to  her  torabe ;  the  wyche  was  covered  her 
co[rps]  with  blake,  and  all  the  lordes  and  lades  and  knyghtes  and 
gentyllmen  and  gentell- women  dyd  offer,  and  after  masse  agrett 
[dinner]  at  ray  lord  (abbat's) ;  and  my  lade  of  Wynch ester  was 
the  cheyiF  [mourner,]  and  my  lord  admeroU  and  my  lord  Darce 
whent  of  ether  syde  of  my  lade  of  Wynchester,  and  so  they  whent 
in  order  to  dinner. 

The  vj  day  of  August  cam  anuw  commondement  that  the  cette^^ 
shuld  fynd  a  M.  men  with  all  maner  of  wepons,  cottes  and  harnes, 
gones  and  mores-pykes,  and  horse-men. 

The  x  day  of  August  was  bered  master  Dause,  gentyllman  to 

'  princess.  **  ushers.  "  city. 


1557.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  14? 

the  quen,  at  sant  BotulfF  with-owt  Altergatt,  with  armes  and  ij 
branchys,  xij  stayfFes,  and  iiij  tapurs. 

The  xj  day  of  August  was  bered  at  Clrakenwell  my  lade  Page, 
with  {unfinished). 

The  xiij  day  of  Angust  was  a  proclamasyon  of  alle  *  and  here,  and 
whatt  men  shall  pay  for  barelles  of  alle  and  here  and  kylderkyns. 

The  xiiij  day  of  August  cam  tydynges  from  beyond  the  see  that 
the  Kyng  our  master  had  taken  mony  nobull  men  of  France 
gohyng  to  vetell  ^  Sant  Qwynten,  the  constabuU  of  Fransse  and  a 
vj  m.  presonares  taken,  and  vj  .  .  cartes  and  wagens  laden  with 
tresur  and  vetell,  at  a  plasse  callyd  Sant  Glwynten,  and  ther  my 
lord  Hare  Dudley  was  slayn  at  the  wynnyng  of  ytt. 

The  XV  day  of  August  cam  a  commondement  to  [all  the 
churches]  of  London  to  go  to  Powlles,  all  prestes  in  copes  a  pros- 
ses[sion.  Before]  they  whentt,  they  of  Powlles  songe  Te  Deum 
laudamus  ;  [and  after  that]  down  ^  they  whent  a  prossessyon  into 
Chepe,  round  [about]  the  crosse  syngyng  Salve  festa  dies,  and 
my  lord  mayre  [and  aldermen  in]  skarlett  round  a-bowtt  Powlles 
with-owtt ;  and  after  [to  PauPs]  crosse  to  sermon ;  and  ther 
prychyd  the  archedeken  of  London,  [doctor]  Harpfeld,  and  mad 
a  godly  sermon ;  the  wyche  day  was  the  [day  of  the]  Assumsyon 
of  owre  blessyd  Lade  the  Vyrgyn,  and  in  ys  sermon  [he]  declared 
how  many  wher  taken,  and  what  nobull  men  they  were. 

The  sam  day  at  after  ^  evyngsong  all  chyrchys  in  London  was 
Te  Deum  laudamus  songe,  and  ryngyng  solemn  [ly;]  at  nyght 
bone-fyres  and  drynkynge  in  evere  strett  in  Lo  [ndon,]  thankyng 
be  to  God  Almyghty  that  gyfFes  the  vyctore. 

The  xvj  day  of  August  be-gane  to  sett  up  the  herse  for  the  kyng 
of  Denmarke,  a  frame  of  iiij-sqware. 

The  xvij  day  of  August  was  the  obseque  of  master  {blank)  Hey- 
ron,  the  sune  of  the  basterd  Heyron  of  the  North,  with  cot  armur, 
and  pennon  of  armes,  with  torches  and  lyght. 

»  ale.  *"  victual.  "  done.  •*  So  in  MS. 


148  DIARY    OF    A  [1557. 

The  xviiij  day  of  August  was  the  hers  for  the  kyng  of  Denmarke 
fenysshed,  with  wax,  the  wyche  was  never  sen  shyche  on*  in 
England  of  that  fassyon,  of  sqware  tapurs,  and  xxj  baners  and 
baners  rolles  of  all  ther  leneges  and  mareges  in  baner-roUes.  The 
sam  nyght  was  the  durge,  my  lord  tresorer  cheyfF  morner ;  and 
after  that  my  lord  Darcy,  ser  Robart  Uxinbryge,  ser  Edmond 
Peckam,  ser  [Robert]  Freston,  coiFerer  to  the  quen,  and  ser 
Recherd  Sowthwell,  ser  Arthur  Darcy,  and  mony  nobuU  men  and 
gentyllmen  alle  in  blake  ;  and  my  lord  of  London  begane  the  durge, 
with  ys  myter  [on]  alle  the  durge  wylle  ^ ;  and  after  the  durge  alle 
the  haroldes  and  the  lordes  whent  to  the  bysshope  of  London  (^s) 
plasse  and  dronke  ;  and  iiij  goodly  whytt  branchy s,  and  vj  dosen 
torchys,  and  the  qwer  hangyd  with  blake  and  armes  ;  and  vj 
pilers  ^  covered  with  velvet,  and  a  goodly  hers-cloth  of  tensell,  the 
crosse  of  cloth  of  selver ;  and  the  morow  masse,  and  a  goodly 
sermon,  and  after  to  my  lord('s)  of  London  to  dener  for  the  kyng 
of  Denmarke  ('s)  obseque  and  fenerall,  and  a  mageste  and  valans 
fryng  of  gold,  and  x  dosen  pensels,  and  x  dosen  skochyns  of 
armes. 

The  xxij  day  of  August  was  the  herse  [of  my  lade  Anne  of 
Cleves]  taken  downe  at  Westmynster,  the  wyche  the  monkes  [by 
night  had  spoiled  of]  all  welvett  cloth,  armes,  baners,  penselles,  of 
all  the  [majesty  and]  valans,  the  wyche  was  never  sene  a-fore  so 
done. 

The  XXV  day  of  August  was  bered  at  (blank)  ser  John  Pollard 
knyght,  with  standard,  pennon,  cott-armur,  sword,  and  a  herse ; 
and  iiij  dosen  of  torchys  and  vj  dosen  of  skochyons,  .... 
dosen  pensells. 

The  xxiij  day  of  August  was  the  hers  of  the  kyng  [of  Denmark] 
at  PowUes  taken  downe  by  master  Garter,  and  serten  of  the  lord 
tressorer('s)  servandes,  and  the  waxchandlers  and  carpynters. 

»  seen  such  an  one.  ^  while,  i.  e.  duration.  '  pillars. 


155?.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  149 

The  xxiiij  day  of  August  was  bered  master  Thomas  [Halley, 
Clarenceux]  kyng  at  armes,  and  on  of  cheyfF  of  the  haroldes  [by  ?] 
ys  servand  in  sant  Gylles  parryche  with-owt  CrepuUgate,  with  cote- 
armur  and  penon  of  armes,  and  skochyons  of  ys  armes^  and  ij 
whyt  branchys,  and  xij  stayffes  torchys,  and  iiij  grett  tapurs ;  and 
a  crowne ;  and  after  durge^  and  [then]  whent  the  haroldes  unto 
master  Grenell(^s)  a  the  waxchandeler,  [and  there]  thay  had 
spysse-bred  and  cheysse,^  and  wyne  grett  plente.  [On  the]  morow 
masse,  and  a  sermon ;  and  after  a  grett  dener,  with  all  the  haroldes 
at  dener,  and  the  parryche  dynyd  ther ;  and  soper  ^  ther. 

The  xxvj  day  of  August  was  bered  master  (blank)  Barenteyn 
sqwyre,  with  cott  armur,  and  penon  of  armes,  and  ij  dosen  of  sko- 
chyons, ij  whyt  branchy s,  and  xij  stayffes  torchys,  iiij  grett  tapurs; 
bered  in  sant  Mare  Somersett  at  Broken- warff;  and  he  had  a 
godly  masse  of  owre  Lade  in  pryke  songe  ;  and  after  a  masse  of 
requiem  songe,  and  so  ys  cote  offered ;  and  after  a  grett  dener. 

The  xxviij  day  of  August  begane  to  sett  up  the  herse  at  sant 
Clementes  with-owt  TempuU-bare  for  my  yonge  duches  of  North- 
foke,  the  wyffe  to  the  yonge  duke  of  Northfoke. 

The  xxix  day  of  August  was  the  Marchand-tayllers'  fest  on  the 
decolassyon  of  sant  John  babtyst,  and  my  lorde  mayre  and  ser 
Thomas  Whytt  and  master  Harper  shreyff,  and  master  Row,  and 
all  the  cloythyng,  and  the  iiii  wardens  of  the  yomenre,  and  the  com- 
pene,  hard  messe  at  sant  Johns  in  Smyth-feld ;  and  offered  evere 
man  a  pene ;  ^  and  from  thens  to  the  halle  to  dener,  ij  and  ij 
together.  The  sam  day  a  grett  shoutyng ;  and  the  cheyff  warden 
master  Home  marchand-tayller. 

The  furst  day  of  September  at  after-none  be[ried  the]  yonge 
duches  of  Northfoke,  and  the  chyrche  and  the  plasse  and  the  strett 
[hangyd  with  black]  and  armes ;  and  be  iij  of  the  cloke  she  was 

•  Greenhill  ?  ''  cheese.  •=  supper.  ^  penny. 


150  DIARY    OF    A  [1557. 

browth  *  to  [the  church  with]  a  c  morners ;  and  her  grasse  ^  had 
a  canepe  ^  of  blake  [velvet,  with]  iiij  stayiFes,  borne  ower  her ;  and 
many  baners,  and  baner[-rolls  borne  ab]owt  here ;  and  the  byshope 
of  London  in  ys  cope  and  ys  myter  [on  his  head  J  and  all  the 
qwyre  of  Po wiles;  and  with  ij  grett  whytt  bran chys,  and  xij  dosen 
stayfFes  torchys  ;  and  viij  haroldes  of  armes ;  and  my  [lady  Lum- 
ley]  the  cheyfF  morner,  and  mony  lordes  and  knyghtes,  and  gentyll 
lades  and  gentyll-women. 

The  X  .  .  .  day  of  August  was  bered  master  ....  in  the 
contrey  of  (blank)  sqwyre  with  cote-armur  and  ....  and  ij 
dosen  of  skochyons  and  ij  dosen  of  torchys. 

The  (blank)  day  of  August  brake  owt  of  the  Towre  master 
Wa[ .  . .]  '^  the  ij  tyme,  and  toke  santtuary  at  Westmynster  agayn. 

The  iij  day  of  September  was  bered  ser  Hare  Husse  knyght,  in 
the  towne  callyd  Slynford  in  Sussex. 

The  sam  day  at  nyght  cam  commondement  that  evere  chyrche 
in  London,  and  oder  contrey  and  shyre,  to  syng  and  make  bon- 
feyrs  for  the  wynnynge  of  Sant  Glwynten ;  and  ther  was  slayn  my 
lord  Hare  Dudley  the  yonger  sone  of  the  duke  of  Northumber- 
land that  was  he[aded,]  with  mony  mo,  at  the  wynnyng  of  yt. 

The  X  day  of  September  was  bered  in  Hardford-shyre  master 
Cokcj  master  of  reqwest(s). 

The  X  day  of  September  was  browth  e  to  the  Towre  agayne  mas- 
ter Wathan  by  the  consell  from  Westmynster. 

.  iiij  grett  tapurs  ....  torchys  and  a  grett  dener. 

The  xj  day  of  September  was  a  man  set  in  the  pelere  ^  for  spyk- 
yng  sedyssus  wordes. 

The  xij  day  of  September  was  a  commondement  that  matens 
and  masse  to  be  done  by  ix  of  the  cloke,  [and  every]  parsun  or 

*  brought.  ''  grace.  "=  canopy. 

**  Before  Waxham,  and  afterwards  Wathan  and  Wakham. 

*  brought.  ^  pillory. 


1557.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  151 

curett  to  go  to  PowUes  with  surples  and  copes  [and  to]  go  a^  pres- 
sessyon  ther  thrugh  and  a-bowt  [Paul's]  and  Te  Beum  laudamus 
song ;  and  my  lord  mayre  and  the  althermen  in  skarlett ;  and  after 
they  whent  into  the  shroudes  [and]  docthur  Standyche  dyd  pryche 
ther;  and  at  after  [even-]song  Te  Deum  laudamus  and  ryngyng 
thrugh  [London]  for  the  good  nuwes  that  cam  from  owre  cap- 
teynes  beyond  the  see,  the  wynnyng  of  (unfinished). 

The  xiij  day  of  September  ded^  ser  John  Cheyke,  sumtyme 
skoUmaster  unto  kyng  Edward  the  vj*^^  tyll  he  [died]. 

The  XV  day  of  September  RafF  Qwalett  payd  unto  master 
Ley,  clarke  of  the  paper,  x^L.for  the  wyche  was  payd  for  master 
was  secondare  of  the  conter  by  a  oblygassyon  bond  for  Thomas 
Browne.  Wytnes  at  the  pament  of  thys  money  Hare  Machyn 
marchand-tayller,  and  Dave  Edward,  servant  unto  my  lord  bys- 
shope  of  Wynchester,  and  with  dyvers  odur  gentyllmen ;  the 
wyche  sum  full  payd  xij"  and  I  to  have  a  qwyttans  as  sone  as  the 
wylle  of  master  Gy  Wade,  sqwyre,  and  secondare  of  the  kontur'* 
in  Wodstrett. 

The  xvj  day  of  September  was  bered  master  Heyns,  stuard 
unto  my  lord  cardenall,  at  Hamsted  heth,  with  ij  dosen  sko- 
chyons,  xij  torchys,  ij  whyt  branchys,  and  iiij  grett  tapurs ;  and  a 
grett  dener. 

The  XV  day  of  September  was  restoryd  unto  Westmynster  san- 
tuary  agayn  master  Wakham  that  brake  owt  of  the  [Tower]. 

The  xvj  day  of  September  cam  owt  of  Spayn  [to  the]  quenfs) 
cowrt  in  post  monser  Regamus,  gorgys[ly  apparelled,]  with  dy- 
vers Spaneardes,  and  with  grett  cheynes,  and  ther  hats  sett  with 
stones  and  perlles,  and  sopyd'^;  and  by  vij  of  the  cloke  [were 
again  on]  horse-bake,  and  so  thrugh  Fletstrett  and  at  the  Home 
[they]  dronke,  and  at  the  Gray-honde,  and  so  thrugh  Chepe-syde 
and  so  over  the  bryge,  and  so  rod  all  nyght  toward  Dover. 

»  died.  •*  counter.  *=  supped. 


152  DIARY    OF    A  [1557. 

The  xvij  day  of  September  whent  owt  of  Nuwgatt  unto  Yslyng- 
ton  beyonde  the  buthes  ^  towardes  the  chyrche  in  a  valley  to  be 
bornyd  iiij ;  iij  men,  on  women,  for  herese  duly  [proved ;]  ij  of 
them  was  man  and  wyff  dwellyng  in  sant  Donstans  in  the  Est,  of 
the  est  syd  of  sant  Donstons  cherche-yerd  with  master  [Waters,] 
sargant  of  armes,  and  att  ther  bornyng  was  (unfinished). 

The  xix  day  of  September  cam  a  commondement  downe  to  all 
parryche(s)  in  London  that  they  shuld  go  in  prossessyon  at 
PowUes,  and  Te  Deum  laudamus  songe ;  all  the  chyrches  in  Lon- 
don to  synge,  and  rynge  for  wynnynge  of  Perro  in  Franse  and 
odur  plasses. 

The  XX  day  of  September  was  bered  mastores  Fynche  with  ij 
whyt  branchys,  xij  torchys,  and  iiij  gylt  candyllstykes  and  ij  grett 
tapurs,  and  ij  dosen  of  skochyns,  att  the  Sayvoy;  on  ^  of  the 
preve  chambur  to  the  quen. 

The  xxj  day  of  September  was  the  monyth  myn  ^  and  obseque 
of  ser  Hare  Husse,  knyght,  with  a  standerd  and  pennon  of  armes, 
cott-armur,  targett,  elmett,  and  sword  ;  and  vj  dosen  of  skochyons  ; 
with  a  harold  of  armes. 

The  xxj  day  of  September  was  bered  doctur  Pendyltun,  in  sant 
Stheyn  ^  in  Walbroke,  wher  he  was  parsun,  and  browth  ^  with  all 
PowUes  qwyre  to  berehyng  ther. 

[The  iij  day  of  August  the  good  ship  called  the  Mary-Rose] 
of  London,  acompanyd  [with  the  Maudlyn  Dryvers,  and  a]  smalle 
crayer  of  the  Whest-contrey,  commyng  [by  south]  chansyd  ^  to 
mette  with  a  Frencheman  of  war  [of  the  burden]  of  x  skore  or 
ther  bowth  & ;  the  wyche  Frenche  shyp  [had  to]  the  nomber  of  ij  C. 
men ;  and  in  the  Mare-Rows  xxii  [men  and  .  .  .  ]  bowys,  ^  the 
Maudelyn  xviij,  the  barke  of  the  West-contr[ey  xij].  The  Mare- 
Rows  saylyng  faster  then  the  French  [man,]  and  so  in-continent 
the  Frenche  shype  sett  upon  the  [other]  ij  shyps,  whom  seyng 


butts  (for  archery).  ^  one.  *=  month's  mind.  ^  Stephen. 

*  brought.  ^  chanced.  «  there-about.  ^  boys? 


1557.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  153 

the  master  of  the  Mare-Rowse  cast  a-bowtt,  and  [set  upon]  the 
Frence  shype,  and  horded  her;  and  slew  to  the  nomber  of  C 
men  with  the  captayn  or  ever  thatt  the  other  came  to  the  fyght ; 
ther  wher  slayne  in  Mare-Rowse  ij  men,  and  one  ded  a  senett  * 
after,  and  vj  hurte  wythe  [the  master,]  whos  name  was  John  Cou- 
per.  Then  cam  the  men  of  the  Mare-Rosse,  and  shott  on  pesse  ^ 
of  ordenanse  in  [to  the]  Frenche  shype('s)  starne,  and  gahyng 
by  here  ^  shott  arow[s  at  the]  Frenche-men ;  the  Maudelyn  dyd  no 
more  hurtt;  [the]  barke  nothyng  at  all.  Thus  thay  fought  ij 
owrs*^;  [but  at]  the  lengh  the  Frenche-men  wher  were®  of  the[ir 
parts]  and  for-soke  them,  nott  haveng  men  to  gyde  ther  sayls ; 
butt  yfF  the  Mare-Rosse  had  had  men  to  enter  the  Frenche  shype, 
and  a  setter  on,  they  had  browght  her  a-way  [ere]  the  othur 
shypes  had  helpyd  her.  After-ward  nuws  was  browght  owt  of 
Depe  ^  by  a  presoner  that  had  payd  hys  ransom  that  1.  men  was 
cared  owt  of  the  Frenche  shype  on  barows  to  the  surgayns,  and 
the  shype  sore  spoyllyd  and  hurtt. 

The  XXV  day  of  September  was  browth  a.'  bed  s  with  a  whenche, 
be-twyn  xij  and  on  at  mydnyght,  wher-of  my  gossep  Harper, 
servand  unto  the  quen('s)  grace,  was  dyssesed  of  rest  of  ys  nest,^ 
and  after  he  whent  to  ys  nest  a-gayn — the  iiij  and  v  of  k.  q.^ 

The  xxvij  day  of  September  was  crystened  Katheryn  Machyn, 
the  doythur  of  HareJ  Machyn;  the  godmothers^  names  masteres 
Grenway,  master  altherman(^s)  wyff,  and  masteres  Blakwelle,  and 
master  Grennelle,  ^  godfather ;  and  at  byshopyng  ^  the  god- 
mother's nam  masteres  Johnsun  in  Ive  ™  lane. 

.  whytt  branchys,  xij  stayfFes  torchys  and  .... 
The  V  day  October  was  bered  master  Sakefeld, »  squwyre,  [the 

»  seveimight.     •>  one  piece.      "  going  by  her.     ^  hours.     ^  were  weary.     '  Dieppe. 
«  The  DiarisVs  wife,  apparently,     wench,  t.  e.  a  daughter. 

h  Harper  seems  to  have  been  the  surgeon-accoucheur  summoned  to  attend  on  Mrs. 
Machyn.  '  king  and  queen  (Philip  and  Mary).  '  Harry, 

k  Greenhill.  '  In  MS.  byshopopyng.  "  Ivy.  "  Sackville. 

CAMD.  SOC.  X 


154  DIARY    OF    A  [1557. 

father]  unto  ser  (Richard)  Sakefeld,  knyght,  late  chanseler  of  th^ 
[Court  of  Augmentations],  with  a  penon  of  armes  and  cott  armur, 

and  iiij  baners  of  armes, ij  fayre  whytt  branchys,  and 

iiij  branchys  tapurs,  ....  dosen  of  penselles,  and  iiij  dosen 
of  stayfFes  torchys,  and  ....  harold  of  armes,  and  viij  dosen 
of  skochyons  of  armes. 

The  V  day  of  October  was  bered  at  Chemford  *  in  Essex  the 
wyff  of  master  Thomas  Myldmay,  sqwyre,  and  audetor,  with  ij 
whytt  branchys,  and  ij  dosen  of  grett  stayfFe  torchys,  and  iiij  dosen 
of  skochyons,  and  mony  mornars  in  blake. 

The  (blank)  day  of  October  was  bered  my  [lade]  Husse  in  Sus- 
sex, at  Slynkford,^  by  ser  Hare  Husse  <^  her  husband. 

The  vj  day  of  October  cam  a  comondement  in-to  London 
that  evere  parryche  shuld  make  bon-fyers  and  ryngyng  that  the 
pope  and  the  emperowr  be  fryndes  and  lovers,  and  the  ware^ 
endyd  be-twyn  them. 

The  Thursday  the  last  day  of  September  ded  ^  master  Recherd 
Docket,  grocer  of  London,  and  marchand  of  Flanders  and  {blank) 
of  Flanders  of  the  Englysmen  howse.  ^ 

.  was  bered  with  a  penon  of  armes  ....  baner  of 
emages,  and  iij  dosen  of  penselles,  and  ....  skochyons,  and 
ij  whytt  branchys,  and  ....  stayfFs  torchys,  .  .  .  .iij 
grett  tapurs ;  at  the  monyth  myn  «  was  as  ...  .  and  a  gret 
dener  after  masse. 

The  xiij  day  of  October  was  a  man  sett  a-pon  the  pelere  ^  for 
heynous  wordes  and  sedyssyus  wordes  and  [opprobrious]  wordes 
aganst  my  lord  mayre  and  the  althermen,  [and  a  common]  slan- 
der (er)  of  pepuU  and  ys  neyburs ;  ys  nam  was  Davesun,  tayller. 

The  sam  day  was  a  proclamasyon  {unfinished) 

*  Chelmsford.  ^  Slinford.  <=  Harry  Hussey.  ^  war.  «  died. 

'  A  few  lines  above  the  same  entry  was  written,  and  erased,  thus:  The  last  day  of 
September  was  bered  beyond  see  master  Recherd  Dokett,  grocer,  and  marchand,  and 
comtro  [ller]  of  the  Englysse  marchandes.  8  month's  mind.  ''pillory. 


1557.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  155 

The  xxj  day  of  October  was  cared  thrugh  Smy  th-feld  and  Nuw- 
gatt  and  thrugh  Chepe-syde  to  the  Towre  1.  grett  gones  that  wher 
nu  mad,*  and  ij  C.  men  with  gones,  bowes,  and  pykes,  in  harnes 
and  shurtes  of  maylle. 

The  xxj  day  of  October  ded  ^  my  lade  the  contes  of  Arundell  at 
Bathe  plase  in  sant  Clement  parryche  with-owt  Tempylle-bare. 

The  xxvj  day  of  October  was  a  goodly  hers  sett  up  in  sant 
Clementes  parryche  with-owt  Tempylle-bare,  of  v  pryncepalles, 
and  with  viij  baner-roUes,  and  a  x  dosen  penselles,  and  iiij  grett 
skochyons  of  armes  at  the  iiij  corners. 

The  xxvij  day  of  October  my  lade  was  browth  *^  to  the  chyrche, 
with  the  byshope  of  London  and  Powlles  qwyre  and  the  master 
and  clarkes  of  London,  and  then  cam  the  corse  with  v  baners  ^ 
of  armes  borne ;  then  cam  iiij  harolds  in  ther  cotes  of  armes,  and 
bare  iiij  banars  of  emages  at  the  iiij  corners ;  and  then  cam  the 
chyfF  mornars,  my  lade  of  Wossetur,  and  my  lade  Lumley,  and 
my  lord  North,  and  ser  Antony  Selenger.  [Then  came  a  hundred 
mourners  of  men,  and  after  as  many  ladies  and  gentlemen,  all  in 
black ;  and  a  great  many  poor  women  in  black  and  rails,  and] 
xxiiij  pore  men  in  blake  beyryng  of  torchys,  and  mony  of  her  ser- 
vandes  in  blake  cotes  beyryng  of  torchys. 

The  xxviij  day  of  October  was  the  masse  of  requiem  song,  and 
a  goodly  sermon ;  and  after  masse  her  grasse  ®  was  bered  ;  and  all 
herhed  ofFesers  with  whytt  stayfFes  in  ther  handes,  and  all  the 
haroldes  waytyng  abowt  her  in  ther  cott  armurs,  and  my  lord 
abbott  of  Westmynster  [was  the]  precher,  a  godly  sarman ;  and 
my  lord  of  London  song  the  masse,  and  the  byshope  of  (blank) 
song  the  masse  of  the  (blank),  and  ther  was  a  {blank)  masse  sayd ; 
and  after  to  my  lordes  plase  to  dener,  for  ther  was  a  gret  dener. 

The  xxix  day  of  October  dyd  my  nuw  lorde  mayre  [take]  ys 
owth*"  at  Westmynster;  and  all  the  craftes  of  London  [in  their] 
bargys,  and  the  althermen;  and  after-ward  landyd  at  Powlles 
warf;  and  at  the  Powlles  cheyrche-yerd  ther  the  pagantt  stod; 

»  new  made.  ^  died.  '^  brought.        ^  paners  in  MS.       ^  grace.         ^  his  oath. 


156  DIARY    OF    A  [1557. 

and  the  bachelers  with  ther  saten  hodes  and  a  Ix  pore  men  in 
gownes,  and  targets  and  gayffelyns  in  ther  handes,  and  the 
trumpetes  and  the  whettes  playhyng,  unto  Yeld-halle ;  and  ther 
dynyd,  and  after  to  Powlles,  and  after  to  my  lord  mayre('s) 
howse,  and  ther  the  althermen,  and  the  craftes,  and  the  bachelers, 
and  the  pagantt  browth  *  hym  home. 

The  XXX  day  of  October  was  bered  ser  Wylliam  Cand  .  .  . 
knight,  with  ij  whytt  branchys,  and  xij  stayiF  torchys,  iij  grett 
tapurs,  and  (blank)  skochyons,  at  sant  BotulfF  with-owt  Alther- 
gatt. 

The  iij  day  of  November  was  bered  in  the  parryche  of  sant 
Donstones  in  the  West,  sargant  WallpoU,  a  Northfoke  man,  with 
a  pennon  and  a  cott  of  armes  borne  with  a  harold  of  armes  ;  and 
ther  was  all  the  juges,  and  sergantes  of  the  coyffe,  and  men  of 
the  law  a  ij  C.  with  ij  whytt  branchy s,  xij  stayfF  torchys,  and  iiij 
grett  tapnrs,  and  prestes,  and  clarkes  5  and  the  morow  the  masse 
of  requiem. 

,     .     .     my  lade  W wher  her 

husband  and  she  had  a  harold  ....  mony  morners,  as  ser 
Recherd  Southwell .  .  .  and  dyvers  odur,  with  ij  goodly  whyte 
branchys  .  .  .  grett  stayiFe  torchys,  and  xij  pore  men  that 
bare  .  .  .  and  xij  powre  women  xij  gret  tapurs  of  ij  .  .  . 
and  the  men  had  gownes  of  mantyll  frysse  and  .  .  .  and  the 
women  gownes  andraylles;  and  the  morow  m[ass,  and]  after  a 
grett  dener  and  a  sermon. 

The  V  day  of  November  rod  thrugh  [the  city]  a  man  on  horse- 
bake,  ys  fase  toward  the  horses  tail,  and  a  wrytyng  on  ys  hed ; 
and  he  had  a  fryse  gown,  [and]  ys  wyflf  leydyng  the  horse,  and  a 
paper  on  her  h[ead,  for]  horwdom^  the  wyche  he  lett  ys  wyff  to 
ho     ...     to  dyvers  men. 

The  viij  day  of  November  was  bered  ^  with-in  the  TempuU  ser 
Necolas  Hare,  knyght,  and  master  of  the  rolles,  with  ij  whytt 

»  brought.  ^  whoredom.  «=  buried. 


4557.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  157 

branchys  and  (blank)  torches^  and  a  herse  garnyshed  with  wax 
and  penselles  and  armes ;  and  with  a  harold  of  armes  ;  and  with 
a  standard,  and  a  penon,  and  cote  of  armes,  elmett,  targatt,  and 
sword ;  and  a  viij  dosen  of  skochyons. 

The  ix  day  of  November  was  bered  at  Stonesthett  ford*  master 
{blank)  Langfold,  with  pennon  and  cote  armour,  a  sqwyre. 

The  xj  day  of  November  was  bered  besyd  Cambryge  ser  John 
Hodyllstone  knyght,  with  standard  and  pennon,  cote  armur,  elmett, 
targat,  sword,  and  penselles,  and  a  vj  dosen  of  skochyons  and  of 
torchys. 

[The  xij  day  of  November  was  buried  at  Stepney  master  May- 
nard,  merchant,  and  sheriff  of  London  in  the  sixth]  yere  of  kyng 
Edward  the  vj^^^,  the  wyche  kept  a  grett  howse,  and  in  the  time  of 
Cryustymas  he  had  a  lord  of  mysrulle,  and  after  the  kynges  lord  of 
mysse-rulle  cam  and  dynyd  with  hym  ;  and  at  the  crosse  of  Chepe 
he  mad  a  grett  skaiFold,  and  mad  a  proclamasyon.  ^  [He  was 
buried]  with  ij  whytt  branchys,  and  xij  torchys,  and  iiij  grett 
[tapers] ;  and  after  to  Popeler  to  dener,*^  and  that  was  grett. 

The  sam  day  was  bered  at  sant  Augustyne  master  .  .  .  anell 
with   ij  whytt  branchys,    and   xii   stayfF  torchys,  and  iiij   grett 

tapurs,  and  after  masse  to and  mony  morners,  and 

a  ij  dosen  skochyons  of  armes. 

The  xij  day  of  November  ther  was  a  post  sett  up  in  Smyth- 
feld  for  iij  that  shuld  have  beyn  bornyd,  butt  ^  boyth  wod  and 
coUes;  and  my  lord  abbott  of  Westminster  cam  to  Newgatt 
and  talked  with  them,  and  so  they  wher  stayd  for  that  day  of 
bornyng. 

The  xiij  day  of  November  was  sant  Erkenwald  eve,  the  iiij  and 
V  yere  of  king  and  quen,  whent  owt  of  Newgatt  unto  Smyth-feld 
to  be  bornyd  iij  men  ;  on  was  {blankl  Gybsun,  the  sun  of  sergantt 
Gybsun,   sergantt  of  armes,   and  of  the  reywelles,  ®  and  of  the 


Stony  Stratford.  »>  See  before,  p.  28.  «=  dinner. 

^  So  in  MS.  «  revels. 


158  DIARY    OF    A  [1557. 

kynges  tenstes  « ;  and  ij  more,  the  whyche  here  be  ther  names — 
Gybsun,  HaU[day,]  and  Sparow,  thes  iij  men. 

The  XV  day  of  November  was  bered  ser  {blank)  Arundell 
knyght,  with  iiij  branche  tapers  of  wax,  and  penselles  ij  dosen,  and 
vj  dosen  skochyons,  and  a  standard,  pennon,  and  cott  armur, 
elmett,  targatt,  sword  ;  and  ij  whyt  branchys,  and  ij  dosen  torchys, 
and  mony  morners,  and  a  grett  dener.  ^ 

The  xvj  day  of  the  sam  monyth  was  bered  at  sant  Martens  at 
Ludgatt,  master  (blank)  Terrell,  captayn  of  the  galee,^  and  knyght 
of  the  Rodes  ^  sum-tyme  was ;  with  a  cote,  penon,  and  ij  baners  of 
emages,  and  iij  haroldes  of  armes,  and  ij  whyt  branchys,  and  xij 
torchys,  and  iiij  gret  tapurs. 

[The  xviij  day  of  November  died  the  lord  Bray,  within  the 
Black-friars,  near  Ludgate]  ;  the  wyche  he  gatt  ys  deth  [at  St. 
Quintin^s.] 

The  xviij  day  of  November  cam  tydynges  from  the  yerle  of 
Northumberland  owt  of  Skottland  that  the  [Scots]  and  our  men 
mett  and  ther  fowth,^  and  ther  was  taken  and  ...  of  the  Skotts, 
att  a  place  callyd  {blank). 

The  xxj  day  of  November  dyd  pryche  my  lord  [abbat  of]  West- 
mynster,  and  ther  he  mad  a  godly  sermon,  at  Powlles  crosse. 

The  Sonday,  the  xxj  day  at  November,  the  quen('s)  grase  [did] 
sett  a  crowne  of  master  Norrey('s)  bed  kyng  at  armes,  [and]  cre- 
ated hym  Clarenshus,^  with  a  cup  of  [wine],  at  Sant  James,  her 
grace fs)  place. 

The  xxiij  day  of  November  was  cared  from  Blake-freres  to  Temes 
syd,  and  ther  wher  rede  to  «  grett  barges  covered  with  blake  and 
armes  hangyng  for  my  lord  Bray,  and  so  by  water  to  Chelsey,  to 
be  bereyd  by  ys  father,  with  iiij  haroldes  of  armes,  and  a  standard 
and  a  baner  of  armes,  and  ij  baners  of  emages  borne  by  ij  haroldes 
of  armes  in  ther  cott  armurs,  and  so  mony  nobuU  men  morners  in 

*  tents.  *»  dinner.  *=  galley.  ^  Rhodes. 

«  fought.  ^  William  Harvey.  «  were  ready  two. 


1557.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  159 

blake,  and  xvj  poire  men  had  new  gownes,  and  a  xvj  grett  torchy s, 
ij  whytt  branchys,  and  iiij  grett  tapurs,  and  a  cott  armur,  elmett, 
target,  sword,  and  mantylles,  and  a  viij  dosen  of  skochyons ;  and 
after  messe,  and  ther  wher  mony  prestes  and  clarkes,  and  the 
dener  at  ys  plase  at  Blake-frers,  and  so  they  cam  bake  from 
Cheshey  »  to  dener. 

[The  XXV  day  of  November  died  the  lady  Hare,  late  wife]  unto 
ser  Necolaus  Hare,  knyght,  and  [master  of  the  rolls,  the]  wyche 
she  ded  at  {blank). 

The  xxvj  day  of  November  was  bered  my  lade  [Clifford]  the 
wyflF  of  ser  Thomas  ClyfFord  knyght,  the  wyche  [was]  bered  in 
Westmynster  abbay,  the  wyche  lade  was  bered  in  the  [coujntie 
of  (blank),  with  a  harold  of  armes,  and  a  ij  dosen  torch  ys,  and 
iij  dosen  of  skochyons,  and  iiij  baners  of  armes,  [and]  a  herse- 
cloth  of  blake  saten,  the  crosse  whyt  saten. 

The  XXX  day  of  November  was  sant  Andrewes  day,  a  prossessyon 
at  PowUes,  and  a  preste  of  evere  parryche  in  [London,]  and  ther 
wher  a  goodly  sermon,  and  after  the  processyon  was  Salve  festa 
dyes. 

The  sam  day  the  Quen('s)  grace  and  my  lord  cardenell  cam 
from  Sant  James  unto  Whytt-halle,  and  ther  they  hard  masse ; 
and  after  masse  done,  and  ther  wher  all  the  byshopes  and  the 
juges  and  sergantes  of  the  lawe,  and  ther  wer  creatyd  ser  Thomas 
Tressam  lord  of  sant  John's  of  England,  and  iiij  knyghtes  of  the 
Rodes  ^  made ;  and  the  sam  tyme  my  lord  abbot  whent  a  prosses- 
syon in  ys  myter,  and  all  the  monkes  and  clarkes  syngyng  Salve 
festa  dies  ;  and  rond  abowt  the  abbay,  and  my  lord  abbott  sange 
the  masse. 

The  sam  day  at  after  dener  my  lord  cardenall  mad  a  godly 
sermon  in  the  chapell,  and  ther  wher  all  juges  and  bysshopes,  and 
my  lord  mayre  and  all  the  althermen,  and  mony  lordes  and 
knyghtes,  and  lades  and  gentyllmen. 

'  Chelsea.  »»  Rhodes. 


160  DIARY    OF    A  [1557. 

.  assyon  by  the  mare. 
The  iiij  day  of  Desember  was  bered  at  S[heen  at  the]  the 
charter-howse  ser  Robart  Rochester  knyght,  the  wyche  he  was 
chossen  knyght  of  the  garter,  but  he  was  never  stallyd  at  Wynd- 
sore,  so  [he]  was  not  bered  with  the  garter,  butt  after  [the  manner 
of  another]  knyght,  for  ther  was  a  goodly  herse  of  wax,  v  pren- 
sypalles,  with  viij  dosen  penselles,  and  vi\j  dosen  skochyons,  and 
vj  dosen  torchys,  and  ij  whyt  [branches] ;  and  a  standard,  and  a 
penon  of  armes,  and  cot  armur,  elmett,  targett,  sword,  mantylles, 
and  iiij  baners  of  emages,  and  a  majeste  and  valanse,  and  master 
Claren[ceux]  and  master  Lankester  aroldes,a  and  mony  morners 
in  [black]  ;  and  the  masse  and  a  sermon,  and  after  a  grett  dener. 
The  vij  day  of  Desember  ther  was  a  woman  [rode]  in  a  care 
for  horedume  and  bawdre. 

The  viij  day  of  Desember  was  bered  my  lade  Rowlett,  the  wyff 
of  ser  RafF  Rowllett  knyght,  in  the  parry che  of  santt  Mare  Stan- 
nyng,  with  ij  haroldes  of  armes  and  iiij  baners  of  emages  and  iiij 
dosen  skochyons,  and  ij  whyt  branchys,  and  ij  dosen  torchys  and 
iiij  gylt  candyll-stykes,  and  iiij  gret  tapurs ;  and  mony  morners, 
and  the  clothyng  of  the  Gold-smythes  5  and  ys  servandes  bare 
torchys  in  blake  cotes. 

The  V  day  of  Desember  was  sant  Necolas  evyn,  and  sant 
Necolas  whent  a-brod  in  most  plases,  and  all  Godys  pepuU  re- 
ceived ym  to  ther  bowses  and  had  good  chere,  after  the  old  custum. 
[The  xij  day  of  December,  being  Sunday,  there  met  certain 
persons  that  were  Gospellers,  and  some  pretended  players,  at] 
Yslyngtun,  takyng  serten  men,  [and  one  RuiFe,]  a  Skott  and  a 
frere,  for  the  redyng  of  [a  lecture,  and]  odur  matters ;  and  the 
communyon  was  play[ed,  and  should]  have  byne  butt  the  gard 
cam  to  sune,^  or  ever  [the  chief]  matter  was  begone. 

The  xiij  day  of  Desember  was  bered  in  the  parryche  of  sant 

•  heralds.  ''  too  soon. 


1557.]  RESIBENT    IN    LONDON.  161 

Pulkurs  with-owt  Newgatt  ser  Wylliam  West  knyght,  with  iij 
haroldes  of  armes,  with  a  standard,  penon  of  armes,  cott-atmur, 
elmett,  targatt,  sword,  and  ij  baners  of  emages,  ij  whytt  branchys, 
xij  torchys,  and  the  xij  powre  men  had  nuw  gownes ;  and  iiij  gylt 
candyll-stykes,  and  iiij  grett  tapurs ;  and  mony  morners,  boyth 
men  and  women ;  and  iiij  dossen  of  skochyons  of  armes ;  and  the 
morowe  iij  masses  songe,  on  of  the  Trenete,  a-nodur  of  owre 
Lade,  and  the  iij  of  requiem ;  and  a  trentalle  of  masses  songe ; 
and  ther  was  ys  standard  and  cott  and  elmet  and  the  sword  and 
the  baners  offered ;  and  a  sermon ;  and  after  to  dener,  for  ther 
was  a  grett  dener. 

The  xvij  day  of  Desember  dyd  ryd  in  a  care  a  yonge  man  and 
a  woman  the  wyff  of  John  a  badoo  the  bowd,  and  she  was  the 
bowd,  and  she  was  wypyd  at  the  care-ar[se],  and  the  harlott  dyd 
bett »  her :  and  nold  ^  harlott  of  iij  skore  and  more  led  the  hors, 
lyke  a  nold  hore. 

The  XX  day  of  Desember  was  condemnyd  for  herese  ser  John 
Ruffe  prest,  a  Skotte,  and  a  woman,  for  to  be  bornyd  in  Smyth- 
feld  for  (unfinished) 

The  Fryday  x  day  of  Desember  was  at  Wyndsore  deposyd  of  ys 
denry  of  Wyndsor  doctur  Weston. 

[The  xxij  day  of  December  were  burned  in]  Smyth  feld  ij,  one 
ser  John  Ruffe  [the]  frere  and  a  Skott,  and  a  woman,  for  herese. 

The  XXV  day  of  Desember  was  bered  [the  lady]  Freston,  the 
wyff  of  ser  Recherd  Freston  knyght,  and  cofferer  unto  quen 
Mare — the  iiij  and  v  of  the  [king  and  queen's  reign]  of  England, 
— in  Suffoke. 

The  X  day  of  Desember  ther  ryd  a  man  thrugh  London,  ys  fase 
toward  the  horse  tayle. 

The  XXV  day  of  Desember  wher  dyvers  [courtiers]  was  removyd 
unto  he-her  ^  rommys  ;  as  ser  Edward  Hastynges,  master  of  the 

*  beat.  ''  an  old.  «  higher. 

CAMD.    SOC.  Y 


162  DIARY   OF   A  [1557-8. 

quen's  hors,  was  mad  lord  chamburlayn ;  and  ser  Thomas  Corn- 
walles  comptroller ;  ser  Hare  Jarnyngham  the  master  of  the  hors ; 
and  ser  Hare  Benefeld  fee '^-chamburlayn  and  captayn  of  the  gard. 

The  furst  day  of  January,  was  nuwyerevyn,^  ther  cam  a  lord  of 
mysruUe  from  Westmynster  with  ys  harold  and  ys  trumpettes 
and  ys  drumys,  and  mony  dysgyssyd  in  whytt ;  and  so  he  cam 
in  to  London,  and  so  he  was  browth  c  in-to  the  contur  ^  in  the 
Pultre;  and  dyver  of  ys  men  lay  all  nyght  ther,  and  ys  men 
whent  a-stray  hom  agayn  by  iiij  and  vj  to-geder  to  Westmynster 
on  hors-bake  and  of  fott. 

[The  iij  day  of  January  came  tidings  to  the  Queen]  that  the 
Frenche  kyng  was  [come  to]  Nuwnam  bryge  with  a  grett  host 
of  men  [of  war],  and  layd  batheryng  pessys  unto  ytt,  and  unto 
Rysse-banke  by  water,  and  to  Cales,  [and]  led  grett  batheryng 
peses  to  hytt,  for  ther  wher  [great  shooting]. 

The  iiij  day  of  January  the  cete  of  London  toke  a  v<^.  men  to 
go  to  Calles,^  of  evere  [craft,]  to  fynd  boyth  harnes,  bowes,  mores- 
pykes  and  [guns,]  and  men  of  ther  charge  and  cost,  and  prest 
money,  they  cam  to  the  quen('s)  nave^  of  shypes. 

The  vj  day  of  January  thes  men  wher  browght  unto  Leyden- 
halle,  and  mustered  afor  my  lord  mayre  and  the  althermen ;  and 
at  after-none  by  iiij  of  the  cloke  they  toke  ther  way  to  the  Towre- 
warfF;  and  ther  thay  toke  shypyng  toward  Callys. 

The  viij  day  of  January  the  marchandes  of  the  stapull  of 
Calles  toke  up  c.  and  odeS  men  to  go  toward  Calles  of  ther  cost. 

The  viij  day  of  January  thay  toke  shypyng  at  the  Towre-warfe 
toward  Calles,  and  odur  men  of  ware,  and  from  odur  plases  to 
the  see-ward,  betwyn  v  and  vj  of  the  cloke  at  nyght. 

The  viij  day  of  January  was  sett  up  at  Wyndsore  the  yerle  of 
Sussex  the  depute  of  Yrland  ys  baner  of  armes,  and  ys  elmett| 
crest,  mantylle,  and  ys  sword  for  ys  stallasyon  of  the  garter. 

[The  X  day  of  January  heavy  news  came  to  En] gland,  and  to 

»  vice.  "  new  year's  eve.  *=  brought.  ^  Compter. 

«  Calais.  '  navy.  e  odd. 


1557-8.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  16^ 

London,  thatt  the  Frefnch  had  won]  Cales,  the  wyche  was  the 
hevest  tydy[ngs  to  London]  and  to  England  that  ever  was  hard 
of,  for  lyke  a  trayter  yt  was  sold  and  d[elivered  unto]  them  the 
(blank)  day  of  January ;  the  duke  of  [Guise  was]  cheyfF  capten, 
and  evere  man  dyschargyd  the  town. 

The  xj  day  of  January  the  cete  of  London  [took  up]  a  m.  men 
mo,  and  mad  them  whytt  cottes  of  ...  .  and  red  crosses, 
and  evere  ward  of  London  fund  (blank)  men. 

The  xiij  day  of  January  was  bered  at  [Westminster]  in  sant 
Margerett  parryche  my  lade  Powes,  [daughter]  to  the  duke  of 
Suffoke,  Charles  Brandon,  [with  two]  whytt  branchys,  xij  torchys, 
and  iiij  grett  [tapers,]  with  xij  skochyons  of  armes. 

The  xvj  day  of  January  was  bered  in  Suflfoke  ser  Recherd 
Freston  knyght,  and  cofferer  unto  the  quen  Mare — the  iiij  and  v 
of  King  Philip  and  Quen  Mare — with  a  standard,  a  penon  of 
armes,  cote-armur,  elmet,  target,  and  the  sword  and  mantyll,  and 
iiij  dosen  of  skochyons. 

The  xvij  day  of  January  was  the  monyth  myn  *  of  ser  Gorge 
Gyfford  knyght,  with  a  standard,  a  penon  of  armes,  cott-armur, 
elmett,  targett,  and  sword,  mantylles,  and  ij  baners  (of)  emages, 
and  vj  dosen  skochyons,  and  iiij  dosen  torchys ;  thy(s)  was  don  in 
Bukyngham  shyre. 

[The  (blank)  day  of  January  was  buried  master  Alsop  apot]her 
kare  unto  kyng  Henry  [the  viij^^  and  to]  kyng  Edward  the  vj*^  and 
sergant  [of  the  confectionary]  unto  quen  Mare ;  with  ij  gret  whytt 
[branches,  and]  xij  torchys ;  and  the  xij  pore  men  had  nuw  [gowns 
of]  mantyll  frys ;  and  iiij  grett  tapurs ;  and  mony  morners  in 
blake ;  and  the  morow  masse,  and  after  a  grett  dener;  and  a  ij 
dosen  skochyons. 

The  XX  day  of  January  begane  the  parlement  at  Westmynster 
— the  V  yere  of  quen  Mare.  Her  grace  toke  her  charett  at  the 
Whytt-halle,  and  her  lordes  of  the  parlement,  and  the  bysshopes 

»  month's  mind. 


164  DIARY  OF  A  [1557-8. 

and  prestes,  and  so  to  the  abbay  to  the  masse,  and  after  to  the 
parlement-howse,  and  so  the  trumpetes. 

The  xxj  day  of  January  cam  a  nuw  commondement  tho  *  my 
lord  mayre,  that  he  shuld  make  (blank)  men  rede^  in  harnes,  with 
whyt  cotes  weltyd  with  gren,  and  red  crosses,  by  the  xxiij  day  of 
the  sam  monythe  [to  be  at]  Leydenhalle  to  go  toward  (un- 
finished) 

The  xxij  day  of  January  ther  was  a  nold  ^  man  sett  up  of  the 
pelere  for  sedyssyous  words  and  rumors. 

The  sam  day  was  a  boy  wypyd  at  the  post  callyd  the  Refor- 
massyon,  for  sayhyng  that  Lon     .... 

The  sam  day  was  bered  docthur  Bartelett,  fessyssyon  at  Blake- 
frers,  at  sant  Barthellmuw  in  Smythfeld,  with  a  dosen  of  sko- 
chyons  of  armes,  and  ij  whyt  branchys  and  ij  torchys,  and  iiij 
gret  tapurs. 

[The  xxiv  day  of  January  the  soldiers  appeared  before  the  lord 
mayor  in  Leadenhall,  where  he  took  a  view  of  all]  the  men  that 
the  compene(s  had  furnished),  and  deleverd  (them)  unto  the  cap- 
taynes  at  v  at  nyght,  and  thay  toke  shypyng  [at  eight] . 

The  sam  day  ther  whent  unto  Westmynster  {blank)  men  that 
wher  qwynners^d  the  wyche  wher  taken  at  Cambryge. 

The  Sonday  the  xxx  day  of  January  dyd  pryche  at  Powlles 
Crosse  the  byshope  of  Wynchester,  and  mad  a  goodly  sermon. 

The  iij  day  of  Feybruary  was  browth  ^  unto  sant  Bathelmuw 
be-syd  sant  Antonys  to  be  bered  [by  his]  granser  ^  ser  Wylliam 
Capell  knyght,  and  mare  of  London,  ser  Hare  Capell  knyght  sune 
and  here  to  ser  Gylles  Capell,  the  wyche  ser  Gylles  was  bered  in 
Essex.  [Sir  Harry  was]  bered  by  ys  granser  with  iij  haroldes 
of  armes,  and  a  standard,  and  a  penon  of  armes ;  and  cott-armur, 
targett,  sword,  and  elmett  and  crest ;  and  all  the  cheyrche  hangyd 
with  blake  and  armes ;  and  a  ij  dosen  of  torchys,  and  iiij  grett 
tapurs,  and  iiij  gylt  candyllstykes,  and  ij  grett  whytt  branchys ; 

■  to.  *>  ready.  •=  an  old.  ^  coiners.  «  brought.  '  grandsire. 


1557-8.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  165 

and  xij  pore  men  had  blake  gowns ;  and  after  to  the  howse  to 
dener ;  and  doctur  Brekett  mad  the  sermon  at  the  masse. 

The  V  day  of  Feybruarij  cam  from  Westmynster  iiij,  iij  men 
and  on  woman,  and  cared  to  the  Towre  for  kuynnyng  *  and  they 
wher  (unfinished) 

The  vj  day  of  Feybruarij  dyd  pryche  at  Po wiles  Crosse  the 
byshope  of  Westchaster ;  and  ther  wher  at  ys  sermon  xvj  bys- 
shopesj  and  my  lord  mayre  and  the  althermen,  and  mony  juges, 
and  ther  he  declaryd  that  of  Wedynsday  next  to  go  on  generall 
prossessyon  and  pray  to  God. 

[The  ix  day  of  February  a  commandment  came  that  all  bishops, 
priests,  and  clerks,  should  go  a  procession  about  London,  and] 
my  lord  mare  and  the  althermen,  [and  all  the  crafts]  in  London 
in  ther  leverey,  to  pray  [unto  God ;  and  all]  the  chylderyn  of  all 
skoUes,  and  of  the  hos  [pitals,  in]  ordur,  a-bowt  London, — callyd 
the  general  prossessyon. 

The  X  day  of  Feybruary  was  reynydb  at  Westmynster  [at  the] 
kyng('s)  benche  my  lord  Darcef  s)  sune  of  the  North,  for  [the 
death]  of  master  Whest,  sune  and  here  of  ser  Wylliam  West 
knyght,  [the]  wyche  West  was  slayne  commyng  from  Roth[erham] 
feyrCjC  the  wyche  ther  wher  (forty  men)  apon  hym  [and  his  six] 
men,  and  shamfuUe  he  was  murdered,  for  .  .  .  wher  in  harnes 
and  ther  wher  a-for  the  kyng('s)  by[nch]  ^  certen  men  dyd  wag  « 
batelle  with  ym,  to  feythe  ^  with  combat  at  a  day  sett. 

The  xj  day  of  Feybruary  was  bered  at  sent  Marten's-in-the- 
feyld  master  Arthur  Sturtun  sqwyre,  the  keper  of  the  [White] 
halle,  and  brodur  to  the  lord  Sturtun,  and  he  was  the  reyseyver  of 
all  copes  of  cloth  of  gold  that  was  taken  owt  of  all  chyrches,  and 
he  dyd  delevered  them  unto  serten  parryches  agayne  to  them  that 
cowld  know  them,  the  wyche  wher  taken  away  by  kyng  Edward 
the  vj*^  tym  by  the  dewyse  of  the  duke  of  Northumberland  [and] 
serten  of  bysshopes  of  nuw  doctryne  that  was  then ;  and  now, 

*  coining.        ^  arraigned.  '  See  p.  107.  **  bench.  *  wage.  ^  fight. 


166  DIAR\    OF   A  [1557-8. 

when  that  good  qwyne  Mare  cam  to  the  crown,  she  Jett  evere 
parryche  for  to  have  them  agayne  by  her  commyng  to  the  crowne, 
yf  they  wher  nott  gyfFyn  to  odur  places  in  the  reyme  of  Eng- 
land ;  but  Trenete  parryche  had  nott  ther  cope  of  cloth  of  gold 
agayne. 

The  xvj  day  of  Feybruary  was  bered  master  Pynoke  fysmon- 
ger,  marchand  of  Muskovea,  and  brodur  of  Jhesus,  with  ij  goodly 
whytt  branchy s,  and  xij  grett  stayfFes  torch ys ;  and  xij  pore  men 
had  good  blake  gownes;  and  iiij  grett  tapurs,  and  a  the  com- 
pene  of  the  clarkes  and  mony  prestes,  and  then  cam  the  mor- 
nars,  and  after  the  bredurud  of  Jhesus,  a  xxiiij  of  them,  with 
blake  saten  hodes  with  3H)^  on  them,  and  after  the  compene 
of  the  Fysmongers  in  ther  leverey,  and  after  to  the  howse  to 
drynke. 

[The  xviij  day  of  February  died  sir  George  Barnes  knight  and 
haberdasher,  late  mayor  of  London,  at  the]  crownenassyon  of 
qwyn  Mare. 

The  XX  day  of  Feybruary  dyd  pryche  [at  PauPs]  crosse  docthur 
Watsun  bysshope  of  Lyncoln,  and  mad  a  godly  sermon,  for  ther 
wer  [present  ten]  bysshopes,  be-syd  my  lord  mare  and  the  alther- 
men  and  juges,  and  men  of  the  law,  and  gret  [audience]  ther  was. 

The  xxiiij  day  of  Feybruary  was  [buried]  ser  Gorge  Barnes 
knyght,  late  ma[yor]  and  haberdasser,  and  the  cheyfF  marchand  of 
Muskovea,  and  had  the  penon  of  Mu[scovy]  armes  borne  at  ys 
berehyng ;  and  the  [mayor]  and  the  swerdberar  had  blake  gownes 
and  a'.  .  .  .in  blake,  and  a  iij'^^pore  men  in  blake  [gowns;] 
and  had  a  standard  and  v  penons  of  armes,  and  cote  and  elmett, 
sword,  targett,  and  a  goodly  hers  of  wax  and  ij  grett  branchys  of 
whytt  wax,  iiij  dosen  torchys,  and  viij  dosen  pensels,  and  ix 
dosen  skochyons ;  and  doctur  Chadsay  mad  the  sermon  on  the 
morow,  and  after  a  grett  dener.  Master  Clarenshus  and  Lanckos- 
tur  the  haroldes  (conducted  the  ceremony.) 

The  XXV  day  of  Feybruary  cam  rydyng  to  London  my  lade 
Elsabeth  the  quen('s)  syster,  with  a  gret  compene  of  lordes  and 


1557-8.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  167 

nobull  men  and  nobull  women,  to  here  plasse  calyd  the  Somersett- 
plasse  beyond  Stron-bryge. 

The  xxvj  day  of  Feybruary  ded  ^  my  lade  Whyt,  the  wyfF  of 
ser  Thomas  Whyt  late  mare  of  London,  and  marchand  tayller, 
and  marchand  of  the  Muskovea,  and  altherman  of  London. 

.         .W]hyut- 

halle  with  many  lordes  and  lades. 

The  (blank)  day  of  Marche  the  qwyn(^s)  grace['s  pensioners] 
mustered  in  Hyd-parke,  and  all  ther  men  in  gren  [cloth  and] 
whytt;  and  ther  my  lord  of  Rutland  toke  the  [muster  of]  them. 

The  ij  day  of  Marche  my  lade  Whyt  was  bered  in  Althermare 
parry che,  and  ther  was  a  goodly  herse  of  wax,  and  ther  was  viij 
dosen  pensels,  and  viij  dosen  skochyons  and  d',^  and  iiij  dosen 
torchys ;  and  the  harolde  was  master  Clarenshus ;  the  cheyfF 
morner  my  lade  Laxtun,  and  master  Roper  led  her ;  and  mony 
morners ;  and  after  cam  my  lord  mayre,  and  xx  althermen  folod 
the  corsse,  and  iiij  baners  of  emages,  and  ij  grett  whytt  branchys; 
and  the  morow  masse  and  a  godly  sermon,  and  all  the  craft  in 
ther  leverey ;  (blank)  pore  men  had  gownes,  and  powre  women 
had  gownes,  and  after  to  ys  plasse  to  dener,  and  my  lord  mayre 
and  the  althermen,  and  mony  gentyllmen,  for  ther  was  a  grett 
dener  as  [has]  bene  sene ;  and  ther  was  iij  masses  songe,  on  of  the 
Trenete,  and  on  of  owre  Lade,  the  iij  of  requiem. 

The  iiij  day  of  Marche  a'  for-non  my  lade  Elsabeth(^s)  grace 
toke  her  horss  and  red  ^  to  her  plasse  at  ,^  with  mony 

lordes,  knyghtes,  and  lades,  and  gentyllwomen,  with  a  goodly  com- 
pene  of  horsse. 

The  sam  day  at  after-non  the  pen sy oners  mustered  in  sant 
James  parke  in  harnes,  and  ther  men  with  spers,  and  the  trum- 
petes  blohyng,  and  se  them  in  a-ray  rydyng. 

The  (blank)  day  of  Marche  ther  was  never  so  low  a  nebe,®  that 

»  died  •*  eight  and  a  half  dozen.  ^  rode. 

^  Originally  blank  in  MS.  and  apjiarently  incorrectly  filled  with  the  word  Strone, 
meaning  the  Strand, /row  which  she  was  returning  to  the  country.  «  an  ebb. 


168  DIARY  OF  A  [1557-8. 

men  myght  stand  in  the  mydes  of  Tames,  and  myght  a'  gone  from 
the  brygys  to  Belynggatt,  for  the  tyd  kept  not  ys  course;  the  wyche 
was  never  sene  a-fore  that  tyme. 

[The  vj  day  of  March,  being  the  second  Sunday  in  Lent, 
preached  before  the  lord  mayor  and  the  bishops]  at  [PauPs  cross] 
my  lord  abbott  of  Westmynster  docthur  [Feckenham] ;  ther  he 
mad  a  godly  sermon  as  as  bene  [heard] . 

The  vj  day  ( of)  Marche  was  cared  in  a  hersse  [to]  be  bered 
in  Cambrygshyre  ser  Phylype  Pares  knyght,  at  a  [place]  callyd 
Lyntun,  wher  sergant  Heth  ded,  and  was  .... 

The  vij  day  of  Marche  was  the  parlement  holden  at  the  Whytt- 
halle  the  quen('s)  plasse,  and  endyd  at  vij  of  [the  clock  at  night], 
and  watt  *  actes  mad  at  the  end  of  the  parlement. 

The  ix  day  of  Marche  was  a  yonge  man  namyd  (blank)  dyd 
ryd  in  a  care,  ys  fasse  toward  the  hors  tayle,  [with]  ij  grett  pesses 
of  beyff  of    .     b  clodes  pondered. 

The  X  day  of  Marche  the  Quen(^s)  grace  removyd  unto  Gren- 
wyche,  in  lentt,  for  to  kepe  ester. 

The  xiiij  day  of  Marche  ded  ^  and  bered  at  the  Munyrys,^  at 
vj  of  the  cloke  at  nyght,  my  lade  Jennynges,  doythur  to  ser  John 
Gage  knyght. 

The  xvj  day  of  Marche  my  lord  mare  and  the  althermen  wher 
commondyd  unto  Yeld-halle,  for  thay  had  a  commondement  by 
the  qwyen  that  thay  shuld  lend  the  quen  a  (blank)  of  tt. ;  for  ther 
sat  my  lord  stresorer,  my  lord  preve-saylle,  and  the  bysshope  of 
EUy  as  commyssyonars,  and  my  lord  chanseler,  with  odur  of  the 
conselle. 

.  with  ij  whyt  branchys  and  xij  torchys  ....  great 
tapurs,  and  after  a  grett  dener  within  the  .... 

The   xix  day  of  Marche  my  lord  mayre  and   the  althermen 


'  So  in  MS.  hut  this  word  was  at  first,  apparently  ^  left  blank  for  the  number  of  the 
Acts  passed.  *>  x  ?  {erased.)  '^  died.  "^  Minories. 


1558.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  169 

whent  unto  Yeld-halle,  and  ther  all  the  craftes  in  London  browth^ 
in  the  bylles  what  ther  compeneb  wold  lend  unto  the  quen(^s) 
grace  for  to  helpe  her  in  her  fa  ...  '^  toward  the  wars. 

The  xxj  day  of  Marche  was  the  Paskalle  for  the  abbay  of  West- 
mynster  mad  tlier^  the  wheyth  ^  of  iij  C.  of  wax  ;  and  ther  was  the 
master  and  the  wardens  of  the  Waxchandlers  [with]  xx  more  at 
the  makyng,  and  after  a  grett  dener. 

The  sam  day  at  after-none  the  yerle  of  Sussex  toke  gorney  e  in 
post  toward  Yrland. 

The  sam  day  of  Marche  wher  browth  ^  in-to  the  [blank)  afor 
the  bysshope  of  London  and  odur  lernyd  men  of  the  temporolte 
iij  men,  the  wyche  ther  openions  wher  shyche  g  that  they  wher 
juged  and  condemnyd  to  suffer  deth  by  fyre ;  one  man  was  a  hos- 
sear  ^  dwellyng  in  Wodstret,  ys  nam  ys  (blank). 

The  xxij  day  of  Marche  my  lord  may  re  and  the  althermen 
whent  unto  Yeld- Halle,  and  ther  the  quen(^s)  consell  cam  theder, 
furst  my  lord  chanseler,  my  lord  treysorer,  my  lord  of  preve-selle, 
the  bysshope  of  Ele,  and  ser  John  Baker,  secretore  Peter,  and 
mony  more,  and  after  whent  to  my  lord  mare  to  dener. 

The  xxiij  day  of  Marche  was  a  proclamasyon  of  serten  actes 
that  was  sett  forth  by  the  last  parlement,  that  was  endyd  the  vij 
day  of  Marche  the  iiij  and  v  of  kyng  (Philip)  and  quen  Mare. 

\_Here  two  or  three  leaves  of  the  Diary  appear  to  be  lost,  involv- 
ing the  space  of  nearly  four  months']. 

[The  iij  day  of  August  was  buried  the  lady  Rowlett],  wyff  of 
ser  Raffe  Rowlett  knyght,  in  [saint]  Mare  Staynnynges,  with 
ij  goodly  whyt  branchys,  (blank)  stayff  torchys,  and  iiij  gylt 
candyllstykes,  and  iiij  grett  tapurs,  with  ij  haroldes  of  armes,  and 
iiij  baners  of  saints ;  [blank)  was  cheyffe  morner,  and  mony  .  . 
.  .  .  The  cherche  and  the  raylles  hangyd  with  blake,  and 
the  street  and  the  plasse  hangyd  with  armes  and  blake,  and  ij 

*  brought.  ''  companies.  "=  affairs  ? 

d  weight.  •  journey.  '  brought.  ^  such.  ''  hosier. 

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170  DIARY    OF    A  [1558. 

song  masses  and  a  sermon,  and  after  masse  to  the  [place]  to 
dener,  for  ther  was  a  grett  dener  for  vene[son,  fresh]  solmon,  and 
fres  sturgean,  and  with  mony  dysse*  (of)  fy[sh.]  .  .  . 

The  furst  day  of  August  was  chossen  shreyfF  [for  the]  kyng  at 
Yeld-halle  master  Hawes  clothworker,  [and]  after  was  chosen 
shreyff  of  London  master  Cha[mpion]  draper  by  the  come(n)s^ 
of  the  cete. 

The  vj  day  of  August  was  bered  at  Tempull  ....  master 
Thornhylle,  with  ij  whyt  branchys,  x  torchys,  and  iiij  grett  tapurs, 
and  xviij  skochyons  of  armes,  and  mony  in  blake. 

The  vij  day  of  August  was  bered  in  Powlles  cheyrchyerd  on 
Archer,  the  wyche  was  slayn  at  sant  James  feyre  in  the  feld  by 
on  (blank)  shamfully,  for  he  was  panchyd  with  ys  owne  sword. 

The  viij  day  of  August  was  bered  master  Dodmer  sqwyre  at 
Putteney,  with  ij  dosen  skochyons,  and  ij  whyt  branchys,  and  xij 
torchys,  and  iiij  grett  tapurs,  the  wyche  was  ser  Raffe  Dodmer (^s) 
sune,  late  mayre  of  London. 

The  viij  day  of  August  was  bered  master  docthur  Huwys,  the 
quen('s)  fesyssyon,  with  ij  grett  whyt  branchys,  and  xij  grett 
stayfFes  torchys,  and  iiij  grett  tapurs,  and  iij  dosen  of  skochyons, 
and  mony  morners  boyth  men  and  women,  at  after-non. 

.  shyre,  with  cote  armur  and  penon  of  arms  ....  of 
skochyons  and  d^  of  bokeram. 

The  xij  day  of  August  at  mydnyght  ded  "^  good  master  Machyll, 
altherman  of  London,  clothworker,  and  marchand  of  Muskovea, 
the  wyche  was  a  worshephulle  man,  and  a  godys  ^  man  to  the  pore, 
and  to  all  men  in  the  parryche  of  Maremaudlyn  in  Mylkestrett, 
(where  he  lived  in)  the  sam  howse  that  master  Hynd  ded,  and 
was  ys  plasse.  [If]  he  had  levyd,  he  had  byn  mayre  next  yer 
folohyng. 

The  xvij  day  of  August  whent  from  the  Jorge  ^  in  Lumbard 

■  dishes  ?  *>  commons.  '^  died.  ^  So  in  MS.  ^  George, 


1558.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  I'jl 

strett  the  bysshope  of  Yrland/  [and  was]  cared  by  water  unto 
(blank),  to  be  bered  ther. 

The  XX  day  of  August  whent  from  London  unto  FuUam  to  be 
bered  my  lord  of  London ('s)  crossear,  master  Mortun,  on  of  the 
gray  ames  ^  of  PowUes,  with  (unfinished) 

The  xxj  day  of  August  was  bered  at  sant  Donstones  parryche 
in  the  est  mastores  Chalenger  wedow,  mother  unto  master  Wyl- 
liam  Allen,  lether-seller,  a^  for-non,  bered  with  money  morners  in 
blake. 

The  xxj  day  of  August  at  after-non  was  bered  in  the  parryche  of 
sant  Mare  Maudelyn,  in  Mylke  strett,  master  Machyll,  altherman 
and  sqwyre  and  clothworker,  with  v  pennons  of  armes  and  cott 
armur,  and  iiij  dosen  torchys,  and  iiij  branche  tapurs,  dobyll  store, 
with  armes  and  penselles  apon  wax,  and  all  the  chyrche  hangyd 
with  blake  and  armes,  and  the  strett  with  blake  and  armes,  and 
the  plase ;  and  ther  was  my  lord  mayre  and  the  althermen,  and  a 
C.  in  blake ;  and  a  viij  dosen  skochyons,  and  iiij  dosen  penselles ; 
and  a  C.  pore  men  in  mantylle  fryse  gownes ;  and  the  morow  iij 
masses  song,  ij  of  pryksong,  and  the  iij  of  requiem,  and  a  sarmon, 
a  good  man  a  grayfrer ;  ^  and  there  my  lord  mare  and  the  althermen 
whent  to  dener,  and  all  the  mornars  and  lades,  the  wyche  was  a 
nobuU  dener  as  has  bene  sene,  for  ther  lakt  no  good  mett  boyth 
flesse  and  fysse,  and  a  xx  marche-paynes. 

.  .  durge,  and  after  cared  thrugh  Bathelmu  [to  the]  Blake 
freres,  and  at  the  gat  all  the  freres  mett  .  .  .  thay  had  durge, 
and  they  bered  ym  ther  ys  m.  (unfinished) 

The  xxiiij  day  at  after-non  was  [buried]  ser  Gorge  Pallett 
knyght,  and  brodur  [to  the  lord]  tressorer  the  marques  of  Wyn- 
chester,  and  with  standard  of  armes,  cott,  elmett,  targett,  sword, 
and  a  vj  dosen  [of  pensils]  and  iiij  dosen  of  skochyons. 

The  xxij  of  August  was  bered  docthur  [Peryn,]  master  of  frers 
blake  in  Smythfeld,  the  wyche  was  the  [first]  howsse  that  was  sett 

*  George  Dowdall,  archbishop  of  Armagh.  ^  amices.  '^  Grey  friar. 


172  DIARY    OF    A  [1558. 

up  by  quen  Marefs)  tyme,  [buried]  at  the  he»  auter  syd  afor  sant 
Bathelmue. 

The  xxviij  day  of  August  was  bered  master  [Cooke^]  docthur, 
dene  of  the  Arches,  and  he^  juge  of  the  Amralte;  the  chyrche 
hangyd  with  blake,  and  armes ;  and  he  had  ij  why t  branchys  and 
xij  stayfF  torchys,  and  iiij  grett  tapurs ;  and  with  armes  and  a  iij 
dosen  skochyons  of  armes ;  and  alle  the  bredurne  of  Jhesus  in  saten 
hodes,  and  |Jj|1^0  apone  them,  and  all  the  prestes  of  Powlles. 

The  xxix  day  of  August  was  the  berehyng  of  my  lord  Wyndsor 
at  ys  (blank)  with  a  hersse  of  wax,  and  vj  dosen  penselles,  and 
ij  dosen  longe  torchys  and  iiij  dosen  of  gret  stayfFe  torchys,  with 
iiij  haroldes  of  armes  and  a  standard,  a  baner  of  ys  armes,  and  viij 
baners  roUes  of  ys  armes,  and  iiij  baners  of  emages,  and  xij  dosen  of 
skochyons  ;  and  putt  in  ij  cofFens ;  and  mony  morners,  and  a  grett 
compene  of  pepull ;  and  the  morow  masse,  and  after  a  gret  dener. 

.     .     .     wyffe  of  master  Rayff  Grenway,  altherman  ^  .     .     ,     . 

.     Sonday  after  he  kept  a  gret  fest,  and  alle  the 

Sonday  was  after  soper  ther  was  a  goodly  ma[ske 

cloth  of  gold,  and  grett  dansyng  in  the  maske. 

The  sam  day  was  bered  be-yond  Barnet  (blank)  [ju]ge  Stam- 
ford knyght,<i  with  standard,  cotte  armur,  penon  of  armes,  elmett, 
targe tt,  sword,  and  the  mantylles  ;  and  iiij  dosen  of  skochyons, 
and  ij  dosen  torchys,  and  tapurs  ;  and  master  Somerset  the  harold 
of  armes. 

The  vj  day  of  September  was  bered  juge  Morgan  in  Northamtun- 
shyre,  with  cotte  armur,  penon  of  armes,  and  a  hersse  of  iiij 
branchys,  and  iiij  dosen  pensels,  and  vij  dosen  skochyons,  and  iiij 
dosen  torchys,  and  iiij  baners  of  emages ;  and  mony  mornars  ;  and  a 
grett  dolle  of  money,  and  mett  ^ ;  and  master  Lanckostur  the  harold. 

"  high.  b  high. 

*  This  passage,  when  perfect,  probably  recorded  the  marriage  of  alderman  John 
White  with  the  widow  of  alderman  Ralph  Greenway :  the  christening  of  whose  son 
occurs  on  the  25th  May  following  (p.  19H). 

^  Sir  William  Stamford,  judge  of  the  common  pleas.  '  meat. 


1558.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  l73 

The  iiij  day  of  September  was  bered  in  Althermare  parryche  in 
London  master  Dalbeney,  marchand-tayller,  with  ij  grett  branchys 
whyt,  and  xvj  grett  stayfFe  torchys  ;  and  theys  xvj  men  had  xvj 
good  blake  gownes ;  and  iiij  grett  tapurs  with  gylt  candyllstykes, 
and  with  armes^  ij  dosun  and  d^  * ;  and  mony  morners  in  blake, 
and  mony  clarkes  and  prestes  ;  and  all  the  compene  of  the  cloth- 
yng  of  the  marchand-tayllers,  and  after  home  to  drynke  as  the 
compene,  with  spycyse  bred ;  ^  and  the  morow  masse,  and  after  to 
dener. 

The  vj  day  of  September  whent  in- to  the  contrey  to  be  bered 
master  Ryges  audetur,  with  ij  dosen  skochyons,  and  cared  by 
nyght  with-owt  any  cost  more  her  done  butt  {unfinished.) 

The  viij  day  of  September  was  bered  at  Stamford  beyond  North- 
amtun-shyre,  ser  Thomas  CayfFe/ knyght,  with  iiij  branchys,  tapurs 
of  wax,  and  penselles,  with  ij  whyt  branchys,  and  iiij  dosen  torchys 
and  vj  dosen  of  skochyons ;  with  a  standard  and  a  cott-armur, 
and  pennon  of  armes,  and  iiij  baners  of  santes  in  owlle,  ^  wroth 
with  fyne  gold,  and  many  morners,  and  master  Lankoster  the 
harold. 

The  ix  day  of  September  was  bered  ser  Recherd  Brygys  in  the 
conte  of  [blank), 

[The  xiv  day  of  September  was  buried  sir  Andrew  Jud,  skinner, 
merchant  of  Muscovy,  and  late  mayor  of  London  ;  with  a]     .     . 

.  .  .  pennon  of  armes,  and  a  x  dosen  penselles  .  .  . 
skochyons,  and  a  herse  of  wax  of  v  prynse[pals,  garnished  with] 
angelles,  and  a  (blank)  pormen  ^  in  nuw  gownes,  and  master  Cla- 
renshus  kyng  of  armes,  and  master  Somerset!  harold,  [and  the 
morrow]  masse  and  a  sermon,  and  after  my  lord  mare  and  the 
althermen  had  [unfinished) 

The  xxij  day  of  September  was  bered  master  Anth[ony 

sqwyre,  with  a  pennon  of  armes  and  cott  of  armes,  and     .     .     . 
dosen  skochyons. 

*  half.  ^  spice-bread.  '^  Cave.  ^  oil,  wrought.  '  poor  men. 


174  DIARY    OF    A  [1558. 

The  xxvij  day  of  September  was  the  obsequies  of  ser  Thomas 
Essex^  knyght,  of  Barkshyre,  with  standard  and  ....  and 
cott-armur,  targett,  sword,  elmet,  mantylles,  ....  dosen 
penselles,  and  iiij  dosen  skochyons,  and  iiij  baners  [of  saints,]  and 
a  harold  of  armes,  Ruge-crosse  the  harold,  and  iiij    .... 

The  XX  day  of  September  was  bered  my  lade  [Southwell]  at 
Sordyche,  with  prestes  and  clarkes  syngyng,  with  ij  whyt  [branches] 
and  ij  dosen  torchys^  and  iiij  gret  tapurs,  and  iiij  dosen     .     .     . 
and  the  chyrche  hanged  with  blake  and  armes  and  mony  morners  ; 
and  he  gayfF  xxiiij  gownes  to  xxiiij  women,  and  xxiiij  ij  ft  tapurs. 

The  XX  day  of  September  was  bered  my  lade  Cisele  Mansfield 
at  Clerkenwell,  with  a  harold  of  armes,  and  browth  a  unto  the  blake 
frers  in  Smyth-feld,  the  wyche  was  sant  Bathelmuw,  with  iiij 
baners  of  santes  and  a  ij  dosen  torchys,  and  ij  grett  whytt  branchys, 
and  iiij  gylt  candylstykes  and  armes  on  them,  and  many  clarkes 
syngyng,  and  mony  morners  :  and  my  lade  Peter  cheyfF  morner, 
and  odur  lades  and  gentyll-women  and  knyghtes  and  gentyllmen ; 
and  her  servandes  bare  my  lade,  and  bare  the  torchys  all  in  blake 
cottes ;  and  bered  a-for  the  he  ^  auter  at  the  hed  of  the  old  pryar 
Boltun ;  and  the  chyrche  and  the  qwer  and  the  raylles  hangyd 
with  blake  and  armes ;  and  the  frers  song  durge  after  ther  songe, 
and  bered  her  after  ther  fasyon,  with-owt  clarkes  or  prestes ;  and 
after  to  the  plasse  to  drynke ;  and  the  morow  iij  masses  songe, 
ij  pryke-songe  masses ;  and  after  to  Clerkenwell  to  dener  to  her 
plasse ;  and  ther  was  a  godly  sermon  as  ever  was  hard  to  lyf  welle 
of;  the  father  of  the  howsse  dyd  pryche,  master  {blank), 

....     harold  of  armes  master  Somersett 

that  he  has  beldyd,  the  nam  ys  callyd  {blank). 

The  XX  day  of  September  was  bered  at  Gret  All  [hallows]  in 
Temstrettc  the  altherman  of  the  Steleard,  with  ij  whyt  branchys  and 
xij  torchys,  and  iiij  gret  tapurs  with     .... 

*  brought.  •*  high.  <=  Thames  street. 


1558.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  175 

The  xxvj  day  of  September  ded  *  good  lade  Pecsalle  in  [blank), 
the  wyiF  of  ser  Recherd  Pecshall  knyght,  and  the  dowther  of  my 
lord  maurqwes  of  Wynchester^  and  lord  tressorer  of  England,  and 
bered  the  last  day  of  September. 

The  xxvj  day  of  September  was  the  monyth  myn  ^  of  master 
Barnes^  sqwyre,  and  ys  wyfFes,  at  a  towne  called  [blank),  and  ther 
was  grett  chere  ther,  and  venysun  plente,  and  wyne ;  and  he  had 
cott  and  penon  of  armes — in  Essex. 

The  XXV  day  ded  ^  my  lord  Cobbam  in  Kentt,  knyght  of  the 
garter. 

The  iiij  day  of  October  was  bered  at  sant  Faythe  at  Powlles, 
master  Kalkarne,  procter  of  the  archys,  with  ij  whytt  branchys 
and  xij  torchys,  and  iiij  tapurs,  and  ij  dosen  skochyons  of 
armes. 

The  sam  day  a'for-non  was  bered  at  Barmes  ...  *^  in  Suthwarke 
master  Whettley,  justes  of  pesse,  ^  with  ij  whyt  branchys  and  xij 
torchys,  and  iiij  grett  tapurs  and  ij  dosen  skochyons,  and  dyvers 
morners. 

The  sam  day  at  after-non  was  bered  in  sant  Martens  with  the 
well  and  ij  bokettes,  mastores  Altham,  the  wyfF  of  master  Altham 
altherman,  the  wych  ded  in  chyld-bed ;  he  gayff  mony  gownes  to 
pore  women  of  roset  cloth  brod,  and  ij  grett  whyt  branches,  and 
iiij  men  held  iiij  gret  tapurs,  and  had  gownes ;  and  mony  morners, 
and  no  harold  of  armes. 

.     .     .     torchys of  fyne  mantylle  fryse,  and 

mony  morners men  and  women,  and  a  xvj  clarkes 

of whent  to  the  plasse  to  drynke,  and  wyne  and 

spyse  [bread ;  and  the]  morow  masse. 

The  [blank)  day  of  October  was  bered  ser  Robart       .... 
knyght,  with  a  harold  of  armes,  master  Somersett, 

The  X  day  of  October  was  bered  in  sant  Faythe  mastores  Alene, 

»  died.         **  month's  mind.         •=  died.  •*  Bermondsey.        «  justice  of  peace. 


176  DIARY    OF    A  [1558. 

the  wyfF  of  master  {blank)  Allen^  with  ij  [white]  branchys,  and  xviij 
torchys^  and  iiij  gret  tapurs^  and  [many]  morners  in  blake_,  and  all 
the  belles  of  Powlles,  and     .... 

The  xij  day  of  October  was  bered  at  [saint]  Mangnus  a  prest,  a 
the  wyche  ded  '^  at  sant  M[ichaers  in]  Cornhyll,  and  gayfF  unto  the 
poure  men  of  the  Salters  ....  ther  lyiFwyng/  and  gayfF  to 
the  Salters  alle. 

The  {blank)  day  of  October  was  the  obseque  of  master  Thomas 
Fawkener,  sqwyre,  with  cote  armur  and  pennon  of  armes,  and  a  ij 
dosen  of  skochyons  of  armes. 

The  xij  day  of  October  was  bered  in  Althermare  parryche  Raff 
Prestun,  skynner,  with  ij  whyt  branchys  and  vj  stafFe  torchys ; 
and  they  had  vj  gownes  of  mantyl  frys ;  and  the  masters  of  the 
cloythyng  of  the  Skynners  was  ther ;  and  after  they  whent  to  the 
Skynners'  hall  to  dener,  for  master  Percy  and  master  Bankes  was 
morners  ther^  and  vj  women  in  blake ;  and  ther  was  the  compene 
of  the  Clarkes  at  ys  berehyng. 

.  haroldes  of  armes  with  standard  and  a  gret  .  .  .  armes, 
and  vj  baners-roUes  and  iiij  baners  of  [saints,  and]  x  dosen  of  pen- 
selles,  and  a  herse  of  v  prynse  [pals  .  .  .]  wax  and  ij  gret  whyt 
branchys  and  a  viij  dosen  of  skochyons  and  a  cote-arm ur,  elmett, 
targett,  mantylles,  and  xj  dosen  of  torchys,  and  mony  mornars ; 
[and  the]  morow  masse  and  a  sermon,  and  grett  chere  and  .  .  . 
dere  for  hym. 

The  xviij  day  of  October  was  the  obseque  of  ...  .  {blank) 
sqwyre,  with  cote  armur  and  pennon  of  armes,  and  iiij  dosen  of 
skochyons  of  armes  and  iiij  branche  tapurs. 

The  xxiij  day  of  October  was  bered  at  Westmynster  master 
Wentworth,  sqwyre,  and  cofferer  unto  quen  Mare,  with  ij  whyt 
branchys  and  ij  dosen  torchys,  and  a  cot-armur  and  a  pennon  of 
of  armes,  with  a  harold  of  armes,  and  a  iiij  dosen  of  skochyons  of 

*  priest.  ^  died.  «=  living. 


1558.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  177 

armes  and  serten  morners,  and  mony  of  the  quen  Mare['s]  ser- 
vandes  at  ys  berehyng  at  sant  Marg(ar)et  there. 

The  sam  day  was  bered  in  the  abbay  master  Gennyngs,  with  ij 
whyt  branchys  and  a  ij  dosen  skochyons  of  armes,  and  xvj  torchys 
and  iiij  gret  tapurs,  and  mony  morners  in  blake,  and  pore  men 
had  gownes. 

The  xxiiij  day  of  October  was  bered  at  sant  Stevyn  in  Wal- 
broke  master  doctur  Owyn,  phesyssyon,  with  a  ij  haroldes  of 
armes  and  a  cote  armur  and  penon  of  armes,  and  iij  dosen  of 
armes,  and  ij  whyt  branchys,  and  xx  torchys  :  and  xx  pore  men 
had  gownes,  and  ther  dener ;  and  iiij  gret  tapurs ;  and  the  morow 
masse,  and  master  Harpfheld  dyd  pryche  ;  and  after  a  gret  dener. 

master  Ambros  Wylliams  sqwyre,  and  grocer 

hersse  of  wax,  and  v  dosen  penselles  and  vj    .     .     ,     .     .     .    and 

ij  gret  whyt  branchys  and  ij  dosen  torchys of  armes 

and  a  cotte  armur  and  a  pennon  of  armes,  and  mony  morners  in 
blake ;  and  hegayfF  the  sam[e  church  a]  goodly  crosse  of  sylver 
and  the  stayfF  to  the  chyrche ;  [and]  a  grett  doUe  of  money,  a 
iiijd.  a  pesse,  and  aft[er  a]  dener. 

The  xxyj  day  of  October  was  bered  [at  Saint  Giles's]  withowt 
Crepullgatt  master  Cottun,  a  grett  rich  man  of  law,  with  ij  grett 
whytt  branchys  and  xij  [torches]  and  iiij  gret  tapurs,  and  mony 
morners  ;  and  after  a  gret  dener. 

The  xxvij  day  of  October  was  bered  in  Al .  .  .  parry che  mas- 
ter Perce  (^s)  wyiF  the  quen('s)  skynner  ....  branchys  and  xij 
torchys  and  iiij  grett  tapurs  ....  morners  in  blake ;  and  after 
masse  a  grett  dener ;  [and  he]  gayfF  to  ys  compene  serten  money 
to  dyne  [at]  ther  hall  the  sam  day. 

The  vj  day  of  November  was  bered  at  sent  Benettes  at  Powlles 
Warff  master  John  Stokes  (the)  quen^s)  servand  and  bruar,*  with 
ij  whytt  branchys  and  x  gret  stayffes- torchys  and  iiij  gret  tapurs  ; 

*  brewer. 
CAMD.  SOC.  2    A 


178  DIARY    OP    A  [1558. 

and  X  pore  men  had  rosett  gownes  of  iiij^.  the  yerd,  and  xvj 
gownes,  and  cottes  of  xij^.  the  yerd. 

The  xij  day  of  November  was  Saterday  ther  was  a  woman  sett 
on  the  pelere  a  for  sayhyng  that  the  quen  was  ded,  and  her  grace 
was  not  ded  then. 

The  xvij  day  of  November  be-twyn  v  and  vj  in  the  mornyng 
ded^  quen  Mare,  the  vj  yere  of  here  grace  (^s)  rayne,  the  wyche 
Jhesu  have  mercy  on  her  soUe  !  Amen. 

[The  same]  day,  be-twyne  a  xj  and  xij  a'  for[noon,  the  lady 
EUza]  beth  was  proclamyd  quen  Elsabeth,  quen  of  England,  France 
and  Yrland,  and  defFender  of  the  feyth,  by  dyvers  haroldes  of  armes 
and  trumpetors,  and  dukes,  lordes  [and  knights,]  the  wyche  was 
ther  present,  the  duke  of  Norfoke,  [the]  lord  tresorer,  the  yerle 
of  Shrousbere,  and  the  yerele  of  Bedford,  and  the  lord  mayre  and 
the  althermen,  and  dyver  odur  lordes  and  knyghtes. 

The  sam  day,  at  after-non,  all  the  chyrches  in  London  dyd  ryng, 
and  at  nyght  dyd  make  bonefyres  and  set  tabulls  in  the  strett, 
and  ded  ett  and  drynke  and  mad  mere  <^  for  the  newe  quen  Elsa- 
beth,  quen  Mare('s)  syster. 

The  xix  day  of  November  ded*^  be-twyn  v  and  vj  in  the  morning 
my  lord  cardenall  PoUe  at  Lambeth,  and  he  was  byshope  of 
Canturbere ;  and  ther  he  lay  tyll  the  consell  sett  the  tyme  he 
shuld  be  bered,  and  when,  and  wher. 

The  sam  day  all  London  song  and  sayd  Te  Deum  laudamus  in 
evere  chyrche  in  London. 

The  XX  day  of  November  dyd  pryche  at  Powlles  crosse  doctur 
Bylle,  quen  Elsabeth('s)  chaplen,  and  mad  a  godly  sermon. 

The  XX  day  of  November  ded  ^  the  bysshope  of  Rochestur^  and 
parsun  of  sant  Mangnus  on  London  bryge. 

The  xxij  day  of  November  was  bered  in  Jhesus  chapell  master 

•  pillory.  ''  died.  *=  made  merry. 

*  died.  «  died.  '  Maurice  Griffith.        »  In  St.  Paul's. 


1558.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  l79 

Robertt  Jonsun  gentyllman,  and  (blank)  to  the  byshope  (of)  Lun- 
don,  Boner ;  with  ij  whyt  branchys  and  xiiij  grett  stayfF-torchys,  and 
iiij  grett  tapurs,  and  ii  dosen  and  d^  *  of  skochyons  of  armes  ;  and 
mony  morners  in  blake,  and  all  the  masters  of  Jhesus  with  ther 
blake  saten  hodes,  and  a  xxx  morners  ;  and  the  morow  masse  and 
a  sermon,  and  after  a  grett  dener,  and  a  dolle  of  money. 

The  xxiij  day  of  November  the  quen  Elsabeth('s)  grace  toke 
here  gorney  from  Hadley  be-yond  Barnett  toward  London,  unto 
my  lord  North  fs)  plase,l>  with  a  M.  and  mor  of  lordes,  knyghtes, 
and  gentyllmen,  lades  and  gentyllwomen  ;  and  ther  lay  v  days. 

cote  armur  and  pennon  of  armes  and with  ij  why tt 

branchys  and  xij  torchys  and  iiij  gret  tapurs. 

The  XXV  day  of  November  was  bered  in  sant  .  .  .  Flettstrett 
master  Skynner  sqwyre,  on  of  the  vj  clarkes  of  the  Chansere,  with 
a  harold  of  armes  beyryng  ys  cote  armur,  and  ys  pennon  of  armes, 
and  ij  dosen  skochyons  of  armes,  and  ij  grett  whyt  branchys  and 
xvj  torchys  and  iiij  g[reat  tapers;]  and  mony  morners,  and  all 
they  of  the  Chanserey. 

The  xxvj  day  of  November  was  bered  in  [Kent]  my  lord  Cob- 
ham  here  husband'^  with  iij  haroldes  ....  with  a  gret  baner 
of  armes  and  iiij  baners  of  [images],  and  a  iiij  dosen  of  armes — 
my  lade  Cobbam. 

The  xxvj  day  of  November  was  bered  at  the  Blake  Frers  in 
Smythfeld  master  Bassett  sqwyre,  on  of  the  [privy]  chambur  with 
quen  Mare ;  and  he  had  ij  whyt  branchys,  and  xij  torchys,  and  iiij 
gret  tapurs,  and  a  harold  ...  a  cote  armur,  a  penon  of  armes^ 
and  ij  dosen  of  [shocheons.] 

The  XXV  day  of  November  was  mared  ser  Thomas  W[hite] 
knyght,  late  mare,  ^  unto  my  lade  Warren,  the  wyfF  of  ser  Raff 
Warren,  knyght,  twys  mare  of  London. 

•  a  half.     ^  The  Charter-house.      "  Lady  Cobham,  as  explained  by  the  postscript. 


180  DIARY    OF    A  [1558. 

The  XXX  day  of  November,  was  sant  Andrewes  day,  the  bysshope 
of  Rochestur  was  cared  from  the  plasse  in  Sowthwarke  unto  sant 
Mangnus  in  London  ;  for  he  was  parsun  ther ;  and  he  had  a  herse 
of  wax,  and  a  v  dosen  pensels,  and  the  qwyre  hangyd  with  blake 
and  armes  ;  and  he  had  ij  whyt  branchys  and  ij  dosen  torchys ; 
and  he  had  ij  haroldes  of  armes,  ser  Wylliam  Peter  cheyfF  morner, 
and  ser  WylUam  Garrett,  master  Low,  master  Catter,  and  dyvers 
odur,  and  mony  morners ;  and  xij  pore  men  had  blake  gownes^ 
and  xij  of  ys  men  bare  torchys  ;  and  after  my  lord  of  Wynchester 
dyd  pryche ;  and  after  he  was  bered  they  whent  to  ys  plasse  to 
dener,  for  ther  was  a  grett  dener,  and  he  had  a  gret  baner  of  armes 
and  iiij  baners  of  santes  and  viij  dosen  of  skochyons. 

[The  xxviijth  day  of  November  the  Queen  removed  to  the  Tower 
from  the  lord  North's]  plasse,  (which)  was  the  Charter  Howsse. 
[All]  the  stretes  unto  the  towre  of  London  was  newe  gravelled. 
Her  grace  rod  thrugh  Barbecan  and  Crepulgat,  by  [London-wall] 
unto  Bysshope-gate,  and  up  to  Leden-halle  and  thrugh  Gracyus 
strett  and  Fanchyrchestrett ;  and  a-for  rod  gentyllmen  and  [many] 
knyghtes  and  lordes,  and  after  cam  all  the  trumpetes  blohyng,  and 
then  cam  all  the  haroldes  in  a-ray ;  and  my  lord  of  Penbroke  [bare 
the]  the  quen(^s)  sword;  then  cam  here  Grace  onhorsbake,  [appa- 
relled] in  purpull  welvett  with  a  skarpe  «  abowt  her  neke,  and  [the 
serg]anttes  of  armes  abowt  here  grace ;  and  next  after  rod  [sir] 
Robart  Dudley  the  master  of  her  horse ;  and  so  the  gard  with  hal- 
bards.  [And]  ther  was  shyche  shutyng  of  gunes  as  never  was 
hard  a-for ;  so  to  the  towre,  with  all  the  nobuUes.  And  so  here 
Grace  lay  in  the  towre  unto  the  v  day  of  Dessember,  that  was  sant 
Necolas  evyn.  And  ther  was  in  serten  plasses  chylderyn  with 
speches  and  odur  places,  syngyng  and  playing  with  regalles. 

The  V  day  here  Grace  removyd  by  water  undur  the  bryge  unto 
Somersett  plase,  with  trumpetes  playng,  and  melody  and  joye  and 
comfortt  to  all  truw  Englys-men  and  women,  and  to  all  pepulle. 

»  a  scarf.     Fr.  ^scharpe. 


1558.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  181 

The  vij  day  of  Desember  was  bered  my  lade  Chamley,  the  wyfF 
of  ser  Roger  Chamley  knyght  and  late  lord  cheyfFe  barne^^  in  the 
parryche  of  sant  Marten^s  at  Ludgate ;  and  ther  was  iiij  branche 
tapers,  garnyshed  with  iiij  dosen  pensels  ;  and  the  howse  hangyd 
with  blake  and  armes,  and  the  strett  and  the  chyrche  with  blake 
and  armes  ;  and  ther  was  a  harold  of  armes;  and  ij  whyt  branchys, 
and  xxiiij  torchys,  and  mony  morners ;  and  the  morow  masse  and  a 
sermon,,  and  after  a  grett  dener  ;  and  she  had  iiij  baners  of  santtes.li 

The  viij  day  of  Desember  was  bered  at  the  Sayvoy  doctur 
Westun  sum-tyme  dene  of  Westmynster,  with  ij  dosen  torchys. 

The  vj  day  of  (December)  was  bered  in  the  west  contray  ser  An- 
tony Hongerford  knight,  with  standard,  penon,  cot,  elmett,  target, 
sword,  and  iiij  dosen  skochyons  of  armes,  and  no  harold  of  armes. 

[The  ix  day  of  December  was  buried  at  St.  PauPs  doctor  Ga- 
briel Dune]  prest,  with  ij  whyt  [branches 

tapurs,  and  the  pore  men  had  gownes. 

The  X  day  of  Desember  was  browth  do[wn  from]  her  chambur 
in-to  her  chapel  quen  Mare,  [with  all  the  heralds,]  and  lordes  and 
lades  and  gentyllmen  and  gentyllwomen,  [hir]  ofFesers  and  ser- 
vands,  all  in  blake,  with  {unfinished) 

The  sam  mornyng  my  lord  cardenall  was  [removed  from]  Lam- 
beth, and  cared  toward  Canturbery  with  grett  [company  in]  blake ; 
and  he  was  cared  in  a  charett  with  [banner-] roUes  wroth  c  with  fyne 
gold  and  grett  baners  [of  arms,]  and  iiij  baners  of  santes  in  owUo.  ^ 

The  ix  day  of  Desember  was  creatyd  at  Somersett  plasse,  wher 
the  quen('s)  grace  lys,  master  Rychmond^  Norroy,  and  Rysbanke^ 
creatyd  Bluw-mantyll. 

The  xij  of  Desember  was  bered  at  sant  Martens  at  Ludgat  ser 
Gorge  Harper  knyght,  with  ij  haroldes  of  armes,  with  ij  whyt 
branchys,  xij  torchys,  and  iiij  gret  tapurs ;  and  a  standard,  a  pennon, 
and  cote  armur,  target,  sword,  mantyll,  and  crest  a  gylt  bore,  &  and  v 

»  baron.  ^  saints.  *  wrought.  ••  oil.  «  Laurence  Dalton. 

^  John  HoUingworth.  8  boar. 


182  DIARY    OF    A  [1558. 

dosen  of  skochyons  of  armes,  and  mony  morners,  and  ther  had  xvj 
pore  men  had  gownes. 

The  xj  day  of  Desember  was  bered  with-in  the  Towre  master 
Verney^,  the  master  of  the  Juell-howse ;  and  he  gayflF  to  xij  pore 
men  good  gownes. 

The  [blank)  day  of  Desember  was  bered  in  sant  Edmonds  in 
Lumbarstret  my  lade  Wynddebanke,  late  of  Cales^a  with  ij  dosen 
of  skochyons  of  armes. 

[The  xiij  day  of  December,  the  corpse  of  the  late  Queen  was 
brought  from  St.  Jameses,  in  a  cha]rett,  with  the  pyctur  of 
emages  ^  lyke  [her  person],  adorned  with  cremesun  velvett  and  her 
crowne  on  her  hed,  her  septer  on  her  hand,  and  mony  goodly 
rynges  on  her  fyngers ;  up  the  he-way  [went]  formett  ^  [the]  stan- 
dard with  the  Faucon  and  [the  Hart]  ;  then  cam  a  grett  compene 
of  morners ;  and  after  anodur  godly  standard  of  the  Lyon  and  the 
Faucon ;  and  then  her  houshold  servandcvS,  ij  and  ij  together,  in 
blake  gownes,  [the]  haroldes  rydyng  to  and  fro  to  se  them  go  in 
order ;  and  after  cam  the  iij  standard  with  the  Whyt  Grahond  and 
the  Faucon ;  and  then  cam  gentyllmen  in  gownes,  morners ;  and 
then  cam  rydyng  sqwyrs,  bayryng  of  baners  of  armes  5  and  then 
cam  my  lord  marques  of  Wynchester  on  hors-bake,  bayryng  the 
baner  of  the  armes  of  England  in-brodered  with  gold ;  and  then 
cam  after  Chester  the  harold,  baryng  the  helm  and  the  crest  and 
mantyll ;  then  cam  master  Norroy,  bayryng  the  targett  with  the 
garter  and  the  crowne ;  and  then  cam  master  Clarenshus  bayreng 
the  sword ;  and  after  cam  Garter,  bayryng  her  cot-armur,  on 
hors-bake  they  all;  and  baners  borne  abowt  her,  with  knyghts, 
lords,  and  baners  a-bowt  the  corse;  with  iiij  harolds  bayryng 
on  horss-bake  iiij  whyt  baners  of  santes  wroth  <^  with  fyne 
gold,  master  Samersett,  master  Lanckostur,  master  Wyndsor,  and 
master  Yorke ;  and  then  cam  the  corse,  with  her  pyctur  lyung 
over  her,  and  the  corse  covered  with  cloth  of  gold,  the  crosse 

»  Calais.  **  A  painted  effigy.  *=  foremost.  ^  wrought. 


1558.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  183 

sylver,  and  then  cam  iij  (blank)  with  the  cheyff  morners  ;  and  then 
lades  rydyn^  alle  in  blake^  trapyd  to  the  grond  ;  and  the  charett  that 
the  quen  was  in  rode  the  pages  of  honor  with  baners  in  ther 
handes  ;  and  a-for  the  corse  her  chapell^  and  after  all  the  monkes, 
and  after  the  bysshopes  in  order ;  and  so  by  Charyng-crosse  to 
Westmynster  abay ;  and  at  the  grett  dore  of  the  chyrche  evere  * 
body  dyd  a-lykt^  of  ther  horse;  and  then  was  gentyll-men  rede*^  to 
take  the  quen  owt  of  her  charett,  and  so  erles  and  lordes  whent  a- 
for  her  grace  to  the  herse  ward,  with  her  pyctur  borne  betwyn  men 
of  worshype ;  and  at  the  cherche  dore  met  her  iiij  byshopes,  and 
the  abbott,  mytered,  in  copes,  and  sensyng'^  the  body;  and  so  she  lay 
all  nyght  under  the  herse,  and  her  grace  was  wachyd.  [And  there 
were  an  hundred  poor  men  in  good  black  gowns]  bayryng  longe 
torchys,  with  [hoods  on  their  heads,  and  arms]  on  them ;  and 
a-bowt  her  the  gard  bayryng  [staff-torches]  in  blake  cottes ;  and 
all  the  way  chandlers  [having]  torchys,  to  gyffe  them  that  had 
ther  torchys  [burnt  out]. 

The  xiiij  day  of  Desember  [was]  the  quen('s)  masse;  and  [all 
the  lords]  and  lades,  knyghtes  and  gentyll  women,  dyd  offer. 
[And  there  was]  a  man  of  armes  and  horse  offered ;  and  her  cot- 
armur,  and  sword,  and  targett,  and  baner  of  armes,  and  iij  [stan- 
dards] ;  and  all  the  haroldes  abowt  her ;  and  ther  my  lord  bys- 
shope  of  Wynchester  mad  the  sermon ;  and  ther  was  offered  cloth 
of  gold  and  welvet,  hoUe  pesses,  e  and  odur  thynges.  [After  the] 
masse  all  done,  her  grace  was  cared  up  [to  the  chapel]  the 
kyng  Henry  the  vij  byldyd,  with  bysshopes  [mitred ;]  and  all  the 
offesers  whent  to  the  grayffe,^  and  after  [they]  brake  ther  stayffes, 
and  cast  them  in-to  the  grayffe ;  in  the  mayn  tyme  the  pepull 
pluckt  [down]  the  cloth,  evere  ^  man  a  pesse&  that  cold  caycth  ^  [it,] 
rond  a-bowt  the  cherche,  and  the  armes.  And  after  [wards,]  my 
lord  bysshope  of  Yorke,  after  her  grace  was  [buried,]  he  declaryd 


*  every.  *»  alight.  «  ready.  d  incensing.  «  whole  pieces. 

'  grave.  n  piece.  »>  catch. 


184  DIARY    OF    A  [1558. 

an  colasyon/  and  as  sone  as  he  had  made  an  end^  all  the  trum- 
petes  bluw  a  blast,  and  so  the  cheyiF  morners  and  the  lords  and 
knyghtes,  and  the  bysshopes^  with  [the]  abbott^  whent  in-to  the 
abbay  to  dener,  and  all  the  ofFesers  of  the  quen('s)  cott.  b 

The  xvj  day  of  December  was  cared  in  a  charett  from  sant  Bay- 
thelmuw  the  grett  unto  Essex  to  be  bered,  with  baners  and  baner- 
rolles  abowt  her^  my  lade  Ryche,  and  so  to  the  plasse  wher  she 
dwelyd. 

The  xviij  day  of  Desember  was  [buried]  my  lade  Ryche,  the 
wyfF  of  the  lord  Ryche,  with  a  herse  of  v  prynsepalles  and  a  viij 
dosen  penselles  and  a  viij  dosen  skochyons  and  a  grett  baner  of 
my  lordes  and  my  lades  armes  and  iiij  baner  rolles,  and  iiij 
baner (s)  of  santtes ;  ^  and  grett  whytt  branchy s  and  vj  dosen  of 
torchys  ;  and  xxiiij  pore  men  had  gownes ;  and  the  morow  masse 
and  a  grett  dener^  and  ij  haroldes  and  mony  morners. 

[The  xxviij  day  of  December  the  late  bishop  of  Chichester  ^  was 
buried  at   Christchurch,   LondonJ      ....    skochyons^   and 

torchys,  and  xviij  stayfFe branche  tapers,  with  iiij 

dosen  penselles  and  iiij and  a  d^  ^  of  bok-eram, 

and  a  grett  baner  of  armes  [of  the  see]  of  Chechastur,  and  ys 
own  armes,  and  iiij  baners  of  [saints]  ;  master  Clarenshus  was  the 
harold  ;  and  v  bysshopes  dyd  offer  [at]  the  masse,  and  iij  songe 
masses  that  day,  and  after  a  grett  [dinner,]  and  xviij  pore  men 
had  rosett  gownes  of  frys. 

The  xxiij  day  of  Desember  was  the  obseque  at  Westmynster  [with 
the]  sam  herse  that  was  for  quen  Mare,  was  for  Charles  the  V., 
Emporowre  of  Rome,  was  durge,  and  the  morow  masse  with  .  . 
mornars  ^  and  (blank)  was  the  cheyfF  morner. 

The  (blank)  day  of  January  was  bered  in  the  ylle  of  Shepay  my 
lord  warden  of  the  v  porttes,  ^  and  master  tresorer  to  the  quen('s) 
howsse,  and  knyght  of  the  garter,  with  standard  and  a  grett  baner 
of  armes,  and  v  baner-rolles  of  armes,  and  iiij  baners  of  emages, 
and  a  iii  haroldes  of  armes,  and  a  herse  of  v  prynsepelles  of  wax, 

"  qu?  ^  court.  "  saints.  ^  John  Christophers  on. 

•^  a  half.  ^  Sir  Thomas  Cheney,  K.  C. 


1558-9.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  185 

V  dosen  of  penselles  and  a  x  dosen  of  skochyons  of  armes,  and  iiij 
whyt  branchys  and  a  dosen  of  torchys,  and  1.  pore  men  had 
gownesj  and  a  c.  and  a  d'  *  in  blake  gownes  and  cottes. 

The  ij  day  of  January  was  bered  mastores  Matsun,  the  wyfF  of 
capteyne  Mattsun,  the  wyche  she  mared  with  master  Shelley  of 
Sussex  was  her  furst  husbond  ;  with  ij  whyt  branchys  and  xij 
torchySj  and  iiij  grett  tapurs,  and  ij  baners  of  santtes,  and  ij  dosen 
of  skochyons  of  armes,  and  a  harold  of  armes. 

The  (blank)  day  of  January  was  bered  in  Kent  ser  John 
Baker  knyght^  and  master  of  (blank) ;  with  a  standard  and  a  cotte 
armur^  pennon  of  armes,  and  iiij  baners  of  santes  and  a  herse  of 
wax,  and  vii  dosen  penselles,  and  x  dosen  skochyons  and  a  (blank) 
dosen  of  torchys,  and  mony  morners  in  blake  gownes,  and  ij  gret 
whytt  branches,  and  a  harold  of  armes,  and  a  grett  doUe,  and 
after  a  grett  dener,  and  pore  men  had  gownes  and  ther  dener. 

.     .     .     .     Whyt-hall  ser Lee  ....     and  the 

althermen  all  in  skarlett. 

The  viij  day  of  January  was  bered  Edmund  ....  penter  ^ 
in  sant  Botulf  with-owt  Althergatt,  and  ther  the  masters  of  the 
Penter  s  in  ther  lever  ay,  with  ....  and  vj  sthayfFe  torchys  ; 
for  he  was  a  good  wor[kman]  as  any  ys,  the  wyche  he  retayned 
to  ^  master  Ga[rter]   .     .     . 

The  sam  day  was  creatyd  of  my  lorde  of  [Norfolk  a]  pursewantt, 
Bluwe  mantyll,  and  creatyd  Rychemund,^  [who]  cam  latt  over  the 
see  owt  of  Franche. 

The  (blank)  day  in  Crystynmas  weyke  they  begaiie  [to  build] 
skayfFold(s)  in  dyvers  plasses  in  London  for  pa[geants]  agaynst  the 
crounassyon  of  quen  Elesabetth,  that  [is  to  be  the]  xv  day  of 
January,  and  the  condut  nuw  paynted. 

The  viij  of  January  ded  ^  at  the  Grayffes-end  ^  Lankoster  the  ha- 
rold of  armes, «  the  wyche  ded  comm  home  from  the  berehyng  of 

*  a  half.  *»  painter.  "^  was  retained  by.  **  Nicholas  Narboone. 

^  died.  f  Gravesend.  ^  Nicholas  Tubman. 

CAMD.    SOC.  2    B 


186  DIARY    OF    A  [1558-9. 

ser  John  Baker  knyght,  and  bered  the  ix  day  of   January  at 
GrayfFes-end. 

The  xij  of  January  ded  ^  master  Grennell^^  my  lord  cardenalFs 
waxchandler,  at  sant  Gylles. 

The  xij  day  the  Qwen('s)  grace  toke  her  barge  at  Whytt-halle 
toward  the  Towre,  and  shott  the  bryge,  and  my  lord  mare  and 
the  althermen,  and  all  the  craftes,  in  barges  with  stremars  and 
baners  of  ther  armes. 

The  xiij  day  of  January  with-in  the  Towre  the  Quen  mad 
Knyghtes  of  the  Baythe  x. 

The  sam  day  was  creatyd  at  Crechyrche  at  my  lord  of  Nor- 
fFoke('s)  plasse  Cokes,*^  PerkoUys,  mad  Lanckostur  the  harold. 

[The  xiv  day  of  January  the  Queen  came  in  a  chariot  from]  the 
TowrCj,  with  all  the  lordes  and  ladies  [in  crimson]  velvet_,  and 
and  ther  horses  trapyd  with  the  sam,  and  [trumpeters  in]  red 
gownes  blohyng,  and  all  the  haroldes  in  ther  cottes  armur,  and  all 
the  strettes  stroyd  ^  with  gravell ;  and  at  Grasyus  strett  a  goodly 
pagantt  of  kyng  [Henry]  the  viij  and  quen  Ane  ys  wyfF  and  of 
ther  lenege,  and  in  Cornelle «  a-nodur  goodly  pagantt  of  kyng 
Henry  and  kyng  Edward  the  vjtii.;  and  be-syd  Soper  lane  in 
[Cheap  a]nodur  goodly  pagantt,  and  the  condyth  pentyd;  [and] 
at  the  lytylle  condutt  a-nodur  goodly  pagant  of  a  qwyke  tre  and  a 
ded,  and  the  quen  had  a  boke  gyffyn  her  ther;  and  ther  the 
recorder  of  London  and  the  chamburlayn  delevered  unto  the 
quen  a  purse  of  gold  fulle  to  the  waluw  of  {blankj ;  and  so  to  the 
Flett  strett  to  the  condyt,  and  ther  was  a-nodur  goodly  pagantt  of 
the  ij  chyrchys  ;  and  at  Tempylle  bare  was  ij  giett  gyanttes,  the 
one  name  was  Goott-magott  ^  a  Albaon  and  the  thodur  Co(rineus.) 

The  XV  day  was  the  crounasyon  of  quen  Elsabeth  at  Westmyn- 
ster  abbay,  and  theyr  all  the  trumpettes,  and  knyghtes,  and  lordes, 
and  haroldes  of  armes  in  ther  cotte  armurs;  and  after  all  they?  in  ther 

'  died.  ^  Greenhill.  •=  John  Cooke,  or  Cox. 

•*  strewed.  «  Cornhill.  '  Gogmagog.  «  So  in  MS. 


1558-9.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  187 

skarlett,  and  all  the  bysshopes  in  skarlett^  and  the  Quen,  and  all 
the  fottmen  waytyng  a-pone  the  quene,  to  Westmynster  hall ; 
ther  mett  all  the  byshoppes,  and  all  the  chapell  with  iij  crosses,  and 
in  ther  copes,  the  by  shops  mytered,  and  syngyng  Salve  festa  dyes ; 
and  all  the  strett  led  with  gravell,  and  bluw  cloth  unto  the  abbay, 
and  raylled  on  evere  syd,  and  so  to  the  abbay  to  masse,  and  ther 
her  grasse  was  crounyd  ;  and  evere  offeser  rede  *  against  she  shuld 
go  to  dener  to  Westmynster  hall,  and  evere  offeser  to  take  ys  ofFes 
at  serves  a-pone  ther  landes ;  and  my  lord  mare  and  the  alther- 
men. 

[The  day  of  January  was  buried  at  saint  Giles's  with-] 

owt  Crepull-gatt  master  Thomas  Grennell, with  iiij 

gylt  candyllstykes  and  iiij  grett  tapurs,  ....  whyt  branchys 
and  xvj  stayiFe  torchys,  and  the  [company  of]  the  Wax-chandlers; 
and  he  gayff  to  the  ys  compene  [for  to]  make  mere  ^  (blank) ;  and 
ther  was  the  compene  of  Flechers  at  ys  berehyng,  and  all  they  dyd 
offer  .  .  .  they  had  iiij  nobuls  to  make  mere  ^  at  the  S[un  ?  in] 
CrepuUgatt ;  and,  after  mase  done,  ther  was  a  grett  dener  and  soper 
at  ys  owne  howsse. 

The  xvj  day  of  [January]  was  gret  justes  at  the  tylt-[yard],  iiij 
chalengers,  the  duke  of  Northfoke  and  [unfinished) 

The  xvij  day  of  January  was  tornayhyng  at  the  barears  ^  at  Why  t- 
halle. 

The  xviij  day  of  January  whent  to  berehyng  ser  Olever  Laurans 
knyght,  with  standard,  cote  armur,  and  penon  of  armes,  elmett, 
target,  sword,  and  mantylle ;  and  v  dosen  of  skochyons. 

The  XX  day  of  January  was  set  up  for  doctur  Koke  of  the  Arches, 
in  the  parryche  of  sant  Gregores  be-syd  PowUes,  a  cott-armur 
and  a  pennon  of  armes,  and  ij  baners  of  santtes. 

The  iiij  day  of  Feybruary  was  cared  in  a  charett  with  vj  baner- 
rolles,  and  a-for  a  grett  baner  of  armes,  and  iiij  baners  of  santtes, 
alle  in  owUe,  e  and  thos  iiij  borne  by  iiij  haroldes  of  armes  in  ther 

a  ready.  ^  merry.  «=  merry.  •*  barriers.  «  oil. 


188  DIARY    OF    A  [1558-9. 

cott  armurs,  with  a  vij'^^  horsse,  toward  Bassyng  to  be  bered  ther ; 
and  ther  was  a  goodly  herse  of  wax  ;  my  lade  marques  of  Wyn- 
chester  was  the  lade ;  and  at  evere  towne  had  money  and  torchys^ 
master  Garter^  master  Somersett,  master  Rychmond,  master 
Lanckoster,  and  Bluwmantyll,  and  viij  dosen  penselles  and  viij 
dosen  of  skochyons. 

of  armes  and  iij  dosen  of  skochyons. 

The  vj  day  of  Feybruary  went  to  the  chyrche  to  be  bered  at 
Clarkenwell  ser  Thomas  Pope  knyght,  with  a  standard  and  cott, 
pennon  of  armes,  a  targett,  elmett  and  sword,  and  a  ij  dosen  of 
armes,  and  xij  for  the  branchys  and  vj  for  the  ....  of  boke- 
ram;  and  ij  haroldes  of  armes,  master  Clarenshus  and  master 
Yorke ;  master  Clarenshus  bare  the  cott,  and  master  Yorke  bare 
the  helmett  and  crest.  And  he  gayiF  xl  mantyll  frys  gownes,  xx 
men  and  xx  women ;  and  xx  men  bare  torchys  ;  and  the  vomen  ij 
and  ij  to-gether,  with  torchys  ;  and  ij  grett  whyt  branchys,  and 
iiij  branchys  tapurs  of  wax  garnysshed  with  armes,  and  with  iiij 
dosen  pensels.  And  ser  Recherd  Sowthwell  knyght  and  ser  Tho- 
mas Stradlyng,  and  dyver  odur  morners  in  blake,  to  the  nomber 
of  Ix  and  mo  in  blake,  and  all  the  howsse  and  the  chyrche  with 
blake  and  armes  ;  and  after  to  the  plasse  to  drynke,  with  spysse- 
bredandwyne;  and  the  morow  masse,  iij  songe,  ....  with 
ij  pryke  songe,  and  the  iij  of  requiem,  with  the  clarkes  of  London  ; 
and  after  he  was  bered ;  and,  that  done,  to  the  plasse  to  dener, 
for  ther  was  a  grett  dener,  and  plente  of  all  thynges,  and  a  grett 
dolle  of  money. 

The  vij  day  of  Feybruary  was  bered  my  lade  marques  of  Wyn- 
chester  at  Bassyng ;  and  ther  was  a  herse  of  wax,  and  viij  dosen 
penselles,  and  armes,  and  skochyons,  and  garnyshed  with  angelles 
and  archangells  and  with  baner-rolles,  and  a  x  dosen  skochyons ; 
and  ther  was  grett  cher  mad,  *  and  a  grett  dolle,  boyth  money  and 
mett  and  drynke,  and  a  grett  dener,  fysshe  and  flesse,  and  venesun. 

'  cheer  made. 


1558-9.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  189 

The  viij  day  (of)  Feybruary  dyd  pryche  a-for  the  quen,  wyche 
was  Aswedynsday,  doctur  Kokes  sumtyme  dene  of  Westmynster. 
The  Fry  day  dyd  pryche  after  master  Parker  a-for  the  quen. 
The  Sunday  after  dyd  pryche  master  Skore.a 
The  Wedynsday  after  dyd  pryche  Whythede. 
The  Fryday  after  dyd  pryche  a-for  the  quen  (blank) 
The  Sunday  after  dyd  pryche  a-for  the  quen  (blank) 

The  xviij  of  Feybruary  and  the  xx  [a  man  stood  in  the]  pelere^ 
with  a  coler  c  of  smeltes  a-bowtt  ys  neke  [who  had  bought  the] 
smeltes  of  the  quen(^s)  prysse  ^  in  Chepe,  and  sold  them  at  ys 
vantege  a-monge  the  fys-wyfFes,  and  ther  the  pelere  sett  aganst 
cherche. 

The  xxij  day  of  Feybruary  was  the  obseque  of  .  .  .  Pottnam 
sqwyre,  with  cote  armur  and  pennon  of  armes  and  a  iiij  dosen  of 
skochyons. 

The  xvij  day  of  Feybruary  was  a  herse  of  wax  [erected]  gor- 
gyously,  with  armes,  a  ix  dosen  penselles  and  armes,  [for  the]  old 
lade  contes  of  Oxford,  the  syster  to  the  old  Thomas  [duke  of] 
NorfFoke,  at  Lambeth. 

The  XX  day  of  Feybruary  was  the  sam  herse  wa[s  taken]  done, 
the  wyche  was  v  prynsepalles,  and  was  never  .     .     . 

The  xxj  day  of  Feybruary  my  lade  ^  was  browth  *"  in-to  Lambethe 
chyrche  for  s  the  qwer  and  dobull  reylyd,  and  hangyd  with  blake 
and  armes ;  and  she  had  iiij  goodly  whyt  branchys  and  ij  dosen  of 
grett  stayfFes  torchys,  and  ij  haroldes  of  armes,  master  Garter  and 
master  Clarenshus,  in  ther  cotte  armur s ;  a-for  a  grett  baner  of 
armes,  and  iiij  baners  rolles,  and  iiij  baners  of  santtes  ;  and  then 
cam  the  corsse,  and  after  morners  ;  the  chyfF  morner  was  my  lade 
chamberlen  Haward,  and  dyvers  odur  of  men  (and)  women ;  and 


*  Scory.  •*  pillory.  «  collar. 

•*  prise,  i.  e.  as  taken  for  the  royal  household  by  pre-emption.  ^  lady. 

^  brought.  B  before  ? 


190  DIARY    OF    A  [1558-9. 

after  durge  done  to  the  dukes  plasse ;  and  the  morow,  masse  of 
requiem  done,  my  lade  was  bered  a-for  the  he  awtter.^ 

The  xxiij  day  dyd  pryche  afor  the  quen  Gryndalle. 

The  XXV  day  of  Feybruary  dyd  pryche  Sandes. 

The  (blank)  dyd  pryche  doctur  Kokes. 

[The  .     .  day]  of  Feybruary  was  bered hylle 

master  Elthestun  sqwyre^  with  ij  whyt  branchys  and  .  ,  .  stayffe 
torchys  and  iiij  grett  tapurs,  and  ij  dosen  skochyons. 

The  xxiij  day  of  Feybruary  was  bered  at  Alder 

my  lady  Roche,  the  wyfF  of  ser  Wylliam  Roche  draper,  latte  mare 
of  London  ;  and  he  was  bered  at  santt  Peters  Powre  be-syd  frere 
Augustynes. 

The  X  day  Marche  *  was  a  goodly  herse  of  wax  set  up  for  my 
old  lade  of  Oxford  at  Lambeth. 

The  xij  day  of  Marche  *  was  the  sam  hers  was  taken  downe 
the  day  a-for  she  was  browth  ^  to  the  chyrche,  the  wyche  was  as 
goodly  hers  of  v  prynsepalles  as  has  bene  sene,  with  armes  and 
penselles. 

The  XV  day  of  March  *  was  my  lade  the  contes  of  Oxford  was 
browthe  ^  to  the  cherche  at  Lambeth,  with  ij  harordes  of  armes, 
master  Garter  and  master  Clarenshux,  in  ther  cot  armurs,  a-for 
the  cors  a  grett  baner  of  armes,  and  iiij  baners  of  santtes,  and  iiij 
baner-roUes  of  armes  borne  a-bowtt  her  and  iiij  grett  whyt 
branchys  and  ij  dosen  grett  long  stayifes  torchys  borne  by  her  sar- 
vandes  in ;  and  my  lade  Haward  cheyffe  morner,  and  money  in 
blake,  and  the  quwere  was  hangyd  with  Ix  .  .  .  with  armes  and 
raylles  a-bowt  with  blake  and  armes  ;  and  the  morow  masse  with 
small  chere  after-ward,  butt  evere  man  a  .     .     . 


»  high  altar.  ^  brought.  •=  brought. 

*  It  will  he  observed  these  paragraphs  are  repetitions  of  those  in  the  preceding 
page:  and,  as  the  dates  {printed  in  italics)  were  filled  in  subsequently  to  their  being 
written,  the  former  dates  are  probably  to  be  preferred. 


1558-9.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  191 

The  xxj  day  of  Marche  was  bered  at  [Chenies,  in]  Bukyng- 

hamshyre  my  old  contes  of  Bedford of  armes  and  a 

grett  baner  of  armes  and  a  v  [banner-]  rolles  of  her  progene  ^  and 
vii  dosen  of  skochyons  .  .  .  .  vj  of  sarsenett,  and  iiij  dosen  of 
grett  stayfFe  torchys. 

The  xxj  of  Marche  the  quen('s)  master  cokes  and  odur  her 
ofFesers,  and  at  Mylle-end  ther  they  dynyd,  [with]  all  maner  of 
mett  and  drynke  ;  and  ther  was  all  maner  of  artelere,  as  drumes, 
flutes,  trumpetes,  gones,  mores  pykes^  halbardes,  to  the  nomber  of 
V  C. ;  the  gonners  in  shurtes  of  may  lie  and  ....  pykes  in 
bryght  harnes,  and  mony  swardes  and  v  grett  pesses  of  gones  and 
shot  in  .  .  .  the  wyche  dyd  myche  hurt  unto  glass  wy  [ndows ;] 
and  cam  a  grett  gyant  danssyng,  and  after  [that  a]  mores  dansse 
dansyng,  and  gones  and  mor[es  pikes]  ;  and  after  cam  a  cart  with 
a  grett  wyth^  and  ij  [bears  ?]  with-in  the  cartt,  and  be-syd  whent 
a  gret  .  .  .  .of  grett  mastes  ;  c  and  then  cam  the  master  cokes 
rydyng  in  cottes  in  brodere,  and  chynes  of  gold,  and  mony  of  the 
quenf  s)  servandes  in  ther  levery,  to  the  cowrt,  and  ther  they  shott 
ther  pesses/  and  with-in  the  parke  was  ij  C.  chamburs  gret  and 
smalle  shot,  and  the  Quen(^s)  grace  standyn  in  the  galere ;  and  so 
evere  man  whent  in-to  the  parke,  showhyng  them  in  batell  ray, 
shutyng  and  playhyng  at  bowt  the  parke ;  and  a-for  the  quen  was 
on  of  bayres  ^  was  bated,  and  after  the  mores  dansers  whent  in-to 
the  cowrt,  dansyng  in  mony  offeses.^ 

The  xxiij  day  of  Marche  was  bered  at  sant  tellens  ^  ser  John 
Sentlow  knyght,  with  ij  haroldes  of  armes,  master  Clarenshux 
and  master  Somerset,  with  standard  and  penon,  and  cott  and  el- 
met,  target  and  sword,  but  iiodur  crosse  nor  prest,  nor  clarkes,  but 
a  sermon  and  after  a  salme  of  Davyd ;  and  ij  dosen  of  skochyons  of 
armes. 


»  i.  e.  ancestors.  "  whip  ?  •=   mastiffs  ?  ^  pieces. 

«  one  of  the  bears.  ^  i.  e.  many  of  the  offices  of  the  house,  as  the  kitchen, 

ewery,  &c.  «  St.  Helen's. 


192  DIARY    OF    A  [1558-9. 

The  (blank)  day  of  Marche  ser  Antony  [Saint  Leger,  knight  of 
the]  garter^  latte  deputte  of  Yrland,  was  bered  in  Kentt^  with  a 
standard,  a  grett  baner  of  armes,  [helmet J  crest^  target,  and 
swordj  and  vj  dosen  of  skochyons ;  [and  two]  harold(s)  of  armes, 
master  Garter  and  master  Lankestur,  and  (unfinished) 

The  viij  day  (of)  Marche  ded  «  my  lade  ys  wyfFe,  and  was  bered 
at  (blank). 

The  xvj  day  of  Marche  was  bered  in  Northamt[onshire]  ser 
Thomas  Tressam,  lord  of  sant  Jones,^  with  iiij  baner  rolles  and  a 
grett  baner  of  armes,  and  a  standard,  elmett,  targett  and  sword,  and 
cott  armur ;  and  a  viij  dosen  of  [scocheons],  and  a  iiij  dosen  of 
torchys  and  iiij  dosen  penselles,  and  [ij]  whyt  branchys,  and  mony 
morners  in  blake,  and  ij  haroldes  of  armes,  master  Clarenshux  and 
master  Somersett. 

The  xxvij  day  of  Marche  dyd  pryche  at  sant  Mare  Spyttyl 
doctur  Bylle  the  quen('s)  amner.^ 

The  xxviij  day  of  Marche,  the  wyche  was  Ester-tuwysday, 
doctur  Cokes  sum-tyme  dene  of  Westmynster  dyd  pryche. 

The  xxix  day  of  Marche  dyd  pryche  at  sant  Mare  Spyttyll 
master  Home,  parsun  sum-tyme  at  Allalows  in  Bredstrett. 

The  ij  day  of  Aprell  dyd  pryche  at  Powlles  crosse  master  Sam- 
sun. 

The  furst  day  of  Aprell  ther  was  at  Westmynster  a  desputyng 
shuld  a  bene  be  the  bysshopes  and  the  nuw  prychers,  and  ther 
they  pute  in  a  {blank)  agaynst  Monday,  after  that  the  bysshopes 
shuld  gyif  a  an(s)wer  of  the  sam. 

The  iij  day  of  Aprell  the  bysshopes  and  the  nuw  prychers  mett 
at  the  abbay  a-for  my  lord  keper  of  the  brod  seylle,  and  dyvers 
of  the  consell,  and  ther  to  gyff  a  answer  of  the  matter ;  the  sam 
nyght,  my  lord  bysshope  of  Wynchester  and  my  lord  of  Lynkolne 
was  send  ^  to  the  towre  of  London  by  the  gard  by  water,  to  the  Old 
Swane,  and  to  Belynsgatt  after. 

»  died.  ^  John's.  '^  almoner.  **  sent. 


1559.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  193 

The  vj  day  of  Aprell  was  bered  at  [saint  Clement's]  withowt 
Tempyll-bare  my  lade  Gray,*  the  [wife  of  sir  John]  Gray,  and  the 

wyfF  was  of  master  Walsyngham, with  ij  whyt 

branchys  and  iiij  grett  tapurs,  and  fo[ur]  staff-] torchys,  and  ij 
dosenand  d'^  of  skochyons  of  armes  .  .  .  masse  and  or^^  com- 
munyon. 

The  vij  day  of  Aprell  was  browth  ^  unto  [saint  Thomas]  of  Acurs 
in  Chepe  from  lytyll  sant  Barthellmuw  [in]  Lothbere  masteres 

.  .  .  .  ,  and  ther  was  a  gret  compene  of  pepuU,  ij  and  ij  to- 
gether, and  nodur^  prest  norclarke,  the  nuw  prychers  in  ther  gowne 
lyke  ley  [-men,]  nodur  ^  syngyng  nor  sayhyng  tyll  they  cam  [to  the 
grave,]  and  a- for  she  was  pute  into  the  grayff  a  [collect]  in 
Englys,  and  then  put  in-to  the  grayff,  and  after  [took  some] 
hey  the  *"  and  caste  yt  on  the  corse,  and  red  a  thynge  ...  for 
the  sam,  and  contenent  &  cast  the  heth  ^  in-to  the  [grave],  and  con- 
tenentff  red  the  pystyll  of  sant  Poll  to  the  Stesselonyans^  \hQ  (blanks 
chapter,^  and  after  thay  song  pater-noster  in  Englys,boyth  prychers 
and  odur,  and  [women,]  of  a  nuw  fassyon,  and  after  on  of  them 
whent  in-to  the  pulpytt  and  mad  a  sermon. 

The  viij  day  of  Aprell  ther  was  a  proclamasion  of  pesse^  be- 
twyne  the  Quene('s)  grace  and  Hare  ^  the  French  kyng,  and  Dol- 
phyn  the  kyng  of  Skottes,  for  ever,  boyth  by  water  and  land  ;  and 
ther  was  vj  trumpeters  and  v  haroldes  of  armes,  master  Garter 
and  master  Clarenshux,  proclamyd  yt,  and  Lankoster,  Ruge  Crosse, 
and  Bluwmantyll,  and  my  lord  mayre  and  all  the  althermen  in 
skarlett ;  and  Bluw-mantyll  dyd  proclaymyd  that  no  players  shuld 
play  no  more  tyll  a  serten  tyme  of  no  mans  players ;  but  the  mare 
or  shreyfF,  balle,^  constabuU,  or  odur  ofFesers  take  them,  lay  them 
in  presun,  and  the  quen('s)  commondement  layd  on  them. 

*  This  name  should  be  Carey  :  the  mother  of  the  great  Walsingham, 
b  half.        *=  So  in  MS.        ^  brought.        «  neither.        '  earth.         »  incontinently. 
^  Strype  supposes  the  1  Thessalonians,  iv.  13  ;  unless  Thessalonians  be  an  error  for 
Corinthians,  as  now  in  the  Common  Prayer  Book.  ^  peace. 

^  Harry.  '  bailiff. 

CAMD.  SOC.  2    C 


194  DIARY    OF    A  [1559. 

The  ix  day  of  Aprell  dyd  pryche  at  Powlles  crosse  doctur 
Bylle  the  quenfs)  awmer/  and  declaryd  warfor^  the  byshopes 
whent  to  the  Towre. 

[The  xij  day  of  April  was  brought  from  Clerkenwell  unto] 
Blake-frers  in  Smyth-feld  with  ij  haroldes  of  armes,  master 
Clarenshux  and  master  Somersett,  ser  Richard  ^  Monsfeld  knyght, 
with  ij  gret  whyt  branchys,  .  .  .  ij  dosen  torchys  and  iiij 
gylt  candyll-stykes  and  iiij  grett  tapurs,  and  the  plasse  and  the 
frers  hunge  with  blake  and  armes ;  and  xxiiij  prestes  and  clarkes 
[prayers]  all  Laten,  and  durge  wher  he  ded/  and  wher  he  was 
bered  ;  and  ther  was  a  standard  and  a  penon  of  armes,  and  a  cott 
armur,  and  elmett,  target  and  sword,  and  the[re  were]  iiij  baners 
of  santtes,  and  a  xviij  men  morners  in  blake  gownes  and  xx  in 
blake  cottes ;  and  after  to  the  plasse  to  drynke,  and  the  morow 
masses  in  all  the  chyrches,  and  then  after  ys  standard,  cotte, 
elmet,  target,  [and  sword]  offered  up;  and  after  all  done  to  the 
plasse  to  dener  j  and  avij  dosen  skochyons  of  armes  to  be  bere[d]. 
The  xiij  day  whent  to  the  Towere  master  Adelston,  captain  of 
Rysse-banke,  a  hold  of  Cales. 

The  vij  day  was  chosen  at  Yeld-halle  a-for  my  lord  mayre  and 
the  masters  the  althermen,  and  all  the  comm(on)ers  of  the  cete^e 
and  the  craftes  of  London,  the  masters  of  the  bryghows,  master 
Wylliam  Draper,  yrmonger,  and  master  Assyngton,  lether-seller. 

The  (blank)  day  cam  from  Franse  my  lord  chamburlayn  Haward 
and  my  lord  bysshope  of  EUy  and  master  doctur  Wotton,  and 
(wnfinished) 

The  xiij  day  of  Aprell  ther  cam  unto  Brydewell  dyvers  gentyll- 
men,  and  ruffelars,  and  servyngmen,  and  ther  they  begane  a 
tymult  and  or^  fray,  that  the  constabuUes  and  altherman  deputte 
cam  to  se  the  pesse  &  kepte,  but  thay  wold  have  serten  women  owt 
of  the  bryd-welle,  and  ther  thay  druw  ther  swordes  and  be-gane 
myche  besenes. 

*  almoner.  •*  wherefore.  *^  Rice  ^  died.  «  city, 

f  So  in  MS.  S  peace. 


1559.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  195 

ye  Tempull,  and  ix 

dener,  and  ther  dynyd  the  consell  and  dyvers  notabyll  .... 
and  juges,  and  my  lord  mayre  and  the  althermen^  and  the  [officers 
of  the]  Chansseres  ^  and  the  Flett,  and  the  Kyngesbynshe,  and  the 
Marshalsea ;  [and  they]  gayfF  gownes  of  ij  coUers,  morreys  and 
mustars^  and  .  .  .  ij  collers  .  .  .  hondered ;  and  at  v 
of  cloke  at  after-non  [the  new]  serganttes^  whent  unto  sant  Thomas 
of  Acurs  in  a  ...  gowne  and  skarlette  hodes  a-bowt  ther 
nekes,  and  whyt  [hoods  on]  ther  hedes,  and  no  capes  f  and  after 
they  whent  unto  Pow[les  with]  typstayfFes  and  ofFesers  of  the 
Kyngbynche,  and  odur  plasses,  and  [they  were]  browth  ^  be  ij  old 
serganttes,  one  after  a-nodur  in  skarlett  ...  of  north  syd, 
and  ther  thay  stod  tyll  thay  had  brou[th  them]  unto  ix  sondre 
pellers  ^  of  the  north  syd,  and  after  the  .  .  .  cam  unto  the 
furst,  and  after  to  the  reseduu ;  and  thay  whe[nt  back]  unto  the 
TempuU  on  a-lone/  and  a-for  whent  the  .  .  .  and  the  rulers 
and  the  Chansere  and  of  the  Kyngbynche  [ij  and  ij  to]gether5  and 
after  cam  a  hondered  in  parte  &  cottes  of         .         .         . 

The  XX  day  of  Aprell  ther  was  a  grett  fray  in  .  .  .  be-twyn 
V  and  vj  at  nyght^  betwyn  servyng  men  and  .  .  Flett-strett ; 
ther  was  one  ix  bones  taken  out  of  ys  ►  ,  .  and  a-nodur  had 
ys  nosse  cutt  off. 

The  {blank)  day  of  Aprell  was  browth^  from  the  Towre  unto 
Westmynster  Hall  to  be  reynyd^^  my  lord  Wentworth,  last  depute 
of  Calles,  for  the  lossyng  of  Calles  ;  and  ther  wher  serten  of  ys 
a-cussars  ;  but  he  quytt  hym-seylff,  thanke  be  God,  and  clen  de- 
levered,  and  whent  in-to  Wytyngtun  colege,  and  ther  he  lys. 

[The  xxiij  day  of  April,  being  saint  George's  day,  the  Queen 
went  about  the  hall,  and  all  the  knights  of  the]  Garter  that  [went 
singing  in  proces]syon,  and  a-bowt  the  cowrt ;  the  sam  day  at  after 

»  Chancery.  ^  Compare  these  ceremonies  with  those  on  a  like  occasion  in  1552, 

at  p.  26.  *=  caps.  ^  brought.  «  pillars.  ^  i.  e.  one  by  one. 

K  parti-.  •»  brought.  '  arraigijed. 


196  DIARY    OF    A  [1559. 

[noon  were]  knyghtes  electyd  of  the  Garter  the  duke  of  Norfok, 
the  marques  of  Northamtun,  the  erle  of  Rutland,  and  my  lord 
Robard  Dudley,  the  master  of  the  quen('s)  horse. 

The  XXV  day  of  Aprell  was  prossessyon,  the  wyche  was  [saint 
Mark's]  day,  in  dyvers  parryche  in  London,  whent  with  ther 
baners  a[broad  in]  ther  parryche,  syngynge  in  Laten  Kerelyson 
after  the  old  fassyon. 

The  xxviij  day  of  Aprell  ther  was  a  man  sett  on  the  pelere  * 
[for]  lewd  wordes  and  slanderers  wordes. 

The  XXV  day  of  April,^  was  sant  Markes  day,  the  Quen('s)  grace 
supt  at  Beynard  castyll  at  my  lord  of  Penproke('s)  p[lace,]  and 
after  supper  the  Quen('s)  grace  rowed  up  and  downe  Temes,  and 
[a]  C.  bottes<^  at  bowte  here  grace,  with  trumpettes  and  drumes  and 
flutes  and  gones,  and  sqwybes  horlyng  on  he  ^  to  and  fro,  tyll  x  at 
nyght,  or  her  grace  depertyd,  and  all  the  water- syd  st  .  .  .  with 
a  M.  pepull  lokyng  one  here  grace. 

The  furst  day  of  May  ther  was  ij  pennys  ^  was  dekyd  with 
stremars,  baners,  and  flages,  and  trumpetes  and  drumes  and  gones, 
gahyng  a  Mayng,^  and  a-ganst  the  Gluen('s)  plasse  at  Westmyn- 
ster,  and  ther  they  shott  and  thruw  eges  &  and  oregns  ^  on  a-gaynst 
a-nodur,  and  with  sqwybes,  and  by  chanse  on  fell  on  a  bage  of 
gune-powdur  and  sett  dyvers  men  a^fyre,  and  so  the  men  drue  to 
on  syd  of  the  penus,^  and  yt  dyd  over-swelmed  the  pennus,  and 
mony  fell  in  the  Temes,  butt,  thanke  be  God,  ther  was  but  on 
man  drownyd,  and  a  C.  bottes^  abowtt  here,  and  the  Quen(*s) 
grace  and  her  lordes  and  lades  lokyng  out  of  wyndows ;  thys  was 
done  by  ix  of  the  cloke  on  May  evyn  last. 

The  xxix  day  of  Aprell  at  Dowgatt  in  London  ther  was  a  mayd 
dwelling  with  master  Cotyngham,  on  of  the  quen(^s)  pulters  ;^  the 
mayd  putt  in-to  a  pott  of  [blank)  serten  powyssun  ^  and  browth  ™ 
them  unto  her  mastores,  and  to  iiij  of  her  servandes,  and  they  dyd 

»  pillory.  ''  Marche  in  MS.  '^  boats.  ^  high. 

•  pinnaces.  '  going  a  Maying.  *  eggs.  ^  oranges. 

»  boats.  ^  poulterers.  '  poison.  ""  brought. 


1559.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  19? 

ett  them  ;  and  as  sone  as  they  had  ett  them  thay  be-gane  to  swell 
and  to  vomett  peteusle ;  and  ther  cam  a  good  woman  causyd  to 
be  feychyd  serten  doUe  of  salett  owylle  a  to  drynke^  and  thanke 
be  to  God  they  be-gayne  to  mend  and  never  one  ded  ^  of  ytt. 

and  servandes,  and  ther  herers  c  nay  led  to  the  pe^lory,]  .  .  was 
thes  ij  persunes  have  dullysly  ^  gyfFen  poyssun  [to  their]  mastores 
and  ther  howshold,  and  ether  of  them  ij  handes  cute  off. 

The  X  day  of  May  the  parlementwas  endyd,  [and  the]  Gluen(^s) 
grace  whent  to  the  parliament  howsse. 

The  xj  day  of  May  the  sam  fellow  and  the  [maid]  was  sett  on 
the  pelere  a-gayne,  and  ther  thodur  ®  handes  cut  off  for  the  sam 
offens. 

The  xij  day  of  May  be-gane  theEnglys  [service]  in  the  quen('s) 
chapell. 

The  XV  day  of  May  dyd  pryche  at  Powlles  [cross]  master 
Gryndalle,  and  ther  was  the  quens  consell,  the  duke  of  Norfoke, 
my  lord  keper  of  the  seylle^  and  my  lord  of  Arundell,  my  lord 
treysorer,  my  lord  marques  of  Northamtun,  my  lord  admerall,  my 
lord  of  Sussex,  my  lord  of  Westmorland,  my  lord  of  Rutland,  and 
mony  mo  lordes  and  knyghtes,  my  lord  mare  and  the  althermen ; 
and  after  sermon  done  they  whent  to  my  lord  mayre  to  dener, 
and  my  lord  Russell. 

The  xxj  day  of  May  dyd  pryche  at  Powlles  crosse  master 
Home,  and  ther  was  my  lord  mayre  and  the  althermen  and  mony 
juges  and  sergantes  of  the  law,  and  a  grett  nombur  of  pepuU  to  the 
nombur  [blank) 

The  xxiij  day  of  May  cam  from  be-yonde  the  see  out  of  France 
and  Ian  dyd  at  Towr-warff,  and  cam  thrugh  London,  and  unto  my 
lord  bysshope  of  London  docthur  Benard,^  monser  Memeranse  ^ 
ij  sunes,^  and  .  .  .  unto  ys  palles  ^  to  ly ;  and  mony  lord(s) 
and  nobull  men  browth  ^  them  to  their  logying. 


"oil. 

b  died. 

«  ears. 

«»  devilishly. 

*  other. 

^  Bonner. 

i  Montmorenci. 

•'  sons. 

'  palace. 

^  brought. 

198  DIARY    OF    A  [1559. 


attes  and  mony  mo  for  serten  Frenche-men. 

The  xxiiij  day  of  May  the  inbassadurs  the  Frenche  [were] 
browth  *  from  the  byshope('s)  palles^  by  land  thrugh  Flet-street 
[unto]  the  quen*s  pales  ^  to  soper,  by  the  most  nobuU  men  ther 
was  a-bowt  the  cowrt,  and  ther  was  the  hall  and  the  [privy] 
chambur  and  the  grett  chambur  of  pressens  ^  hangyd  with  ryche 
clothes  of  arres,  as  ever  was  sene,  and  the  cloth  [of]  state  boyth 
hall  and  grett  chamburs,  and  they  had  as  [great]  chere  at  soper, 
and  after  a  bankett  as  goodly  as  has  be  [en  seen,]  with  all  maner 
musyke  tyll  mydnyght,  for  they  wher  {unfinished) 

The  XXV  day  they  wher  browt  to  the  cowrt  with  musyke  to 
dener,  for  ther  was  gret  cher ;  and  after  dener  to  b[ear]  and  bull 
baytyngj  and  the  Quen('s)  grace  and  the  embassadurs  stod  in  the 
galere  lokyng  of  the  pastym  tyll  vj  at  nyght ;  and  after  they  whent 
by  water  unto  PowU  wharif,  and  landyd,  and  contenent  ^  unto  ther 
logyng  to  the  byshope  of  London (^s)  to  soper,  for  ther  wher  gorgyus 
aparell  as  has  bene  sen  in  thes  days. 

The  xxvj  day  of  May  they  whent  from  the  byshope  (^s)  howsse  to 
Powlles  warfF,  and  toke  barge,  and  so  to  Parys  garden,  for  ther 
was  boyth  «  bare  and  bull  baytyng,  and  the  capten  with  a  C.  of 
the  gard  to  kepe  rowm  for  them  to  see  ^  the  baytyng. 

The  sam  day  was  a  proclamassyon  of  v  of  the  actes ;  on  was 
for  {unfinished) 

The  thursday  the  xxv  day  of  May  master  John  Whyt  alther- 
man  and  grocer  ys  chyld  was  cristened  in  lytyll  sant  Barthelmuw 
be-syd  sant  Antonys  ;  thes  wher  the  god-fathers'  names,  my  lord 
marques  of  Wynchester  now  lord  tresorer  of  England,  and  my 
lord  byshope  of  Wynchester  docthur  Whytt,  and  the  god-moder 
my  lade  Laxtun,  lat  the  wyfFe  of  ser  Wylliam  Laxtun  latt  mare 
of  London  and  grocer;  and  after  ther  was  waferers  &  and  epocras 
grett  plente  ;  and  after  they  whent  home  to  the  plasse,  with  the 

*  brought.  *•  palace.  ''■  presence.  ^  incontinently. 

«  both.  ^  MS.  sed.  k  wafers. 


1559.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  199 

chyld  nam(ed)  John  Whytt;   the  wyche  wyff  was  master  RafF 
Grenway  altherman  and  grocer  of  London  wyff. 

[The  xxviij  day  of  May 

bishojpryke  of  yt  by  quen   Mare,  [for  that  he  had]  a  wyff,  and 
odur  maters  that  he  was  fayn  to     .     .     . 

The  sam  day  the  inbassadurs  of  France  whent  [away,]  and 
toke  barge  toward  Grayffhend  ^  and  they  had  ....  gyftes 
gyffyne  them,  and  they  cared  money  mastiffs  [with]  them  for  the 
wolf,  and  {unfinished) 

The  xxj  day  of  May  was  bered  at  sant  [Andrew's]  in  the 
Warderobe  mastores  Boswell,  the  wyff  [of  ...  ]  Boswell 
clarke  of  the  wardes,  with  ij  whytt  branchys  .  .  ,  the  wyche  she 
ded  b  with  chyld,  and  a  dosen  and  {unfinished) 

The  XXX  day  of  May  was  mared  «=  in  the  parryche  of  sant  An- 
drews in  the  Warderobe,  master  Mathuw,  draper,  unto  the  dow- 
ther  of  master  Wylliam  Blakwell,  towne-clarke  of  [London  ?]  the 
mornyng ;  and  they  wher  mared  in  Laten,  and  masse,  and  after 
masse  they  had  a  bryd  cupe  and  waffers  and  epocras  and  musk- 
adyll  plente  to  hevere  ^  body  ;  and  after  unto  master  Blakwell(*s) 
plasse  to  bryke-fast,  and  after  a  grett  dener. 

The  ij  day  of  Juin  was  bered  at  lytyll  sant  Baythelmuwes  my 
lade  Barnes,  the  wyff  of  ser  George  Barnes,  knyght,  and  late 
mare  of  London ;  and  she  gayff  to  pore  men  and  powre  women 
good  rosett  gownes  a  {blank),  and  she  gayffe  to  the  powre  men 
and  women  of  Calles  {blank)  a-pesse,^  and  she  gayff  a  C.  blake 
gownes  and  cottes  ;  and  ther  she  had  penon  of  amies,  and  master 
Clarenshux  kyng  of  armes,  and  ther  was  a  xx  clarkes  syngyng 
afor  her  to  the  chyrche  with  blake  and  armes  ;  and  after  master 
Home  mad  a  sermon,  and  after  the  clarkes  song  Te  Deum 
laudamus  in  Englys,  and  after  bered  with  a  songe,  and  a-for  songe 
the  Englys  pressessyon,  and  after  to  the  place  to  dener;  ser 
Wylliam  Garrett  cheyff  morner,  and  master  Altham  and  master 

*  Gravesend.  •>  died.  '^  married. 

^  every.  '  a  piece. 


200  DIARY    OF    A  [1559. 

Chamburlayn,  and  her  sunes  and  doythurs ;    ther  was  a  nobull 
dener. 

[The  vj  day  of  June  saint  George's  feast  was  kept  at  Windsor ;] 
the  yerle  of  Pembroke  was  the  [Queen^s  substitute,]  lord  Monty- 
cutt  and  my  lord  of  .  .  .  .  ;  ther  was  stallyd  at  that  tyme 
the  duke  of  [Norfolk] ,  my  lord  marques  of  Northamtun,  and  the 
yerle  of  [Rutland] ,  and  my  lord  Robart  Dudley  the  master  of  the 
quen('s)  horse,  nuw  mad  knyghtes  of  the  Garter,  and  ther  was  gret 
[feasting]  ther,  and  ther  be-gane  the  comunion  that  day  and 
Englys. 

The  xxix  day  of  May  was  depreved  of  ys  byshopepryke  of 
London  doctur  Boner,  and  in  ys  plasse  master  Gryndall ;  and 
[No well]  electyd  dene  of  Po wiles,  and  the  old  dene  depreved,  mas- 
ter [Cole]. 

The  xj  day  of  June  dyd  pryche  at  Powlles  master  [Sandys] , 
and  ther  was  my  lorde  mayre  and  the  althermen,  and  my  lord  of 
Bedford,  and  with  dyvers  odur  nobull  men  ;  and  postuUes  a  masse 
mad  an  end  that  day,  and  masse  a.'  Powlles  was  non  that  day,  and 
the  new  dene  toke  possessyon  that  was  afore,  by  my  lord  of  Bed- 
ford, and  thys  was  on  sant  Barnabe  day ;  and  the  sam  nyght 
thay  had  no  evyng-song  at  Powlles. 

The  sam  nyght  abowtt  viij  of  the  cloke  at  nyght  the  Quen('s) 
grace  toke  her  barge  at  Whyt  hall,  and  mony  mo  barges,  and  rod 
a-longe  by  the  banke-syd  by  my  lord  of  Wynchaster('s)  place,  and 
so  to  Peper  alley,  and  so  crost  over  to  London  syd  with  drumes 
and  trumpetes  playhyng  ard  ^  be-syd,  and  so  to  Whyt  hall  agayne 
to  her  palles.<^ 

The  xviij  day  of  June  dyd  pryche  at  Powlles  crosse  docthur 
Juell,  and  ther  was  my  lord  mare  and  the  althermen  and  master 
comtroUer  of  the  quens  howse  ser  Edward  Rogers,  and  mony  mo, 
boyth  men  and  women. 

The  xxj  day  of  June  was  v  bysshopes  deprevyd,  the  bysshope 
of  Lychfeld  and  Coventre,^  and  the  bysshope  of  Carley,^  the 
•  Apostles.      ''  hard.       *^  palace.      ^  Ralph  Bayne.       *  Carlisle.,  Owen  Oglethorpe. 


1559.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  201 

bysshope  of  Westchester,*  the  bysshope  of  Landafifh,'*  and  the 
bysshope  of  (  ). 

The  xxiij  day  of  June  was  electyd  vj  nuw  byshopes,  com  from 
beyond  the  see,  master  Parker  bysshope  of  Canturbere,  master 
Gryndall  bysshope  of  London,  docthur  Score  bysshope  of  Har- 
fford.  Barlow  Chechastur,  doctur  Bylle  of  Salysbere,  doctur  Cokes 
(of)  Norwyche. 

The  xxiiij  day  of  June  ther  was  a  May-game,  .         and  sant 

John  Sacerys,^  with  a  gyant,  and  drumes  and  gunes  [and  the]  ix 
wordes  d,  with  spechys,  and  a  goodly  pagant  with  a  quen  c  .  . 
and  dyvers  odur,  with  spechys;  and  then  sant  Gorge  and  the 
dragon,  the  mores  dansse,  and  after  Robyn  Hode  and  lytyll  John, 
and  M[aid  Marian]  and  frere  Tuke,  and  thay  had  spechys  rond 
a-bowt  London. 

The  XXV  day  of  June  the  sam  May-gam  whent  unto  [the  palace?] 
at  Grenwyche,  playng  a-for  the  Quen  and  the  consell,  and  the 
.     thay  whent  by  land,  and  cam  (back  by  water  ?) 

The  sam  day  at  afternone  was  bered,  at  sant  Fayth,  Dokeray,^ 
docthur  of  the  law,  with  ij  grett  whyt  branchys,  .  .  .  grett  stayfF 
torchys,  and  iiij  grett  tapurs,  and  a  dosen  and  d^  ^  [of  scocheons,] 
and  mony  morners ;  and  the  morow  a  grett  dener. 

The  xxvj  day  of  June  was  bered  in  the  sam  parryche  [mistress] 
Gybbons  a  doctur  of  the  law(^s)  wyfF,  the  wyche  she  ded  in     .     . 
and  she  had  ij  grett  whyt  branchys  and  xij  torchys  and  iiij      .     . 
tapurs  and  ij  lb.  tapurs,  and  viij  women  bare  here  all  in     .     .     . 
and  the  branchys  and  the  torchys,  and  ther  was  a  sarmon,  and 
mony  morners,  and  a  dosen  of  armes,  and  a  grett  dener. 

The  sam  day  was  deprevyd  of  ther  bysshoprykes  the  hysshope 
of  Wynchesturs  and  the  bysshope  of  Lynckolne**  at  master 
Hawse  the  kyng(\s)  shreyfF  in  Mynsyon  lane,  and  the  bysshope  of 
Wynchester  s  to  the  Towre  agayne,  and  the  bysshope  of  Lync- 
koine  ^  delevered  a- way. 

•  Cuthbert  Scot.         »»  Anthony  Kitchin.         '  Zachary's.  ••  the  Nine  Worthies. 

*  Docwra.  '  an  half.  g  John  White.  ^  Thomas  Watson. 

CAMD.    SOC.  2  D 


202  DIARY   OP   A  [1559. 

The  furst  day  of  July  all  the  craftes  of  London  send^ovvta 
(blank)  men  of  armes,  as  well  be-sene  as  ever  was  when  owt  of 
London,  boyth  waffelersb  in  cott  of  velvet  and  cheynes,  with  gunes, 
mores-pykes,  and  halbardes,  and  flages,  and  in-to  the  duke  of 
Suffoke(^s)  parke  in  Sowthwarke,  and  ther  they  mustered  a-for 
my  lord  mayre ;  and  ther  was  a  howsse  for  bred  and  dryng/  to 
gyiFe  the  sawgyarsd  to  ett  and  drynke,  and  they  then  after  thay  lay 
and  mustered  in  sant  Gorges  iFeld  tyll  x  of  the  cloke.  [The  next 
morning  they  removed  towards  Greenwich  to  the  court  there,  and 
thence  into  Greenwich  park,  where  they  tarried]  tyll  viij  of  the 
cloke,  and  then  thay  [marched]  to  the  lawne,  and  ther  thay  mus- 
tered in  harnes,  [and  the  gunners]  in  shurttes  of  maylle,  and  at  v 
of  the  cloke  at  nyght  the  Quen  [came]  in  to  the  galere  of  the 
parke  gatt,  and  the  inbassadurs  and  lordes  [and  ladies,  to  a]  grett 
nombur,  and  my  lord  marques,  and  my  lord  admerall,  and  my 
[lord  Robert  Dudley,  and]  dyvers  mo  lordes  and  knyghtes,  and 
they  rod  to  and  fro  [to  view  them,  and]  to  sett  the  ij  batelles  in 
a-ray ;  and  after  cam  trumpeters  bluwing  [on]  boyth  partes,  and 
the  drumes  and  fluttes ;  and  iij  ansettes  ^  in  evere  bat[elle]  ;  so 
thay  marchyd  forward,  and  so  the  gunes  shott  and  the  mores- 
pykes  [en]  contered  to-gether  with  gratt  larum,  and  after  reculyd 
bake  [again] ;  after  the  towne  army  lost  ther  pykes  and  ther  gunes 
and  bylle  .  .  rely,  and  contenent^  they  wher  sturyd  with  a-larum; 
and  so  evere  man  toke  to  ther  weypons  agayne ;  by  and  by  the 
trumpetes  and  the  drumes  and  gones  playd,  and  shott,  and  so  they 
whent  to-gether  as  fast  as  they  could.  Al  thys  wyll  the  Quenfs) 
grace  and  the  inbasadurs  and  the  lordes  and  lades  be-held  the 
skymychsyng;^  and  after  they  reculyd  bake  agayn;  and  after 
master  chamburlayn  and  dyvers  of  the  commenars^  and  the  wyf- 
felers  cam  to  the  Quen,  and  ther  the  Quen(^s)  grace  thankyd  them 
hartely,  and  all  the  cette;^  and  contenent^  ther  was  the  grettest 

■  sent.  •>  whifflers.  "  drink.  ^  soldiers. 

•  onsets.  ^  incontinently.  ^  skirmishing.  •"  commons  (of  the  city). 

'  city.  k  incontinently. 


1559.]  RESIDENT    IN    LQNDON.  20S 

showtt  that  ever  was  hard,  and  hurlyng  up  of  capes/  that  her 
grace  was  so  mere,^  for  ther  was  a-buyfF  ^  lyk  M  pepull  besyd 
the  men  that  mustered ;  and  after  ther  was  runyng  at  the  tyltt, 
and  after  evere  [man]  home  to  London  and  odur  plasses. 

The  iij  day  of  July  was  cared  to  be  bered  unto  [blank)  on  master 
Sadler,  latt  altherman  and  draper,  and  the  chyrche  hangyd  with 
blake,  and  with  ys  armes,  and  a  sarmon,  and  a  iij  dosen  of 
skochyons. 

The  iij  day  of  July  (the)  Quene(^s)  grace  toke  her  barge  at 
Grenwyche  unto  Wolwyche  to  her  nuw  shype,  and  ther  yt  was 
namyd  Elesabeth  Jon  [as,]  and  after  here  grace  had  a  goodly 
bankett,  and  ther  was  grett  shutyng  d  of  gunes  and  castyng  of  fyre 
a-bowt  mad^  for  plesur. 

The  V  day  of  July  was  deposyd  of  ther  byshopeprykes  the 
archebyshope  of  Yorke  doctur  Heth,  and  the  bysshope  of  Ely 
docthur  Thurlbe,  at  my  lord  treysorer('s)  plasse  at  Frers  Augustyne. 

The  vij  day  of  July,  was  sant  Thomas  of  Cantebere  day,  my 
good  lord  of  Wynchastur  doctur  Whytt  came  owt  of  the  Towre, 
with  the  leyftenantt  ser  Edward  Warner,  by  vj  in  mornyng,  and 
so  to  my  lord  keper  of  the  brod  selle,  and  from  thens  unto  master 
Whyt,  John,^  altherman,  and  ther  he  lys. 

[The  X  day  of  July  was  set  up  in  Greenwich  park  a  goodly] 
bankett[ing-house  made  with  fir]  powlles,  and  deckyd  with  byrche 
and  all  maner  [of  flowers]  of  the  feld  and  gardennes,  as  roses, 
gelevors,^  [lavender,  marygolds,]  and  all  maner  of  strowhyng 
erbes  ^  and  flowrs.  [There  were  also]  tentes  for  kechens  and  for 
all  offesers  agaynst  [the  morrow,]  with  wyne,  alle,  and  here. 

The  xj  day  of  July  ther  was  mad  a  plasse  [for  the  queen^s] 
pensyoners  to  rune  with-owt  ^  a  tyltt  with  spayrers>  [There  were 
three]  chalengers,my  lord  of  Urmon,^  and  ser  John  Paratt,and  mas- 
ter [North],  and  ther  wher  {blank)  defFenders  boyth  with  spares  ^ 
and  sw[ords.]  Abowt  v  of  the  cloke  at  after-non  the  Quen('s)  grace 

»  caps.         **  merry.         ^  above.         "^  shooting.         «  made.         ^  Thomas  ? 

K  gilliflowers.         *■  herbs  used  for  strewing  chambers.         '  So  in  MS. 

•*  spears.  '  Ormond.  '"  spears. 


204  DIARY    OF    A  [1559. 

[camej  and  the  inbassadurs,  and  dyver  lordes  and  lades  stode  [over 
the]  gatt  for  to  se  ;  and  after  thay  rane  one  chassy[ng  the  other], 
and  after  the  Gluen('s)  grace  cam  down  in- to  the  parke  [and]  toke 
her  horse,  and  rod  up  to  the  bankett  howse,  [with]  the  inbassadurs 
and  the  lordes  and  lades,  and  so  to  soper  [and]  a  maske,  and  after 
a  grett  bankett,  and  after  grett  castyng  [of  fire]  and  shutyng  of 
gunes  tyll  xij  at  nyght. 

The  xij  day  of  June  fsic)  the  frers  of  Grenwyche  whent  away. 

The  xiij  »  day  of  July  whent  the  frers  blake  in  Smythfeld  went 
a-way. 

The  iiij  day  of  July,  the  Thursday,  the  prests  and  nuns  of  Syon 
whent  a-way,  and  the  Charter-howsse. 

The  abbott  of  Westmynster  and  the  monkes  was  reprevyd.  b 

The  XX  day  of  July  kyng  Phelype  was  mared  ^  unto  the  Frenche 
kyng('s)  dowthur,  and  grett  justes  mad  ther,  and  the  Frenche 
kyng  dyd  just,  and  ther  he  had  on  of  ys  ees  stryken  owtt  with  a 
spyld'^  of  a  spayre,  that  he  ded  of  the  stroke,  by  one  {blank). 

The  xvj  day  dyd  pryche  at  PowUes  crosse  (blank) 

The  xviij  day  of  July  the  vesetars  ^  satt  at  the  [bishop]  of 
London  palles. 

The  xvij  day  of  July  the  Gluen('s)  grace  removyd  from  Gren- 
wyche of  her  prograsse  unto  Darford  in  Kent ;  so  the  next  day 
removyd  unto  Cobham,  my  lord  Cobham('s)  plasse,  and  ther  her 
grace  had  grett  chere. 

The  XX  day  of  July  the  good  old  the  bysshope  of  D[urham^  cam 
rydyng  to  London  with  iij*^  hors,  and  so  to  Sowth[wark]  unto  mas- 
ter Dolman  ('s)  howsse,  a  talowchandler,  and  ther  he  lys  aganst 
the  chene  gatte. « 

The  (blank)  day  of  July  a  haburdassher,  dwellyng  a-ganst  sant 
Johnf  s)  bed  at  Ludgatt,  dyd  kyll  hym-seylff. 

The  sam  day  a  mayd  dwellyng  in  Colmanstrett  dyd  cutt  her 

•  The  MS.  indistinct ;  perhaps  xvj.  •»  The  writer  probably  meant  deprived. 

'  married.         ^  splinter.     '  visitors.  '  Cuthbert  Tunstall.        s^  chain  gate. 


1559.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  205 

thrott  a-pesse,*  and  after  she  lepyd  in-to  a  welle  and  drownyd  yr 
seyllff. 

The  XXV  day  of  July,  was  sant  James  day,  the  warden  of  Wyn- 
chaster  and  odur  docturs  and  prestes  wher  delevered  owt  of  the 
towre,  and  masselsay,^  and  odur. 

The  sam  nyght  was  the  Mersers'  super,  and  ther  supyd  my  lord 
mare  and  my  lord  treysorer  and  dyvers  of  the  consell  and  dyvers 
althermen,  and  ther  was  chossen  the  shreyfF  for  the  quen  master 
Logee,  <^  altherman  and  groser,  for  the  yere  to  cume  and  nowe. 

The  xxvj  day  of  July  cam  tydynges  in-to  London  the  yonge 
Frenche  kyng  has  proclamyd  ym-seyllfF  kyng  of  Skottland  and 
England  and  Franse  and  [unfinished)  ..... 

and  the  morow  a  grett  dener  .  .  .  chylderyn  of  the  hospe- 
talle,  and  a-for  and  after         .  .         unyalles,  and  ther  was 

a  goodly  compene  of 

The  xxviij  day  of  July  cam  home  [sir  Thomas  Chamber]  from 
Whytchyrche  and  be-syd  Wynchaster  at  nyght  [parson  of  the 
Trinity  at]  Quen-heyfF,  ^  and  agaynst  the  Blake  Bull  [he  met] 
a  yonge  man  servand  unto  the  woman  that  owr  [parson]  delt 
nowghtly^  with  ys  masteres  the  Fryday  a[forc,  and  the]  sayd  yonge 

man  haskyd  ym  ^  why  that  he  dyd  or so  evyll,  and 

so  thay  changyd  a  blow  or  ij,  [and  by]  chanse  ser  Thomas  Cham- 
bur  hyt  ym  on  .  .  with  a  botell  that  he  browths  from  Wy[n- 
chester,]  and  the  sam  nyght  the  parsun  was  had  to  the  [counter,] 
and  ther  lay  fryday  at  nyght,  saterday,  so[nday,  and]  monday 
tyll  iiij  at  after-none,  and  ther  wher  serten  of  the  oiFesers  of  Bryd- 
well  feychyd  [him]  from  the  conter  in  Wodstrett,  and  so  cared 
hym  [to  Bride]  well  a-for  master  Grafton,  master  Hakworth,  and 
master  Sy[monds,  and]  mony  mo  masturs  of  Bry dwell,  and  ther 
was  .  .  .  and  dyvers  men  of  Trenete  parryche  and  women; 
and  he  sayd  that  he  wold  not  tare^  longe,  and  desyred  them  to  gett 

■  I.  e.  slightly.  ^  Marshalsea.  "^  Lodge.  '^  Queenhithe. 

«  naughtily.  '  asked  him.  «  brought.  ^  tarry. 


206  DIARY    OF    A  [1559. 

a-nodur  prest  to  serif  ys  turne,  for  he  wold  nott  tarre,  for  he  wold 
gett  a-nodur  serves  as  sune  as  he  cold  gette,  but  or  he  whent  h  . 

The  V  day  of  August  the  Quen(^s)  grace  removyd  from  Eltham 
unto  Non-shyche,  my  lord  of  Arundell('s),  and  ther  her  grace  had 
as  gret  cher  evere  «  nyght^  and  bankettes  ;  but  the  sonday  at  nyght 
my  lord  of  Arundell('s)  howse  ^  mad  her  a  grett  bankett  at  ys  cost, 
the  wyche  kyng  Henry  the  viij  byldyd,  c  as  ever  was  sene,  for 
soper,  bankett,  and  maske,  with  drumes  and  flutes,  and  all  the 
mysyke  that  cold  be,  tyll  mydnyght ;  and  as  for  chere  has  nott 
bene  sene  nor  hard.  [On  monday]  the  Gluen('s)  grace  stod  at  her 
standyng  [in  the  further  park,]  and  ther  was  corse  ^  after ;  and  at 
nyght  the  Quen  ....  and  a  play  of  the  chylderyn  of  Po wiles 
and  ther  master  Se[bastian],  master  Phelypes,  and  master  Hay- 
wod,  and  after  a  grett  bankett  as  [ever  was  s[ene,  with  drumes  and 
flutes,  and  the  goodly  banketts  [of  dishes]  costely  as  ever  was 
sene  and  gyldyd,  tyll  iij  in  mornyng ;  and  ther  was  skallyng  e  of 

yonge  lordes  and  knyghtes  of  the 

My  lord  of  Arundell  gayffe  to  the  Quen(^s)  grace  a  cubard  of  platt. 
The  X  day  of  August,  the  wyche  was  sant  Laurans  day,  the 
Quen('s)  grace  removyd  from  Non-shyche  unto  Hamtun  cowrte. 

The  sam  day  was  browth  ^  to  the  Towre  Sthrangwys,  the  rover 
of  the  see,  and  serten  odur. 

The  xj  day  of  August  the  vesetars?  satt  at  PowUes,  master  doc- 
thur  Home,  and  master  [blank )  and  master  (blank),  apon  master 
Harpfeld,  and  master  Harpfeld  ^^  and  dyvers  odur. 

The  xiij  day  of  August  dyd  pryche  at  Powlles  crosse  the  bys- 
shope  of  Harford,  Skore.i 

The  xiiij  day  of  August  landyd  at  the  Bryghowsse  a  iiij''^  rovers 
and  mareners  that  was  taken  with  Strangwys,  and  send  ^  unto  the 
masselsay  ^  and  to  the  kynges  bynche,  and  ther  trumpeter,  and  as 
sone  as  thay  cold  make  hast  put  on  fetters  on  ther  leges  for  ther 
off'ensys. 

*  every,  ^  i.  e.  the  officers  of  his  household.  •=  i.  e.  the  house. 

^  a  course.  ^  qu  ?  ^  brought.  ^  visitors. 

^  So  in  MS.  *  John  Scory.  "  sent.  '  Marshalsea. 


1559.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  20? 


pesse  over  chargyd  at  master  Hyksun  .....  and  one  of 
ys  servand  dyd  fyre  yt  that  was  .  .  .  and  yt  hytt  brust  in 
pesseSj  and  on  pesse  yt  .  .  .  and  smott  on  of  ys  leg  a-way 
by  the  .  .  .  smott  a  pesse  of  the  calfF  of  ys  lege  a-way  .  .  . 
of  the  pesse  fluw  over  Temes  a-pon  the  .  .  and  in  dyvers 
plases. 

The  XV  day  of  August  the  Quen(^s)  grace  returned  from  Ham- 
tun  cowrte  unto  (...)  my  lord  [admiral's]  place  ;  and  ther 
her»  had  grett  cher5for  my  lord  [admiral]  byldyd  a  goodly  bankett- 
howsse  for  her  grace  ;  [it  was]  gyldyd  rychely  and  pentyd,  for  he 
kept  a  gret  [many]  of  penters*'  a  grett  wylle  in  the  contrey. 

The  XX  day  of  August^  was  sonday,  ther  was  sarmon  at  Powlles 
crosse ;  ys  name  was  {blank)  ;  and  ther  was  a  menester  dyd  pe- 
nans  for  themarehyng^  of  a  sertenn  cupulle  that  was  mared  a-fore 
tyme. 

The  xxj  day  of  August  dyd  the  veseturs  ^  sat  at  sant  Brydes, 
doctur  Home  and  ij  more,  for  ij  churche- wardens  and  ij  more 
wher  sworne  to  bryng  a  truw  envetore  ®  of  the  chyrche. 

The  xxij  day  of  August  the  vesaturs  sat  at  sant  Larens  in  the 
Jure,  docthur  Home  and  mo  veseturs. 

The  xxiij  day  of  August  the  veseturs  sat  at  santt  Myghell  in 
Cornell  f  lyke-wysse  for  the  chyrche  gudes.s 

[The  xxiiij  day  of  August,  the  lord]  mare  and  the  althermen 
and  the  [sheriffs?  w]her  at  the  wrastelyng  at  Clarke-in-w[ell, 
and  it  was  the]  fayre  day  of  thynges  kept  in  Smyth-feld,  [being] 
sant  Bathellmuw  (day),  and  the  same  day  my  lord  [mayor] 
came  home  thrugh  Chepe,  and  a-gaynst  Yrmonger  [lane]  and 
a-gaynst  sant  Thomas  of  Acurs  ij  gret  [bonfires]  of  rodes  ^^  and  of 
Mares  and  Johns  and  odur  emages,  ther  thay  wher  bornyd  with 
gret  wondur. 

The  xxvij  day  of  August  ther  was  a  tentt  sett  up  at  Fynsbere 

•  So  in  MS.  ^  painters.  '^  marrying.  **  visitors.  «^  inventory, 

f  Cornhill.  k  goods.  ■»  roods. 


208  DIARY    OF    A  [1559. 

for  my  lord  mare  and  the  enbassadurs  and  the  masters  the  alther- 
men,  and  mony  commenars,  and  ther  was  the  shutyng  of  the  stan- 
dard for  the  best  gune,  and  dyvers  odur  dyd  shut  a  for  odur  games, 
after  the  wyche  was  .  .  to  be  wrastelyng — Bathellmuw  day  and 
iij  sondays  after. 

The  xxix  day  of  August  was  the  Marchand-tayller(s^)  fest,  for 
thay  had  a  xxx  bukes,^  be-syd  al  odur  mettes.c 

The  xxx  day  of  August  was  bered,  in  sant  Thomas  apostylle, 
captayn  Matsun,  with  xx  clarkes  syngyng,  and  armes  a-bowtt  hym, 
and  bered  in  the  qwyre. 

The  sam  tym  afterward  was  bered  in  the  body  of  the  chyrche 
master  Allen,  nuw  electyd  bysshope  of  Rochaster,  with  a  fuw 
clarkes  syngyng,  and  ther  dyd  pryche  for  hym  master  Huntyngtun 
the  prycher — the  wyche  he  had  a  wyf  and  viij  chylderyn. 

The  XX  . .  day  of  August  ded  at  Non-shyche  ser  Thomas  Garden 
knyght,  devyser  of  all  bankettes  and  bankett-howses,  and  the 
master  of  reyvelles  ^  and  serjant  of  the  tenttes. 

The  tyme  afor  Bathellmuwtyd  and  after  was  all  the  rodes  ^  and 
Mares  (  and)  John,  and  mony  odur  of  the  chyrche  gudes,^  bowths 
copes,  crosses,  sensors,h  alter-clothes,  rod  clothes,  bokes,^  baners, 
bokes,  and  baner-stays,  waynskott,  with  myche  odur  gayre,J  abowt, 

London 

.  [and  the  xxv  day  of  August,  at  saint  Botulph's] 
with-owt  Bysshyope-gatt  the  rod.  Mare  and  John  [patron  of  that] 
chyrche,  and  bokes  ^ ;  and  ther  was  a  felow  within  the  chyrche 
[wall]  mad  a  sermon  at  the  bornyng  of  the  chyrche  goodes  .  .  . 
thruw  in  serten  bokes  in-to  the  fyre,  and  ther  thay  [took  away 
the]  crosse  of  wod  that  stod  in  the  chyrche-yerde,  of  master  .  .  . 
cost,  a  tawhear  ^  of  skynnes. 

The  iij  day  of  September  dyd  pryche  at  PowUes  on  Makebray, 
a  Skott. 

The  V  day  of  September  was  bered  at  [Bletchingley]  ser  Thomas 

»  shoot.  **  bucks.  *=  meats.  ^  revels.  *  roods.  ^  goods. 

f  both.  ^  censers.  '  books.  J  gear.  ''  books.  '  tawer. 


1559.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  209 

Karden  knyght,  with  a  standard  and  ....  of  armes  and 
a  cot  of  armes,  a  helmet,  targat,  ....  with  the  mantylls 
and  crest,  and  a  iij  dosen  of  skochyons  of  armes,  the  wyche  he 

had  mony  goodly  ofFeses  in 

The  sam  day  at  non  »  was  shytt  a  thornderyng  b  [as]  was  never 
hard  a-for  the  tyme,  for  with  a  clap  at  Alalowes  in  Bred  strett  yt 
kyld  a  water  span  [iel]  at  the  chyrche  syde,  and  fellyd  a  man  on  of 
the  bedman*^  of  the  Salters,ys  nam  ys  Hare^  (blank) ^-dxid.  sexten  of 
the  sam  chyrche,  and  more-over  yt  crakyd  the  stepull  a-boyfe  the 
batelment  all  of  stone,  that  sum  of  ( it )  fluw  owtt  in  pesses,  that 
mony  pepuU  resortyd  theder  to  se  that  marvels  thrugh-owt  London. 
I  pray  God  help  !  Thys  was  done  be(tween)  xij  and  on^  the  v  day 
of  September.     At  myd-day  at  non  at  Tottenam-he^-crosse  was  ij 


The  vj  day  of  September  the  nuwe  bysshope  of  London  and 
dyver  odur  {unfinished) 

The  xvj  day  of  September  was  (the)  rode  and  Mare  and  John  and 
sant  Mangnus  bornyd  at  the  corner  of  Fystreet,  and  other  thynges. 

[The  V  day  of  September  was  a  frame  set  up  for  the  French 
king  deceased,  in]  Powlles  qwyre,  of  ix  storys,  and  [with  a]  valens 
of  sarsenetes  and  blake  fyne  fryng,  [and  pensils,  and]  rond  a-bowt 
the  hers  a  pesse  of  welvett ;  [all  the]  viij  pellers  and  all  the  quer 
hangyd  with  blake  and  [arms ;  and]  the  herse  garnyshed  with  xxx 
dosen  penselles  and  xv  dosen  [of  arms]. 

The  viij  day  of  September  at  after-none  [was]  the  obseque  of 
Henry  the  Frenche  kyng,  the  herse  garnyshed  with  grett  skochyons 
of  armes  bosted  ^  with  grett  crown es,  and  all  under  ther  fett  ^  with 
blake,  and  a  grett  palle  of  cloth  of  gold,  and  ys  helmett  and 
mantyll  of  cloth  of  gold  and  cott  armur,  targett  and  sworde,  and 
crest,  and  angy[d^  all]  the  quer  with  blake  and  armes,  and  my 
lord  tresorer  the  cheyfF  [mourner] ,  and  next  my  lord  chamburlen, 

•  noon.  ''  such  a  thundering.  <=  headmen.  **  Harry.  •  one. 

'  high.         f  rood.         •*  Probably  emhossed  with  needlework,  the  scocheons  usually 
being  painted  only.  ^  Under  the  mourners'  feet.  ^  hanged, 

CAMD.  SOC.  2    £ 


210  DIARY    OF   A  [1559. 

my  lord  of  Burgany^  my  lord  of  Hunsdon,  and  my  lord  Cobam, 
my  lord  Dacurs  of  the  Sowth,  and  my  lord  Pallett,  ser  Recherd 
Sakefeld^*  and  ser  Edward  Warner,  and  mony  mo  morners  all  in 
blake ;  and  contenent  ^  songe  durge,  and  a  xiiij  haroldes  of  armes 
in  ther  cott  armur  afor  the  lordes,  and  after  to  the  bysshope('s) 
palles  to  drynke. 

The  ix  day  (of  September)  a-fore  none  thay  cam  to  the  chyrclie 
from  the  byshope  palles,  the  haroldes  a-for  them,  master  Garter, 
master  Clarenshux,  master  Norrey,  master  Somersett,  master 
Chaster,  master  Rechmond,  master  Yorke,  master  Wyndsor, 
master  Lanckostur,  and  Ruge-crosse,  Ruge-dragon,  Bluw-mantyll, 
PerkuUys,  and  ther  thay  had  serves ;  my  lord  of  Canturbere  the 
meny[ster  ?],  the  bysshope  Harford,  Skore,^  dyd  pryche,  and  the 
bysshope  Barlow,  thes  iij  had  blake  gownes  and  grett  hodes  lynyd 
with  sylke,  and  drestes'  capes  ;d  and  after  all  done  to  (the  bis- 
hop's) plasse  to  dener,  for  ther  was  offesers  of  the  quen('s)  howsse, 
of  evere  ofFes^  sum,  for  ther  was  grett  chere. 

The  vj  day  of  September  was  bered  in  sant  Edmondes  in  Lum- 
berdstrett  on  master  Day,  the  cheyfFe  chaffer  of  wax  unto  my  lord 
chanseler  of  England. 

.     .     .     master a  xxiiij  clarkes  syngyng 

to  the  chyrche ;  [the  mourners]  ser  Wylliam  Chastur,  draper  and 
altherman,  and  master  (blank)  and  master  (blank)  serjant  of  the 
coyffe,  and  master  Berre  draper  [with]  odur  in  blake  to  the 
nomber  of  xl  gownes  ...  he  gayffe  to  xij  men  and  xij 
women  xxiiij  gownes  .  .  .  dyd  pryche  bysshop  Barlow;  all 
the  chyrche  and  the  [street]  was  hangyd  with  blake  with  armes ; 
and  master  Clarenshux  sett  them  in  order,  and  the  morrow  after  a 
grett     .     .     .     with  iij  dosen  of  skochyons  and  d'  ^  of  bokeram. 

The  X  day  of  September  dyd  pryche  at  PowUes  [cross]  Torner, 
and  ther  was  my  lord  mayre  and  the  [aldermen],  and  grett 
audyens  of  pepull  boyth  of  the  cowrt,  [city,  and  country.] 

•  Sackvillc.        ^  incontinently.        •=  Scory.        ^  caps.         *  oflSce.        '  a  half. 


1559.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  211 

The  xij  day  of  September  was  bered  at  sant  Martens  [at]  the 
Welles  withij  bokettesa  (blank)  a  barber-surgan,  with  clarkes  syng- 
yng  and  a  Ix  chylderyn,  xxx  boys  and  xxx  wemen  [-children],  and 
evere  chyld  had  ij  d.  a  pesse. 

The  XV  day  of  September  ther  was  a  car-man  that  cared 
wod  unto  serten  men,  and  he  sold  sum  by  the  way,  and  when  that 
he  cam  to  tell  the  bellets  he  told  them  that  he  wold  a  savyd^  the 
nombur  of  the  belettes,  but  he  was  spyed,  and  so  the  bellets  was 
told  over  agane,  and  so  he  was  cared  to  the  contur  tyll  fryday  the 
market  day,  and  then  he  was  fechyd  owt  and  sett  on  hors-bake, 
ys  fasse  to  the  hors  taylle,  with  ij  belettes  a-for  hym  and  ij 
behynd  ys  (back)  rond  abowtt  London  (to)  ys  dwellyng. 

The  sam  day  was  the  Frenche  kyng(^s)  herse  taken  downe  at 
Powlles  by  the  haroldes,  and  so  they  had  al  thyng  that  was  a-bowt 
yt,  boyth  cloth,  velvet,  banars,  skochyons  of  armes,  and  penselles, 
and  sarsenet,  and  tymber  that  mad  the  ray  lies  of  viij-sqware,  and 
the  baner  stayfFes. 

The  (blank)  day  of  September  was  a  fyre  in  Holborn  by  necly- 
gens,  and  bornyd  (unfinished) 

[The  xvij  day  of  September  did  preach  at  PauPs  cross  master 
Veron  a  new]  prycher,  and  ther  was  my  lord  mare  and  .  .  grett 
audyense,  and  ther  he  sayd,  Wher  ar  the  bysshopes  [and]  old 
prechers  ?  now  they  hyd  ther  hedes. 

The  xix  day  of  September  was  bered  in  .  .  Laurans  lane  one 
mastores  Longe  wedow,  with  .  .  dosen  of  skochyons,  and 
prestes  and  clarkes,  and  mony  [mourners]  in  blake,  and  a  sermon. 

The  sam  day  was  bered  in  sant  Fosters  on  Oswold  See,  gold- 
smyth,  with  a  dosen  of  skochyons  of  armes,  and  prestes  and  clarkes 
syngyng. 

The  XX  day  of  September  was  bered  at  sant  Katheryn  crechyrche 
ser  John  Raynford  knyght,  of  Essex,  with  ij  haroldes  of  armes, 
and  a  standard,  pennon  of  armes,  and  a  cott  armur,  targett,  sword, 

*  St.  Martin  Outwich  was  formerly  thus  distinguished  :  see  again,  p.  215. 
^  that  he  would  have  saved,  «.  c.  so  that  he  might  save. 


212  DIARY    OP    A  [1559. 

helmet,  mantylls,  and  the  crest;  and  a  v  dosen  of  skochyons  of 
armes  ;  and  all  the  cowrt  hangyd  with  blake  and  armes  ;  and  the 
qwer  hangyd  and  the  raylles  with  blake  and  armes ;  and  parson 
Veron  dyd  pryche,  and  after  the  haroldes  tok  the  mornars,  and 
thay  whent  and  offered  ys  helmet,  and  after  the  cot,  and  odur 
morners  offered  the  targett,  and  after  the  sword,  and  after  the 
standard  and  the  pennon  of  armes  ;  all  that  wyll  ^  the  clarkes  sang 
Te  Deum  in  Englys,  and  contenent  ^  vj  of  ys  men  putt  ym  in-to 
the  graif ;  and  when  all  was  done  all  the  mornars  whent  to  the 
plasse  to  dener,  for  ther  was  boyth  fles  and  fysse  ^  at  the  dener,  but 
my  lade  ^  was  shott  ^  up  all  the  dener  wylle,  tyll  all  was  done  and 
the  pepull  gone  ;  then  my  lade  cam,  and  she  had  iiij  eges  ^  and  a 
dysse  &  of  butter  to  her  dener. 

The  (blank)  day  of  September  be-gane  the  nuw  mornyng 
prayer  at  sant  Antholyns  in  Boge-row,  after  Geneve  fassyon, 
—  be-gyne  to  rynge  at  v  in  the  mornyng ;  men  and  women  all 
do  syng,  and  boys. 

•         ••.••>•••* 

.     .     .     clothworker  of  London      .     .     master 

Harstrang,  cloth-worker. 

The  xxij  day  of  September  was  raynyd  ^  [at  Southwark]  master 
Strangwys,  the  grett  roffer  ^  of  the  see,  dnd  a  .  .  .  marenars 
and  odur  men,  and  cast  all  to  suffer. 

The  XXX  day  of  September  be-gane  the  mornyng  [service]  at 
Powlles  at  that  owr  ^  as  the  postylles  masse. 

The  xxiiij  day  of  September  dyd  pryche  at  Powlles  crosse  (blank) 
Huntyngtun  the  prycher,  and  ther  was  my  lord  mare  and  my 
masters  the  althermen,  and  grett  [audience]  of  pepull. 

The  XXV  day  of  September  ded  my  yonge  lade  Cobham  in 
Kent,  the  wyff  of  lord  Cobham,,  and  the  [lord]  warden  of  the 
Synke  Porttes  in  Kentt. 

•  while.         "  incontinently.         •=  flesh  and  fish.         ^  lady.         "  shut.         '  dish. 
«f  eggs.  ^  arraigned.  *  rover.  ^  the  same  hour. 


1559.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  213 

The  xxvij  day  of  September  tydynges  cam  to  London  that  the 
prynche  of  Sway  then  he  was  landyd  at  Harwyche  in  (Essex). 

The  xxviij  day  of  September  ther  was  preparyd  for  the  berehyng 
of  yonge  lade  Cobham,  ix  baners  of  sondre  armes^  and  a  viij  dosen 
of  skochyons  of  armes,  and  a  x  dosen  penselles  for  her  herse  at 
Cobham,  the  wyche  was  never  shyche  »  sene  with  lyke  fassyon. 

The  xxxj  day  of  September  the  nuw  shreyfFes  of  London  toke 
ther  barge  to  Westmynster  to  take  ther  howth^^  master  Loge  and 
master  Marten,  althermen,  in  the  cheker,  and  after  home  to  dener 
with  ther  craftes. 

The  ij  day  of  October  master  Strangwys  and  v  [of  his  men  were] 
lad  from  the  Towre  unto  the  Masselsay. 

The  XXX  day  of  September,  was  Myghelmas  day,  the  [lord]  mare 
was  chosen  at  the  yeld-hall,  good  master  Huett,  clo[th worker,]  the 
wyche  was  ther  never  mare  of  that  ocquwpassyon  a-for ;  ther  wher 
iij  (aldermen),  but  when  that  ther  turne  [came]  they  ded,  ^  master 
TowUys  and  master  Hynd  and  master  Machyll,  clothworker. 

The  iij  day  of  October  was  sett  up  ij  nuw  payre  of  galows,  one 
at  sant  Thomas  of  wattrynges,  and  the  thodur  at  the  low-water 
marke  at  Wapyng. 

The  iiij  day  of  October  master  Strangwys  and  all  ys  men  shuld 
have  suffered  dethe,  but  ther  came  tydynges  that  they  shuld  stay 
tyll  yt  plessed  the  quen(^s)  grace  and  her  consell. 

The  iiij  day  of  October  whent  to  here  '^  from  Cobbam  hall  my 
yonge  lade  Cobbam,  the  wyff  of  my  lord  Cobbam,  latte  mad  lord 
Warden  of  the  v  portes,  with  prestes  and  clarkes  syngyng,  and  ij 
haroldes  of  armes,  master  Clarenshux  and  Ruges-Dragon,  with  ix 
baners  of  armes  of  hys  and  hers  petegree  ^ ;  one  was  a  grett  baner 
of  ys  harmes^  and  hers  ;  and  mony  morners  in  blake  a  C,  and  a  Ix 
women  in  rosett  cassokes  of  brod  cloth,  be-syd  men  in  mantyll 
frys-gownes,  and  the  women  had  nuw  ray  lies ;   and  ther  was  a 

such.  >»  oath.  «  died.  **  to  be  buried.  '  pedigree.         ^  arms. 


214  DIARY    OF    A  [1559. 

goodly  hers  »  with-owtt  wax,  and  garnyshed  with  grett  baners  and 
velvett,  and  xx  dosen  penselles,  and  vij  dosen  skochyons  of  armes ; 
and  the  chyrche  and  the  plasse  hangyd  with  blake  and  armes, 
and  a  bony  .  .  the  velvett  a  goodly  bordur  mad  and  gyldyd, 
and  with  ther  armes  ;  and  so  the  dene  of  Rochastur  and  all  the 
colege  both  prest  and  clarke  dyd  syng,  and  the  qweresters; 
and  Torner  the  precher  dyd  pryche ;  and  after  all  done,  they 
whent  to  the  plasse  to  dener,  for  ther  was  a  gret  dener,  and  ther 
was  a  ij  M.  pepull  that  had  ij  d.  apesse,  and  after  dener  pore 
pepull  had  boyth  mett  and  drynke  ;  all  thys  done  in  Kent. 

The  xxviij  day  of  September,  was  Myghellmas-evyn,  was  the 
old  bysshope  of  Durram  doctur  Dunstall^  was  deposyd  of  hys 
bysshope-pryke  of  Durram,  be- cause  he  shuld  not  reseyfF  the 
rentes  for  that  quarter. 

[The]  V  day  of  October  cam  to  [London  by  Aldjgatt  the 
prynse  of  Sweythen,^  and  [so  to  Leadenhall],  and  doned  Gra- 
cyous-strett  corner  in  a  howse  stod  [the  lord]  marques  of 
Northamtun  and  my  lord  Ambros  Dudley  [and  other  gentlemen 
and]  lades ;  and  my  lord  of  Oxford  browth  ^  (him)  from  Col- 
[chester]  and  my  lord  Robart  Dudley,  the  master  of  the  quen(^s) 
horse ;  and  trumpettes  bloyng  in  dy vers  places ;  and  thay  had  [a 
great]  nombur  of  gentyllmen  ryd  with  cheynes  a-for  them,  and  after 
them  a  ij  C.  of  yomen  rydyng,  and  so  rydyng  over  the  bryge  unto 
the  bysshope  of  Wynchastur('s)  plasse,  for  [it]  was  rychely  hangyd 
with  ryche  cloth  of  arres,^  wrought  with  gold  and  sylver  and  sylke, 
and  ther  he  remanyth. 

The  viij  day  of  October  dyd  pryche  with-in  the  [queen's] 
chapell  at  Whyt-hall  parson  Veron,  the  Frenche[-man],  and  he 
leyd  thynges  that  the  nuw  bysshopes  electyd  [should]  have  landes 
as  the  old  byshopes  had,  or  elles  [they]  wher  not  abulia  to  mantayne 
and  kepe  good  howse. 

»  hearse.        ''  Cuthbert  Tunstall.         "^  Sweden.         ^  down.         •  brought.         '  arras. 

»  able. 


1559.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  215 

The  X  day  of  October  was  bered  Bluw-mantyll  the  harold,*  the 
wyche  latt  was  Rysbanke,  in  sant  Brydes  in  Fletstrett,  with  (unfi- 
nished) 

The  ix  day  of  October  was  master  Row  altherman(^s)  dowthur 
mared  in  santt  Martens  with  well  with  ij  bokettes^b  to  a  marchand, 
and  ther  wher  mony  worshype-fuU  men  and  women  ther  ;  and  ther 
was  a  sermon,  and  after  to  ys  plasse  to  dener ;  and  he  gayfF  ij  C. 
payre  of  glovys,  and  at  nyght  ther  cam  ij  goodly  maskes  as  has  bene. 

The  xij  day  of  October  whent  by  water  unto  the  court  the  kyng  of 
Sweythenf  s)  sune,  and  ys  gard,  and  ther  he  was  honorabull^  re- 
seyvyd  with  mony  honorabuU  men  at  the  hall-dore,  wher  the  gard 
stod  in  ther  ryche  cottes,  unto  the  quenf  s)  chambur,  and  ther  he 
was  reseyvyd  of  the  Quen('s)  grace,  and  after  he  had  grett  chere  as 
cold  be  had. 

The  xiij  day  of  October  at  nyght  ded  ^  the  good  lade  the  contes  of 
Ruttland  at  Halewell/  sum-tyme  yt  was  a  nunre/  that  ser  Thomas 
Lovell  dyd  held  ?  yt  for  hym. 

The  XV  day  of  October  did  pryche  [at  Paul's]  crosse  CroUey 
sum-tyme  a  prynter. 

The  xij  day  of  October  they  be-gane  to  [erect  a]  skafFold,  to 
take  downe  the  tope  of  the  stepull,  that  was  brosyd  ^  with  a  thon- 
durbolt  with  that  tem  [pest] . 

The  xvj  day  of  October  was  bered  at  Wy  .  .  ser  Wylliam  Fuw- 
Wylliam '  knyght,  with  a  standard  and  pennon  of  armes,  cott  armur, 
targett,  sword,  helmett  and  a  iiij  dosen  of  skochyons,  with  a  harold 
of  armes,  that  was  master  Clareshux,  kyng  of  armes ;  [and]  grett 
mon  mad  ^  for  ym,  for  he  kept  a  [good]  howse  for  the  pore. 

The  xix  day  of  October  the  prynche  of  Swaythen  whent  to 
the  court  agayn,  for  my  lord  Robart  [Dudley  gave]  ym  a  grett 
bankett. 

The  XX  day  of  October  they  begane  to  make  a  herse  for  my  lade 

»  John  HoUingworth.  "^  Seelefore^p.*i\\,  <=  honourably.  ^  died. 

«  Halywell,  near  Shoreditch.  '  nunnery.  u  build.  ^  bruised. 

'  Fitz-William.  ^  moan  made. 


216  DIARY    OF    A  [1559. 

the  contes  of  Rutland  at  Sordyche  ;  yt  was  garnysshed  with  amies 
and  penselles^  and  all  the  chyrche  hangyd  with  blake  and  armes. 

The  xxj  day  of  October  was  cared  from  Halewell  unto  Sordyche 
chyrche  my  lade  the  contes  of  Rutland,  with  xxx  clarkes  and  prestes 
syngyng,  and  mony  pore  men  and  powre  women  in  blake  gownes 
a  Ix  and  mo,  morners  to  the  nomber  of  a  C.  and  ij  haroldes  of 
armes,  master  Garter  and  master  Yorke ;  then  cam  the  corsse ; 
a-for  a  grett  baner  of  armes,  and  a-bowt  her  iiij  goodly  baner- 
rolles  of  dyvers  armes ;  and  master  Beycon  mad  the  sermon ;  and 
after  a  grett  dolle  of  money,  ij  d.  a-pesse^;  and  so  to  dener,  and  yt 
was  wryten  a-bowt  the  valans  Sic  transit  gloria  mundi,  and  ther 
was  vj  dosen  penselles  and  vj  dosen  skochyons. 

The  xxiij  day  of  October  [the  visitors  sat  at  saint  Paul's,  when] 
master  Harpfeld  the  archedecon  of  London  ....  was 
deposyd,  and  dyvers  prebendarys  and  vecurs. 

The  XXV  day  of  October  was  proclamyd  in  the  .  .  .  and 
Westmynster  of  aperell  of  all  kyndes,  and  the  morow  in  London. 

The  xxvij  day  of  October  was  cristened  at  sant  Benettes  at 
Powlles  warfF  ser  Thomas  Chamburlayn[^s  son],  and  the  chyrche 
hangyd  with  cloth  of  arres,  the  godfathers  names  the  prynche  of 
Swaynthen  one  and  my  lord  Robart  Dudley,  and  the  godmoder 
was  my  lade  of  Northamtun ;  after  the  cristenyng  wafFers,  spys- 
bred,  comfettes,  and  dyver  odur  bankettes,  dysses^,  and  epocras 
and  muskadyll  [in  great]  plente ;  the  lade  was  the  wyfF  of  master 
Machyll,  altherman  and  clothworker. 

The  iiij  day  of  November  was  a  prest  mared^  with  a  prest(^s) 
wedow  of  Ware  in  Hardforshyre  at  sant  Botulfe  with-owt  Bys- 
shopegatt ;  and  ther  was  one  West,  a  nuw  doctur,  and  he  raylyd 
of  the  rod-loft,  and  that  whe  owght  to  helpe  them  that  fled  for 
the  word  of  God,  and  to  gyiF  them  a  lyfiyng. 

The  V  day  of  November  ther  was  grett  justes  at  the  quen(^s) 
palles^,   and  ther  was  my  lord  Robartt  Dudley  and  my  lord  of 

•  apiece.  •*  dishes.  '  married.  .  ^  palace. 


1359.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  217 

Hunsdon  wher »  the  chalengers,  and  all  they  wher  ^  (in)  skarfFes  of 
whyt  and  blake,  boyth  haroldes  and  trumpeters;  and  deflfenders  my 
lord  Ambros^  with  odur  ;  and  the  haroldes  and  trumpeters  and  the 
fotmen  with  skarffes  of  red  and  yelow  sarsenett. 

The  vj  day  was  bered  in  sant  Androsse  in  Holborn  master 
Mortun  sqw^re,  with  a  harold  of  armes,  a  penon  of  armes,  and  a 
cott  armur,  with  a  dosen  of  skochyons. 

The  vij  day  of  November  was  bered  in  Westmynster  abbay 
master  Recherd  Knevett  sqwyre,  with  a  dosen  skochyons. 

[The  viij  day  of  November  was  buried  in  Kent]  ser  Robartt 
Sowthwell  knyght^  sum-tyme  master  of  the  roUes,  with  a 
harold  of  armes,  and  a  standard,  a  penon  of  armes,  a  cot  armur,  a 
target,  a  elmett,  and  a  viij  dosen  skochyons  of  armes. 

The  ix  day  of  November  was  a  hers  mad  for  my  lord  Wylliam 
of  Tame,  and  the  chyrche  and  the  [place]  hangyd  with  blake  and 
armes  and  a  x  dosen  penselles. 

The  XV  day  of  November  was  bered  at  Tame  my  lord  Wylliam 
of  Tame,  with  a  iij  harold  of  armes,  master  Clarenshux,  master 
Chester,  and  Ruge-dragon,  with  a  standard,  a  grett  baner  of 
armes,  and  viij  baner-roUes  of  armes,  and  a  xij  dosen  skochyons, 
and  a  C.  morners,  and  a  Ix  gownes  for  pore  men,  and  grett  doUe 
of  money,  and  after  a  grett  dener. 

The  V  day  (of)  Dessember  was  bered  in  Westmynster  abbay  my 
lade  Frances  the  wyiF  of  Hare  ^  duke  of  SufFolke,  with  a  gret  baner 
of  armes  and  viij  banar-roUes,  and  a  hersse  and  a  viij  dosen  pen- 
selles, and  a  viij  dosen  skockyons,  and  ij  haroldes  of  armes,  master 
Garter  and  master  Clarenshux,  and  mony  morners. 

The  vj  day  of  Dessember  was  bered  in  sant  Dennys  parryche 
in  Fanchyrche  stret,  the  chyrche  and  the  qwyre  hangyd  with 
blake  and  armes,  and  the  plasse  and  the  strett,  ser  Thomas 
Cortes  ^  knyght  and  latt  mare  of  London,  and  Fysmonger  and 
Puterer ;  ther  was  iij  haroldes  of  armes,  and  ther  had  my  lord 

»  were.  *>  Lord  Ambrose  Dudley.  <=  Harry.  ''  Curteis. 

CAMD.    SOC.  2  F 


218  DIARY    OF    A  [1559. 

mare  and  the  sword-bayrer  and  dyvers  althermen  had  blake,  and 
the  residuw  in  vyolett ;  and  ther  was  a  C.  in  blake  gownes  and 
cottes ;  and  he  had  a  standard  and  a  v  penon  of  armes^  and  a  x 
dosen  skochyons;  and  ther  dyd  pryche  master  Recherdson  the 
Skott ;  and  after  to  the  plasse,  and  the  mare  and  the  althermen  to 
dener,  for  ther  was  a  grett  dener^  and  pore  men  in  gownes  and  the 
clarkes  of  London  syngyng ;  a  grett  denner  for  all  men  that  wold 
come. 

[The  xij  day  of  November  preached  at  PauFs  cross]  Coverdall 
the  [unfinished) 

The  xix  day  of  November  dyd  pryche  at  P[aul's  cross]  master 
Bentmi.^ 

The  xix  day  of  November  was  bered  at  Lambeth  the  old  bys- 
hope  of  Durram  doctur  Donstalle,^  sum-tyme  byshope  of  London, 
with  (unfinished) 

The  xxiij  day  of  November  was  bered  in  sant  [Olave's]  in 
Hart  strett  master  Watsun  the  quen(^s)  marchand. 

The  sam  day  was  bered  in  sant  Sythe  parryche  John  Lyons' 
sune  and  here,  with  armes,  and  xij  pore  [men]  had  xij  nuw  gownes, 
and  they  bare  xij  gret  stayfFe  torchys  bornyng,  and  ther  was  a 
sarmon. 

The  xxvj  day  of  November  dyd  pryche  at  Pow[l's  cross]  master 
Juell,  byshope  of  Salysbere,  and  ther  was  my  lord  mare  and  the 
althermen  and  mony  of  the  courte,  and  ther  was  grett  audyense 
as  (has  ever)  bene  at  Powlles  crosse. 

The  XX  day  of  November  was  bered  master  (plank)  sqwyre 
with  a  penon  and  a  cott  armur  and  a  dosen  of  skochyons. 

The  furst  day  of  Desember  was  raynyd  at  the  Yeld-hall  master 
Grymston  captayn. 

The  sam  day  was  ij  men  of  the  contre  was  sett  on  the  pelere  for 
pergure,^  a-for  non. 

The  sam  day  was  a  woman  ryd  a-bowt  London  on  horse- bake 
a-bowt  London  with  a  paper  on  her  bed  for  [blank) 

■  Bentham.  •»  Cuthbert  Tunstall.  «  perjury. 


1559.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  219 

The  ij  day  of  Desember  was  a  penon  and  a  cot-armur  a  for  master 
Brune  sqwyre  in  the  centre. 

.     .    mared Holle  marchand  unto   .     .     ♦  the 

dowthur  of  master  James  Suttun  sqwyre  (who)  ded  b  [clerk  of  the] 
grencloth  by  keng  Henre  the  viij.  and  kyng  Edward  the  vj.  [and] 
quen  Mare('s)  days  ;  and  they  gayfF  a  C.  payre  of  glovys,  and  ther 
was  a  grett  dener  and  soper,  and  next  day  went  h[ome.] 

The  viij  day  of  Desember,  was  the  day  of  the  Conseption  of 
owre  Lade,  was  a  grett  fyre  at  the  Gorge  in  Bredstret ;  yt  begane 
at  vj  of  the  cloke  at  nyght,  and  dyd  grett  h[arm]  to  dyvers 
howses. 

The  xj  day  of  Desember  was  bered  in  Warwyke-shyre  ser 
Foke  Gryffylle  ^  knyght ;  and  he  had  a  herse  of  wax  and  penselles, 
and  with  armes ;  and  he  had  a  harold  of  armes,  and  a  standard 
and  a  pennon  of  armes,  and  a  cott  armur,  and  a  helmett, 
targett,  and  sword,  mantylles  of  velvett,  and  a  vj  dosen  sko- 
chyons  ;  and  mony  morners ;  and  pore  men  had  gownes ;  and  a 
grette  doUe  ;  and  after  a  grett  dener,  for  the  ryche  and  pore ;  and 
the  best  howse-keper  in  that  contre. 

The  ix  day  of  Desember  was  a  proclamassyon  mad  for  foUes  c 
and  capuns  and  conys  and  gesse  and  all  maner  (of)  fulles  ^  and 
the  pryse ;  and  eges,  with  odur  thynges. 

The  xiij  day  of  Desember  in  the  mornyng  was  by  mysefortune 
in  sant  Dunstones  in  est  a  nold^  man  on^  master  Cottelle  a  talow- 
chandler,  he  fell  downe  in  a  trape  dore  and  pechyd  hys  hed  a-pone 
a  pesse  of  tymbur,  and  brust  owtt  ys  braynes,  for  he  was  beldyng, 
so  the  trape  dore  was  left  opyn. 

The  sam  day  cam  serten  fellous  unto  the  Gorge  in  Bredstret, 
wher  the  fyre  was,  and  gatt  in-to  the  howse,  and  brake  up  a  chest 
of  a  clothear,  and  toke  owtt  xl  lb.  and  after  cryd  fyre,  fyre,  so 
that  ther  cam  ij  C.  pepull ;  and  so  they  toke  one. 

The  xvj  day  of  Desember  was  the  sam  man  bered  in  sant  Don- 

•  Side  note  mad(e).        •»  died.        «  Fulke  Greville.       •*  fowls.         •  an  old.       '  one. 


220  DIARY    OF    A  [1559. 

stones  in  the  est,  master  Cottell,  that  was  slayne  with  (the)  falle, 
and  he  had  a  sarmon,  and  all  ys  compene  in  ther  clothyng,  and  a 
grett  dener,  for  ther  was  mad  mon^  for  hym,  and  a  dolle. 

Park]er  electyd  byshope  of  Canturbere. 

The  xvij  day  of  Desember  was  the  nuw  byshope  of  [Canter- 
bury,] doctur  Parker,  was  mad^  ther  at  Lambeth. 

The  xviij  day  of  Desember  dyd  a  woman  ryd  a-pone  [horse- 
back] with  a  paper  on  her  bed,  for  bawdere,  with  a  basen  ryng- 

yng. 

The  xij  day  tydans  cam  to  London  that  ther  was  marchandes 
and  shypes  lost,  boyth  Englys  and  Frenche,  and  many  good 
masters  of  shypes,  and  mony  good  marenars,  and  odur  shypes  in 
dyvers  plasses  that  wher  lost. 

The  xix  day  of  Desember  was  slayne  with-owt  the  weste  dore 
of  Powlles  on  master  Wynborne  gentyllman  (of)  Suifoke,  by  Wyl- 
liam  North  and  ys  man,  he  dwellyng  at  sant  Ane  chyrche-yerd, 
with  a  foyne  slayne. 

The  XX  day  of  Desember  a-for  non,  was  sant  Thomas  evyn,  my 
lord  of  Canturbere  whent  to  Bow  chyrche  and  ther  wher  v  nuw 
byshopes  mad.^ 

The  sam  day  was  raynyd  at  the  Yeld-hall  master  Hodylston 
and  master  Chamburlayn,  captayn  of  the  castyll  in  Calles,  and 
cast  boyth  to  suffer  deth. 

The  sam  day  dyd  ryd  in  a  cart  a-bowt  Lundun  the  wyif  of 
Hare  Glyn,^  gold-smyth,  for  behyng  bowd  to  her  owne  dowther. 

The  xxix  day  of  December  was  bered  at  sant  Martens  at  Lud- 
gatt  Luste  Strange  ^  sqwyre,  with  the  clarkes  syngyng,  and  he  had 
a  harod  of  armes,  master  Somerset,  with  a  pennon  and  a  cott 
armur,  and  a  vj  skochyons,  and  a  sermon. 

The  xxxj  in  the  mornyng  and  the  last  ded  ^  my  lade  Darce  the 
wyff  of  ser  Arthur  Darce  knyght,  dwellyng  in  the  nwe  abbay  on 
the  Towre-hylle. 

'  made  moan.  ^  made,  '^  Harry.  ''  Le  Strange.  '  died. 


1559-60.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  221 


.  .  in  Sowth-warke  unto  sant  Towlys*  in  Sowthw[ark  to  be] 
bered  my  lade  Copley  wedow,  with  xx  grett  stayfFe  torchys  born- 
yng,  with  prestes  and  clarkes  syngyng,  with  a  harold  of  armes, 
and  a  pennon  of  armes,  and  mony  morners ;  and  the  chyrche 
hangyd  with  blake,  and  the  qiier  ;  and  ther  was  a  sermon^  and 
communyon ;  and  after  to  her  plasse  to  dener  and  a  dolle  ,  .  . 
of  skochyons. 

The  sam  day  at  nyght  at  the  quen('s)  court  ther  was  a  play 
a-for  her  grace^  the  wyche  the  plaers  plad  shuche  matter  that  they 
wher  commondyd  to  leyiF  off,  and  contenent^  the  maske  cam  in 
dansyng. 

The  furst  day  of  January  the  prynche  of  Swaythen  rod  to  the 
cowrt  gorgyusle  and  rychele^  and  in  gard  in  velvet  jerkyns  and 
holbardes  in  ther  handes,  and  mony  gentyll  men  gorgyosly  with 
chenes  of  gold. 

The  iij  day  of  January  was  cared  from  Knyghtryder-stret  unto 
Jhesus  chapell  under  Po wiles  with  prestes  and  clarkes  syngyng 
my  good  lade  Shandos  wedow,  with  ij  harolds  of  armes^  with  v 
baners  of  armes  of  her  hosbandes  and  hers  and  of  her  petegre, 
and  iiij  dosen  skochyons,  and  the  chyrche  wher  hangyd  with 
blake  and  armes ;  and  a  sermon ;  and  after  to  her  plasse  to  dener. 

The  iiij  day  of  January  was  bered  in  sant  Donstons  in  the  west 
latt  byshope  of  Carlell  doctur  Hobbellthorpe/  with  aliF  a  dosen 
skochyons  of  armes. 

The  (blank)  day  was  bered  doctur  (Bayne)/  late  byshope  of 
Lychfeld  and  Coventre,  in  sant  Donstons  in  the  west. 

The  V  day  of  January  ryd  a-bowt  London  iiij  women  for  bau- 
dere,  dwellyng  [unfinished) 

The  sam  day  was  a  gentyll-man  a-restyd  for  dett^  and  ther  was 
dyvers  gentyll-men  and  servyng-men,  master  Cobam  and  odur, 
and  toke  ym  from  the  ofFesers,  and  cared  im  to  the  Rose  taverne ; 

■  St.  Olave's.  ^  incontinently.  '^  Owen  Oglethorpe.  ^  Ralph  Bayne. 


222  DIARY  OF  A  [1559-60. 

and  ther  was  a  grett  fray,  that  boyth  the  shreyffes  wher  fayne  to 
cum,  and  so  they  cam  to  the  Rose  taverne,  and  toke  all  the 
gentyll-men  and  ther  servandes,  and  cared  them  to  the  conture.^ 
[The  vj  day  of  January,  being  Twelfth  day,  in  the  afternoon] 
-my  lord  mare  and  the  althermen,  and  all  the  [craftsj  and  the 
bachelers  of  the  mare('s)  cumpene,  whent  to  [saint  Paul's]  after  the 
old  custum,  and  dyd  pryche  (blank) 

The  sam  nyght  was  sett  up  a  skaffold  for  the  play  [in  the] 
halle,^  and  after  play  was  done  ther  was  a  goodly  maske,  and  after 
a  grett  bankett  that  last  tyll  mydnyght. 

The  viij  day  of  January  was  bered  at  sant  Botulf  with-owt  Algatt 
my  lade  Darce,  the  wyfF  of  ser  Arthur  Darce  knyght ;  and  so  the 
chyrche  and  the  quer  wher  hangyd  with  blake  and  amies,  and  so 
browthc  to  the  chyrche  with  xxx  [priests]  and  clarkes  syngyng,  and 
ther  was  ij  haroldes  of  armes,  master  Clarenshux  and  master  So- 
mersett  in  ther  ryche  cottes ;  [then]  cam  the  mornars,  in  gownes 
and  cottes ;  then  came  .  .  .  that  bare  a  pennon  of  arroes,  and 
the  corse,  with  a  ryche  palle ;  there  was  a  C.  in  blake,  and  xxiiij 
men  and  women  pore  had  gownes ;  and  master  Juell  byshope  of 
Salysbere  dyd  pryche;  and  the  (re)  was  a  communyon;  and  all 
the  morners  offered ;  and  after  a  grett  dolle  of  money ;  and,  all 
done,  to  the  plasse  to  dener,  for  ther  was  a  grett  dener,  and  there 
wered  vij  dosen  of  skochyons  of  armes. 

The  sam  day  of  January  dyd  pryche  at  Powlles  crosse  the  nuw 
byshope  of  London,  master  Gryndalle. 

The  ix  day  of  January  was  sessyons  in  the  Old  Bayle,  keft^  for 
one  AVylliam  North  and  ys  man  for  the  kyllyng  of  on  master 
Wynborne  with-owt  the  west  dora  of  Powlles,  be-syd  master 
Harpfeldl^'s)  howse,  and  ther  they  wher  cast  by  the  xij  men  to  be 
hangyd  in  Powlles  chyrche-yerd  by  that  plasse  wher  he  was  kyllyd. 

The  x  day  of  January  in  the  mornyng  was  a  nuwe  payre  of 
galows  sett  up  with-owtt  the  west  dore  of  Powlles,  and  be-twyne 

»  Couuter.  ''  Probably  the  hall  of  the  lord  mayor's  company.  «=  brought. 

^  In  MS.  way.  *  kept. 


1559-60.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  223 

ix  and  x  of  the  cloke  a-for  none  wher  Wylliam  North  and  ys  man 
browth  *  thether  by  the  ij  shreyffes,  and  ther  hangyd  boyth  tylliiij 
at  after-non ;  and  so  the  hangman  cutt  them  downe,  and  cared 
(them)  in-to  sant  Gregore  chyrche-yerd,  and  ther  was  a  grayff'' 
mad,  and  so  they  wher  strypyd  of  all^  and  tumbelyd  nakyd  in-to 
the  grayff,  in  the  corner  of  the  est  syd  of  the  chyrche-yerde. 

abowt  a  xij  of  the  [clock]    ....     gentyll-man 

with-in  the  Whyt  frers     .     .     . 

The  xij  day  of  January  was  cared  from  the  Whyt  frers  master 
Recherd  Chetwod  sqwyre,  with  prest  and  ciarkes,  and  with  a 
penon  of  armes  and  a  cott  armur,  and  master  Somersett,  harold  of 
armes,  bare  ys  cot-armur ;  and  a  xx  morners  in  gownes  and  cottes ; 
and  a  ij  dosen  skochyons  of  armes.  Master  Benton  mad  the  sermon ; 
and  after  to  ys  plasse  to  dener ;  ther  was  a  grett  dener ;  and  vj 
pore  men  had  good  blake  [gowns]  ;   and  a  dolle. 

The  sam  day  was  sessyons  at  Nuwgatt,  and  ther  .  .  .  wher 
cast  xij,  and  vj  was  bornyd  in  ther  hand,  and  the  ....  was 
iij  cared  to  Tyburne,  and  ther  hangyd,  and  on  rep[rieved]. 

The  sam  nyght  was  a  fray  be-twyn  ij  of  the  Swaythen^  :  on 
kyllydj  a  gentyll-man  of  ys  owne  contrey. 

The  xij  day  of  January  ded^  good  master  docthur  Whyt,  latt 
byshope  of  Wynchestur,  in  Hamshyre,  at  ser  Thomas  Whytes 
plasse,  the  wyche  ded  of  a  aguw ;  and  he  gayfF  myche  to  ys  ser- 
vandes. 

The  xix  day  of  January  dyd  ryd  in  a  care  on  Laugh,  a  brown 
baker,  for  fornycasyon,  dyver  tymes  provyd. 

The  sam  day  was  a  man  sett  on  the  pelere  ^  in  Sowthwarke,  for 
he  toke  cartes  for  the  quen,  and  was  no  taker,  but  toke  a  pesse  of 
money,  and  lett  them  goo  to  dyvers  men,  sum  ij  s.,  xx  d.,  xij  d.,  and 
vj  d.,  so  yt  was  knowne. 

The  XX  day  of  January  the  sam  man  was  set  on  the  pelere  in 
Chepe-syde  for  the  sam  ofFens. 

»  brought.  ''  grave.  *=  Swedes,  ^  died.  '  pillory. 


524  DIARY    OF    A  [1559-60. 

The  XV  day  of  January  was  cared  to  be  bored  '^  master  doctor 
Whytj  late  byshope  of  Wyncbester,  unto  Wynchester,  and  bered 
ther. 

The  xxj  day  of  January  by  ix  of  the  cloke  my  lord  mare  ^^  and 
the  althermen  whent  by  water  to  the  cowrt  in  skarlett^  and  ther 
he  was  mad  knyght  by  the  quen. 

The  xxiij   day   of  January unto 

Westmynster,  and  ther  they  wher  cast     .     .     . 

The  xxvij  day  of  January  was  cared  from  [Black]  frers  unto  sant 
Martens  at  Ludgatt  to  be  bered  my  lade  Harper,  by  her  furst 
hosband  ser  Gorge  H[arper  knyghtj  and  the  wyfF  of  master 
Carlton,  with  a  pennon  of  armes,  and  ij  dosen  and  a  d^  ^  of 
of  skochyons  of  armes,  and  re  .  .  mad  in  the  chyrche  and 
hangyd  with  blake  and  armes ;  and  haroldes  of  armes,  master 
Clarenshux  and  master  Somersett,  [and]  mony  morners  in  blake  ; 
the  cheyfF  morner  was     .     .     . 

The  sam  day  cam  rydyng  to  London,  and  so  [entered]  at  Lud- 
gatt, the  good  yerle  of  Shreusbery,  with  a  C.  [men]  rydyng,  and  so 
to  Cold  Harber  to  ys  owne  plasse. 

The  XXV  day  of  January  wher  mad  at  Powlles  by  the  nuw 
byshope  of  London  Ix  prestes,  menysters,  and  decons,  and  more. 

The  XXX  day  of  January  was  bered  in  sant  Margettes-moyses 
master  Busse  skynner,  on  of  the  masturs  of  the  hospetall,^  and 
ther  was  all  the  masturs  of  the  hospetall  with  gren  stayffes  in  ther 
handes,  and  all  the  masters  of  ys  compene  in  ther  leverey,  and  a 
XX  clarkes  syngyng  ;  and  he  gayff  a  xij  mantyll  frys  gownts,  vj 
men  and  vj  women  ;  and  ther  dyd  pryche  master  Juell  the  nuw 
byshope  of  Salysbere,  and  ther  he  sayd  playnly  that  ther  was  no 
purgatore ;  and  after  to  ys  howse  to  dener,  and  ther  was  a  xvj 
morners  in  blake  gownes  and  cottes. 


»  buried.  *»  William  Hewit.  «  half.  ^  i.  e.  Christ's  Hospital. 


1559-60.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  225 

The  XXX  day  of  January  the  vecontt  Montacute  and  ser  Thomas 
Chamburlayn  knyght  toke  they r  journey  toward  the  kyng  of  Spayne. 

The  ij  day  of  Feybruary  ther  was  taken  [at  the]  French  e  in- 
basadur's  plasse,  the  dene  of  Powlles,*  was  candyllmas  day,  ther 
was  a  masse  sayd,  and  ther  was  dyvers  men  and  women  taken 
(up  J  and  browth  ^  to  my  lord  may  re,  and  sum  to  the  conter* 

The  sam  day  at  after- non  my  lord  mare  and  the  althermen,  and 
all  the  craftes,  whent  to  Powlles  after  old  maner,  and  ther  was  a 
sermon  by  the  (blank). 

The  iiij  day  of  Feybruary  was  bered  in  sant  Mare  Wolnars  ^  in 
Lumbard-strett  master  {blank)  with  ij  dosen  skochyons  of  armes. 

The  sam  tyme  besyd  Pye  corner  a  man  dyd  hang  ym-seylflF. 

The  ix  day  of  Feybruary  at  after- none,  a-bowtt  iij  of  the  cloke, 
wher  V  men  wher  hangyd  at  sant  Thomas  of  watherynges  ;  one 
was  captayn  Jenkes  and  (blank)  Ward  and  {blank)  Walles  and 
{blank)  Beymont  and  a-nodur  man,  and  they  wher  browth  ^  up  in 
ware  ^  all  ther  lyflfes, — ^for  a  grett  roberre  done. 

The  XV  day  of  Feybruary  was  cared  from  Flett-strett  unto  sant 
Alphes  at  CrepuU-gatt  to  be  bered  master  Francis  Wyllyams,  the 
brodur  sune^  to  my  lord  of  Tame. 

cbeyffe  ere  to  my  lord  of  Tame,  with  ....  armes  and  a 
cott  armur  and  a  harold  master  Rychmond,  and  mony  morners  in 
blake,  and  a  xij  gentyllmen  ....  and  a  xx  clarkes  syngyng, 
and  master  Veron  dyd  pryche  a  sermon. 

The  xxiij  day  of  Feybruary  was  cared  from  (Black)  frers  over 
the  water  to  Parys  garden,  and  ther  was  a  hors-lytter  rede  to  care  « 
her  to  Blechyng-led  ^,  [my]  lade  Garden,  the  wyff  of  ser  Thomas 
Garden,  to  be  bered. 

The  xxviij  day  of  Feybruary,  was  Aswedensday,  at     .     .     . 
in  Turnagayn-lane  in  sant  Pulkers  paryche  a  lame  [woman]  with  a 
kneyff  kyllyd  a  proper  man. 

•  t.  e.  the  ambassador  was  lodged  at  the  Deanery.  ^  brought.         *=  Woolnoth. 

•»  brought.         «  war.         '  brother's  son.         *  ready  to  carry.         ^  Blechingley. 
CAMD.  SOC.  2    G 


226  DIARY    OF    A  [1569-60. 

The  xxix  of  Feybruary  was  bered  in  sant  Martens  parrycbe  the 
wyfF  of  master  {blank)  Cage  sarter^^  and  he  gayfF  xx  .  .  .  govvnes  and 
xij  mantyll  frys  gownes  unto  xij  pore  women,  and  xij  clarkes 
syngyng ;  and  master  Pylkyngton  dyd  pryche,  the  nuw  byshope 
of  Wynchastur^''  and  after  a  dolle  of  money,  a  j  d.  a-pesse. 

The  XX  day  of  Feybruary  dyd  pryche  at  PowUes  crosse  master 
Nowell;  and  ther  was  a  man  dyd  pennans  for  he  would  have 
a-nodur  wyfFe,  the  wyche  he  had  on  afore. 

The  furst  day  of  Marche  was  a  proclamasyon  by  the  quen('s) 
grace  and  the  consell  that  no  man  nor  woman,  nor  they  that 
kepys  tabulles,  shuld  ett  no  flese  in  lentt  nor  odur  tyme  in  the 
yere  that  ys  commondyd  ^  by  the  chyrche,  nor  no  bucher  kyll  no 
flese,  but  that  they  should  pay  a  grett  fyne,  or  elles  vj  ours  ^  on 
the  pelere,^  and  in-presoment  x  days. 

.     .  and  after  taken  downe  and  cared 

knyght  marshall(^s)  servandes  unto  the  nuw  pet 

Cornhylle  and  ther  a  serten  tyme.     .     , 

The  iij  day  of  Marche,  abowtt  vij  of  the  [clock]  in  the  mornyng, 
cam  in  a  servyngman  with  a  [horse-load]  of  flesse  of  dyver  kyndes, 
and  ther  yt  was  st[ayed]  and  after  cared  ^  the  horse  and  yt  to  my 
lord  mare  (by)  the  porter  of  Byshope-gatt,  and  lett  hym  goo. 

The  sam  day  dyd  pryche  at  PowUes  crosse  the  nuwe  byshope 
of  London  master  Gryndall,  in  ys  rochet  and  chyminer ;  and  after 
sermon  done  the  pepuU  dyd  syng ;  and  ther  was  my  lord  mayre 
and  the  althermen,  and  ther  was  grett  audyence. 

The  sam  day  at  after-non  dyd  pryche  at  the  curte  s  the  byshope 
Skore,**  in  ys  rochett  and  chyminer,  and  ther  was  grett  audyens, 
and  after  {unfinished) 

The  vj  of  Marche  dyd  pryche  at  the  court  doctur  Byll  dene  of 
Westmynster  that  day  in  the  quen('s)  chapell,  the  crosse  and  ij 
candylles  bornyng  and  the  tabulles  standyng  auter-wyse. 

•  Salter?  •*  Read  Durham.  *  t.  e.  forbidden.  *•  hours. 

•  pillory.  '  carried.  *  court.  ^  Scory. 


1559-60.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  227 

The  sam  day  at  after-none  was  sessyons  at  Nuwgatt,  and  ther 
was  raynyd  «  the  lame  woman  that  kyllyd  the  yonge  man  in  Turn- 
agayne  lane  and  a  dosen  more,  and  the  lame  woman  cast. 

The  viij  day  of  Marche  dyd  ryd  in  a  cart  abowtt  Londun  a 
bocher  and  a  bocher('s)  wyff,  that  b  was  here  servand,  and  the  wyche 
was  her  hosband('s)  brodur. 

The  sam  day  of  Marche  [rode  to  hanging]  xj  ;  vij  wer  men,  and 
iiij  women ;  on  woman  the  sam  woman  that  kyllyd  the  man  in 
Turnagayne  lane  ;  and  on  man  was  a  gentyllman  ;  and  a-nodur  [a 
priest,]  for  cuttyng  of  a  purse  of  iij  s.  but  he  was  [burnt]  in  the 
hand  afore,  or  elles  ys  boke  ^  would  have  [saved]  hym, — a  man  of 
liiij  yere  old. 

The  viij  day  of  Marche  dyd  pryche  at  the  cowrt,  afor  non, 
master  Pylkyngtun  the  nuw  byshope  of  Wynchaster,  ^  and  ys 
matter  whent  myche  to  ma[intaining]  Oxford  and  Cam- 
bryge  skullors,^  and  the  by sh opes  and  [clergy]  to  have  better 
levyng.f 

The  X  day  of  Marche  dyd  pryche  at  Powlles  the  byshope 
Skorre;,^  and  ther  was  my  lord  mare  and  the  al  therm  en,  and  grett 
audyence,  and  he  prechyd  in  ys  rochett  and  ys  chymber. 

The  xj  day  of  Marche  dyd  pryche  at  the  court  doctur  Sandes 
byshope  of  Wosseter. 

The  xij  day  of  Marche  was  bered  at  Dyttun  my  lade  Barkeley, 
the  wyff  of  ser  Mores  Barthelay  knyght,  with  a  penon  of  armes 
and  a  iiij  dosen  of  skochyons,  and  a  harold  of  armes,  master 
Rychemond. 

The  tuwsday  the  xij  day  of  Marche  was  slayne  in  Powlles 
chyrche-yerd  on  master  Bodeley  a  gentyll-man  of  the  Tempull  by 
on  of  master  Alcokes  servands,  wher  he  supyd  the  sam  nyght,  at 
the  constabulle('s^  howse  of  sant  Martens  the  Sanctuarij. 

The  xiij  day  of  Marche  dyd  pryche  at  the  cowrt  master  (blank) 

•  arraigned.  ^  i.  e.  the  man.  "    i.  e.  the  benefit  of  clergy.     See  Mr. 

Thoms's  Anecdotes  and  Traditions,  pp.  1,  119.  "*  Read  Durham.  «  scholars, 

f  living,  i.  e.  income.  k  Scory. 


228  DIARY  OF  A  [1559-60. 

[The  XV  day  preached  at  court]  master  {blank)  the  wyche  he 
mad  a  nottabull  sermon  that  the  quen(^s)  grace  gayflf  hym  th[anks] 
for  hys  payne,  butt  sum  men  wher  offendyd. 

The  xvj  day  of  Marche  whentt  to  berehyng  [from  the]  Bell  in 
Cartter  lane  on  master  Bodeley,  a  gentylman  of  the  TempuU  that 
was  slane  in  PowUes  cherche-yerd  by  on  of  Alkokes  servands,  and 
ther  fechyd  hym  a  C.  ge[ntlemen]  and  odur  to  bryng  hym  to  the 
TempuUj  and  xx  clarkes  syngyng,  and  after  bered. 

The  xvij  day  of  Marche  dyd  pryche  at  PowUes  cross  Veron, 
parsun  of  sant  Marttens  att  Ludgatt,  and  ther  was  my  lord  mare 
and  the  masters  the  althermen,  with  mony  more  pepuU ;  and  after 
the  sermon  done  they  songe  all,  old  and  yong,  a  salme  in  myter,« 
the  tune  of  Genevay  ways. 

The  sam  day  at  after-non  dyd  pryche  at  the  cowrt  [at]  the  prych- 
yng  plasse  master  Juell  the  nuw  byshope  of  Salysbere,  in  ys 
rochett  and  chymmer. 

The  xix  day  of  Marche  at  santt  Martens  at  Ludgatt  all  the 
belles  of  the  chyrch  dyd  ryng  a  grett  pelle,  ^  and  after  done  all  the 
pepuU  dyd  syng  the  tune  of  Gene  way,  and  with  the  base  of  the 
organes,  for  ther  he  ^  was  myttyd  parsun,  and  he  mad  a  sermon 
that  tyme. 

The  xiiij  day  ( of )  Marche  was  cared  from  London,  when 
they  were  examynyd  be-for  the  consell,  for  a  grett  robere  by  one 
Duncombe  gentyllman  and  ys  companyons  by  them  commytted  ; 
and  (received  by)  master  Autre  shreyiF  of  Bedford-shyre ;  and  then 
he  andys  sayd  fellouswher  hangyd,wher  the  sad*^  master  Duncombe 
myght  se  thow®  or  iij  lordshyps  whyche  shuld  have  bene  his  yf 
his  behavyor  had  bene  good ;  and  ther  they  were  hangyd  all. 

The  xxij  day  of  Marche  dyd  ryd  in  a  care,  with  a  basen  tyngl- 
yng  a-for,  ij  that  rode  a-bowt  London  that  cam  owtt  of  Sowth- 
warke,  for  the  woman  was  bowd  to  a  gyrle  of  xj  yere  olde,  and 
browth  ^  her  to  a  stranger. 

•  metre.         ^  peal.         *  Apparently  Veron.         *•  said.         •  two.         *  brought. 


1560.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  229 

The  XX  day  of  Marche  was  the  nuw  byshope  of  Lychfeld  and 
Coventre  ys  wyff  was  a  broght  to  bed,  ys  nam  master  Bentun,»  on 
London  bryges  at  the  sygne  of  {blank) 

[The  xxij  day  of  March  preached  at  court  the  same  master 
Bentham,]  byshope  of  Lychfeld  and  Coventre. 

The  xxiiij  day  of  Marche,  was  mydlentt  sonday,  dyd  pryche  at 
PowUes  [doctor]  Sandes  the  nuw  byshope  of  Wosseter,  and  ther 
was  m[y  lord  mayor]  and  the  althermen,  and  he  prychyd  in  ys 
rochett  [and  chiminerj  and  ther  was  my  lord  the  erle  of  Bedford, 
and  dyvers  g[entlemen]  and  grett  audyens  of  pepuU. 

The  xxiiij  day  of  Marche,  was  mydlent  sonday,  master  Barlow 
byshope  of  sant  Davys  dyd  pryche  at  the  cowrtt,  but  the  quen 
was  not  at  yt ;  butt  ther  was  mony  pepull ;  and  he  was  in  ys 
rochett  and  ys  chymmer,  and  at  v  of  the  cloke  yt  ended;  and  con- 
tenentt^  her  chapell  whent  to  evy[ning  song,]  and  ther  the  crosse 
stood  on  the  auter,  and  ij  candylstykes  and  ij  tapurs  bornyng, 
and  after  done  a  goodly  anteme  song. 

The  xxvij  day  of  Marche  was  proclamasyon  [at  the]  cowrt  and  at 
the  crosse  in  Chepe  and  at  the  strett  tyme  ,  .  Lumbard  street 
in  dyvers  plasses,  of  the  Frenche  [king]  and  the  Skottys  quen, 
boyth  in  Englyus  and  Frenche,  with  [a]  trumpett  blohyng,  and  a 
harold  of  armes,  master  Clarenshux,  in  ryche  cotte,  with  a  ser- 
vant of  armes  with  a  grett  masse,c  and  the  ij  shreyfFe(s)  all  on 
hors-bake. 

The  sam  day  dyd  pryche  at  the  cowrt  master  Wysdom. 

The  xxviiij  day  Marche  cam  by  water  at  afternone  unto  Somer- 
sett  plasse  the  duke  of  Vanholtt.^l 

The  xxix  day  of  Marche  dyd  ryd  in  a  cartt  ij  women. 

The  xxxj  day  of  Marche  dyd  pryche  at  Polles  crosse  CroUey, 
the  wyche  was  Passyon  sonday,  sum  tyme  a  [exile,  and  a  learned 
writer,  afterwards  minister  of  St.  Giles,  Cripplegate.*] 

•  Bentham,  ^  incontinently.  =  mace. 

^  Holstein.  «   Strype. 


230  DIARY    OF    A  [1560. 

[The  ij  day  of  April,  Alley,  bishop  elect  of  Exeter,  preached  at 
court,]  aganst  blasfemy,  dysse,*  and  women,  and  drunkenes. 

The  (v)  day  of  Aprell  dyd  pryche  at  the  courtt  master  Chenney, 
that  was  Fryday  afor  Palm  sonday. 

The  vij  day  of  Aprell,  the  wyche  was  Palm  sonday,  dyd  pryche 
at  PowUes  crosse  master  Wysdom. 

The  sam  day  dyd  pryche  at  the  court  my  lord  the  byshope  of 
Canturbere,^  and  made  a  nobuU  sermon. 

The  X  day  of  Aprell  cam  from  sant  Mare  spytyll  the  Quen  (of 
the  May  ?)  wyth  a  {blank)  M.  men  in  harnes,  boyth  queners  ^  in 
shurth  d  of  malle  and  cosselet  and  mores  pykes  and  a  x  gret  pesses, 
cared  thrugh  London  unto  the  court,  with  drumes  and  fluttes  and 
trumpetes,  and  ij  mores  dansyng,  in  the  cartt  wher  ij  quyke  bers,® 
and  London  fond  a  (unfinished) 

The  xj  day  of  Aprell  toke  ys  jorney  from  the  byshope  of  Wyn- 
chastur(^s)  plasse  the  duke  of  Swaynland,  ^  the  wyche  he  kept  the 
nobulle  howse  that  ever  dyd  stranger  in  England  for  cher,  for  he 
spent  more  and  gayfF  grett  gyftes  and  reywardes  as  a  .     .     . 

The  xj  day  of  Aprell  the  Quenfs)  grace  kept  her  monde^  in  her 
halle  at  the  cowrt  at  afternon,  and  her  grace  gayfF  unto  xx  women 
so  many  gownes,  and  on  woman  had  her  best  gowne,  and  ther  her 
grace  dyd  wosse  ther  fett,  ^  and  with  a  nuw  whyt  cupe  her  grace 
dronke  unto  evere  woman,  and  they  had  the  cupe,  and  so  her 
grace  dyd  leyke-wyse  unto  all,  and  evere  woman  had  in  money 
[blank),  [The  same  afternoon  she  gave  unto  pore  men,  wo] men, 
and  chylderyn,  both  holle^  and  lame,  in  sant  James  (^s)  parke  ij  d. 
a-pese,  a  [thousand  people  and  upwards.] 

The  xiij  day  my  lord  mare  mad  a  proclamassyon  that  all  raaner 
of  wyld  fuUe  k  and  capons  and  conys  and  odur  thynges  and  set  a 
pryse  of  all  kyndes  of  pultere  ^  ware,  and  a  penalte  for  the  bryk- 

^  dice.  *»  Matthew  Parker,  «=  queeners,  attendants  on  the  queen. 

^  shirts.  •  live  bears.  ^  Swedeland,  or  Sweden.  i  Maundy. 

'•  wash  their  feet.  '  whole.  ••  fowl.  *  poultry. 


!5{)0.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  231 

The  XV  day  of  Aprell  dyd  pryche  at  sant  Mare  spyttyl  with- 
owt  Byshope-gatt  master  Bentun.^ 

The  xvj  day  of  Aprell  was  bcred  in  the  parryche  of  sant 
Myghell  in  Quen-heyfF  master  John  Bedy  .  .  sqwyre  latt  clarke 
of  the  gren  cloth  unto  quen  [Mary  ?]  with  the  compene  of  the 
Clarkes  of  London^  and  then  cam  the  morners_,  and  then  the 
corse,  with  vj  skochyons  with  ys  armes  a-pone  hym,  and  master 
Beycun  ^  mad  the  sermon,  and  after  to  ys  plasse  to  dener,  for  ther 
was  a  grett  [dinner] . 

The  sam  day  dyd  pryche  at  sant  Mare  spyttyll  master  CoUe. 

The  sam  nyght  be-twyn  vij  and  viij  of  the  cloke  yt  lythenyd 
and  thundered  and  after  raynyd  vare  ^  sore  as  has  bene. 

The  xvij  day  of  Aprell  dyd  pryche  at  sant  Mare  spy  tyll  master 
Juelle. 

The  xvj  day  of  Aprell  at  viij  of  the  cloke  at  nyght  ther  was  a 
kyng  cam  from  the  dene  of  Rochester  from  super,  and  gohyng  to 
ys  logyng,  and  he  had  ij  knyghtes  that  dyd  wheyt  ^  on  ym,  and 
ther  was  shyche  lythnenyng  and  thunderyng  that  yt  thruw  down 
on  of  ys  knyghtes  to  the  grond,  and  lykyd  a  bornyd  the  dodur,  ^ 
and  on  of  (his)  servand(s)  was  so  freyd^  that  ys  here^  stod  up,  and 
yt  wyll  never  come  downe  synes. 

bishop  of  Londjun  docthur  Boner,  with  funfinishedj 

The  xxj  day  of  Aprell  dyd  pryche  at  the  Powlles  [cross]  master 
Samsun,  and  ther  was  my  lord  mare  and  all  the  althermen,  and 
ther  he  concludyd  ^  the  iij  sermons  that  was  at  the  [cross]  ;  ther 
was  grett  audyense  as  has  bene  sene  ther. 

The  sam  day  at  after-non  was  grett  justes  at  the  curtt,  and  at 
the  tylt,  and  ther  rod  the  trumpeters  blohyng  (in)  skrafF(s) »  of 
whyt  and  blake  sarsanett,  and  master  Clarenshus,  Norrey,  Somer^ 
sett,  and  Lankaster,  and   Rychemond,   and   Yorke,   and   Ruge- 

■  Bentham.  ^  Becon.  •=  very.  ^  wait.  «  other. 

'  affrayed,  i.  e.  frightened.  »  hair.  ••  i.  e.  recapitulated.     This 

was  termed  the  Rehearsal  Sermon.         '  scarfs. 


232  DIARY    OF    A  [1560. 

dragon,  and  evere  of  them  havyng  a  skarfF  a-bowt  ther  ne[cks, 
of]  whyt  and  blake  sarsenett,  and  ther  rane  of  the  (unfinished) 

The  xxiij  day  of  Aprell,  was  sant  Gorge  day,  the  Quen('s)  grace 
and  the  knyghtes  of  the  Garter  whent  a  prossessyon  with  all  her 
chapell  in  copes  of  cloth  of  gold,  a  xxviij  copes,  and  the  Gluen 
and  all  the  knyghtes  wore  ther  robes,  rownd  a-bowt  the  hall  to 
the  cowrt-y[ard,]  and  all  the  haroldes  of  armes  in  ther  cottes  of 
armes. 

The  xxiiij  day  of  Aprell  was  bered  good  mastores  Malere.a  the 
wyfFe  of  master  Malore  altherman  and  latt  shreyfF  of  London,  the 
wyche  she  ded  in  chyld-bed  of  xvij  chyldern,  and  bered  with-in 
sant  Thomas  of  Acurs  ;  the  wyche  she  gayfF  [to  the]  pore  (blank) 
gownes,  and  ther  was  the  clarkes  syngyng ;  master  [blank]  dyd 
pryche ;  and  mony  mornars,  and  gret  mone  mad  ^  for  her. 

The  xxiv  day  of  Aprell  was  bered  at  sant  Magd[alene's]  master 
Hansley  a  grocer,  and  he  had  a  dossen  of  skochyons  of  armes,  and 
ther  was  the  masturs  of  the  compene  of  the  Grocers,  and  prestes 
and  clarkes  syngyng,  and  master  Juelle  the  byshope  of  Saylberec 
dyd  pryche,  and  he  gayif  (blank)  gownes  unto  pore  men ;  and 
ther  was  at  ys  berehyng  all  the  masters  of  (the)  hospetalle  with  ther 
gren  stayffes  in  ther  handes. 

.     .     , [the  Queen  with  the 

lord  R]usselle  whent  downe  unto  Depford shype 

and  her  nuw  galley,  and  dynyd  in  the  s[hip]  and  ther  my  lord 
admerall  mad  her  grett  ch[eer,  and]  after  wher  serten  brygendar  <* 
wher  rede   with   [furniture  of]  ware;^  and  ther  wher  iiij  lytyll 

pennys  «  de hordenanse,  and  gayfF  grett  sawtt  ^  unto 

the  breg[antinej  and  shott  grett  ordenanse  and  fowth  i  were  ser 

.all  maner  of  artelere,  and  ther  youe  shuld  [have] 

sene  men  sthrone^  in-to  the  water,  and  horlyng  stones  and 
mores   pykes ;  and  ther  was   grett  fythe  ^   be-twyne   the    bryg- 

*  Mallory.  ''  moan  made.  "^  Salisbury.  *•     brigantine.  *  ready. 

'  war.  i  pinnace.  ••  assault.  '  fought.         ''  thrown.  '  fight. 


1560.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  238 

dendar  [and  the]  pennys,  and  as  grett  shutyng  as  cold  be ;  ther 
wher  a-boyff  iiij  thowsand  of  pepull  [on  the  water]  and  the  land. 

The  xxviij  day  of  (April)  dyd  pryche  at  the  [Paul's]  crosse  master 
Coverdalle,  and  ther  was  my  lord  mare  and  the  altherinen,  and  ther 
was  grett  audyense. 

The  sam  day  at  after-none  att  the  court  was  grett  justes,  my 
lord  of  Sussex  and  my  lord  Robartt  Dudley  and  ij  more  a-gaynst 
the  yerle  of  Northumberland  and  my  lord  Ambrose  Dudley  and 
my  lord  of  Hunsdon  and  master  Cornewalles  and  {blank)  :  and 
ther  was  mony  stayffes  broken  ;  and  ther  stod  in  the  standyng  as 
juges  my  lord  markes  of  Northamtun^  my  lord  of  Ruttland,  and 
my  lord  of  Penbroke,  and  my  lord  admerall  and  the  Frenche  in- 
bassadur,  and  master  Garter  and  master  Norey  dyd  wrytt  wome  * 
dyd  rune ;  and  by  chanse  of  the  brykyng  of  a  stayff  a  pesse  fluw 
up  wher  the  juges  sitt  and  hyt  my  lord  of  Penbroke  [blank)  and 
ther  rod  the  trumpeters  and  the  haroldes  of  armes. 

The  xxix  day  of  Aprell  whent  to  hangyng  ix  men  and  one 
woman  to  Tyburne. 

The  XXX  day  of  Aprell  was  bered  in  sant  Gregore  chyrche  in 
Powlles  chyrche-yerd  master  Payne  skynner^  and  gayfF  armes,  and 
ther  was  the  masturs  of  compene  of  the  Skynners  in  ther  (livery,) 
he  had  a  sermon,  and  the  clarkes 

The   .     .     .  day  of  May  was  a knyghtes  of  the 

Garter  for  soper,  and  the  next  ....  and  soper  with  all  maner 
kyndes  of  fysse  [and  flesh,]  boyth  venesun  and  all  maner  of  foUe^ 
[of  all]  kyndes  and  by  [blank)  clokec  was  send**  a  com[mandj 
that  they  shuld  come  away,  boyth  .  .  .  knyghtes  and  all  here 
servandes  of  all  ofFeses,  [and]  brynge  as  myche  as  cold  be  savyd ; 
the  [same]  nyght  was  browth^  unto  Westmynster,  the  quen  .  .  . 
for  sant  Gorge  ('s)  fest  that  shuld  have  bene  at  W[indsor]  as  the 
old  costume  has  bene. 

•  who.  •»  fowl.  *  clock.  **  sent.  •  brought. 

CAMD.  SOC,  2  H 


234  DIARY    OF    A  [1560. 

The  sam  nyght  cam  the  Quen(^s)  grace  came  from  Westmyn- 
ster  in  her  barge,  and  dyvers  odur  barges,  with  drumes  and  fluttes 
and  trumpettes  blohyng,  and  odur  musyke,  downe  on  London 
syd_,  and  over  the  water  to  the  thodur  syd,  and  so  up  and  downe 
to  the  cowrt  with  (unfinished) 

The  V  day  of  May  dyd  pryche  at  Po wiles  crosse  master  MoUens 
archedeyken  of  London,  and  he  mad  a  goodly  sermon,  and  ther 
was  my  lord  mare  and  the  althermen,  and  grett  audyense  was  ther. 

The  xij  day  of  May  was  kept  the  fest  of  sant  Gorge  at  Wynd- 
sore,  with  serten  knyghtes  of  the  Garter  a-poyntted  ther  for  the 
fest. 

The  xiij  day  of  May  was  bered  mastores  Palmer,  the  wyfF  of 
{blank)  Palmer  vyntoner  dwellyng  at  the  sant  .  .  .  hed  at  Lud- 
gatt,  and  he  gayfF  in  gownes  and  cottes  ax...  and  at  her 
berehyng  was  the  cumpene  of  the  Vyntoners  in  ther  leverey,  and 
Veron  dyd  pryche  at  her  berehyng. 

The  sam  day  was  serten  qwynners^  taken  and  browhtb  a-for  the 
consell,  and  from  thens  cared  to  the  Towre. 

The  xiiij  day  of  May  was  the  sam  men  cared  to  Westmynster 
hall  how  they  shuld  do  theyre,  and  ther  they  wher  cast  and  cared 
to  the  masselsay. 

The  xiiij  day  of  May  ded         ...... 

The  xiij  day  of  May  ded  ser  Marmeduke  ConstabuU  .... 
in  the  contey  of     ...     . 

The  xiiij  day  of  May  the  Quen(^s)  grace  removyd  from  West- 
mynster by  water  unto  Grenwyche,  and  as  her  grace  was  gohyng 
by  water  not  so  farre  as  ...  ,  cam  by  water  to  her  grace 
master  Henry  Perse  <^  owt  of  F[rance,]  with  serten  tydynges. 

The  xviij  day  of  May  ther  was  sent  to  the  shypes  men  from 
evere  hall  in  whyt  cottes  and  red  crosses,  and  gones'^  to  the  quen(^s) 
shypes. 

The  xix  day  of  May  dyd  pryche  at  Po  wiles   [cross]    my  lord 

*  coiners.  ^  brought.  *  Percy.  **  guns. 


1560.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  235 

byshope  of  Ele,  docthur  Kokes/  sum-tyme  dene  of  Westmynster, 
and  ther  was  browth''  hym  word  that  one  had  fond  a  [blank)  of 
money,  and  any  man  cold  or  cane  tell  what  money  yt  was,  lett 
cum,  and  they  shall  have  yt. 

The  XX  day  of  May  was  send  to  the  Towre  master  Fecknam, 
docthur  Wattsun  latt  byshope  of  Lynkolne,  and  docthur  CoUe  latt 
dene  of  PowUes,  and  docthur  Chadsay  ;  and  at  nyght  abowtt  viij 
of  the  cloke  was  send  to  the  Flett  docthur  Score,  and  master 
Fecknam  the  last  abbot  of  Westmynster,  to  Towre. 

The  sam  day  was  bered  mastores  Russell  wedow  in  sant  Mathuw 
parryche,  and  she  gayfF  a  xx  gownes  and  cottes  of  blake,  and 
a  xij  gownes  to  xij  women,  and  they  gayiF  unto  master  Parre  a 
blake  gowne  and  a  tepytt^  that  mad  the  sermon;  and  ther  was 
the  compene  of  the  Clarkes  syngyng,  and  after  a  grett  dener. 

The  xxij  day  of  May  was  a  mayd  sett  on  the  pelere^  for  gyfTyn^ 
her  mastores  and  her  howse-hold  poysun,  and  her  ere  cutt,  and 
bornyd  in  the  brow. 

The  xxiiij  day  of  May  the  sam  mayd  was  set  on  the  pelere  ^  the 
sam  mayd,  and  after  had  her  thodur  eres  cut  for  the  sam  oiFens. 

The  .  .  day  of  May  [was  buried  mistress  Allen  the]  wyif  of 
master  Wylliam  Allen  altherman  and  lethers  [eller ;  and]  she  ded 
in  chyld-bed,  and  ther  wher  mony  morners  in  blake,  and  the 
masters  of  the  hospetalle  with  ther  gren  stayftes  ;  and  he  gayfF  to 
pore  women  [blank)  gownes  .  .  .  when  the  compeny  of  ys 
craftes  and  the  compene  of  [the  Clerks,]  and  after  to  ys  plase,  and 
ther  spyse-bred  and  wyne. 

The  xxvj  day  of  May  dyd  pryche  at  Powlles  crosse  [master] 
Skambeler,  my  lord  of  Canturberefs)  chapelen,  and  ther  was  my 
lord  mayre  and  my  n^ asters  the  althermen,  and  a  grett  audyense. 

The  xxvij  day  of  May  was  the  obseque  and  fen[eral]  of  master 
docthur  Wende,  fessyssyon*^  at  Cambryge,  a  penon  of  armes  and  a 

*  Cox.  ^  brought.  •=  tippet.  •'  pillory.  *  giving.  ^  pillory. 

i  other  ear.  ''  physician. 


236  DIARY    OF    A  [1560. 

cott  armur,  and  vj  dosen  and  d' »  of  skochyons  of  armes,  and  a 
harold  of  armes  master  Somersett,  and  .  .  morners  in  blake, 
and  he  gayff  mony  gownes  to  pore  men,  and  ther  was  a  grett  doUe, 
and  th ether  resortyd  xx  m[iles]  oiF  vC.  pepull  and  had  grett  plente 
of  mett  and  drynke,  boyth  hossesb  and  barnes  and  feldes,  grett  store 
as  has  bene  [seen]  for  a  men  c  gentyllman,  and  gret  mone  mad.<^ 

The  sam  day  was  the  Clarkes'  dener,  and  they  had  evynsong 
over-nyght  at  Yeld-hall  colege,  and  the  morow  a  communion,  and 
after  to  the  Carpynters'  hall  to  dener. 

The  sam  day  was  bered  mastores  Grafton  at  Criste-chyche,  the 
wyfF  of  master  Grafton  the  cheyfF  master  of  the  hospetall,  and  of 
Brydwell ;  and  sche  had  a  ij  dosen  and  a  half  skochyons  of  armes, 
and  ys  plase  and  all  the  cowrt  to  the  grett  gatt  next  the  strett  was 
hangyd  with  blake  and  armes,  and  mony  morners  in  blake,  and  he 
gayfF  unto  powre  [unfinished) 

Item  in  gaune®  wyke  callyd  Rogasyon  weke  they  whent  a  pro- 
sessyon  with  baners  in  dyvers  plases,  boyth  in  Bockynghamshyre 
and  in  Cornwall  in  dyvers  plases,  and  in  dyvers  plases  they  had 
good  chere  after. 

The  xxviij  day  of  May  ther  was  a  m  [aid]  sett  on  the  pelere  f 
for  the  sam  of-fense  [of  poisoning,]  and  bornyd  in  the  brow. 

The  xxix  day  of  May  toke  ther  gorney^  into  Skotteland  master 
Syssell^i  secretore  and  master  docthur  Wattun*  my  {unfinished). 

The  XXX  day  of  May  was  the  ij  maydes  [set]  on  the  pelere,J  one 
for  the  ruwmor  rane  that  she  was  ded  because  she  fell  in  a  swone 
the  iij     .     .     . 

The  furst  day  in  mornyng  of  June  ded  master  [Hussey]  sqwyre, 
and  a  grett  marchand  of  the  Muskovea  and  odur  plases,  and  a-ganst 
ys  bereall  was  mad  pennons  of  armes  and  a  cott  armur,  and  a  vj 
dosen  of  skochyons  of  armes. 

»  half.  •*  houses.  ^  mean,  i.  e.  of  the  middle  rank.  ^  moan  made. 

•  gangj  »•«•  perambulation.  '  pillory.  «  journey.  •»  Cecill. 

'  Wotton.  J  pillory. 


1560J  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  237 

The  ij  day  of  June  my  lord  the  byshope  of  London  mad  a 
goodly  sermon  a-boyfF  in  PowUes.^ 

The  iij  day  of  June  at  nyght  whent  to  the  Towre  my  old  lord 
the  byshope  of  Ely,  doctur  Thurlbe. 

The  V  day  of  June  was  bered  master  Husse  sqwyre,  and  a  grett 
marchand-ventorer  and  of  Muskovea  and  haburdassher,  and  with 
a  C.  mornars  of  men  and  vomen ;  hand^»  he  had  v  pennons  of 
armes,  and  a  cotte  armur,  and  ij  haroldes  of  armes  master  Claren- 
shux  and  master  Somersett;  and  ther  was  Powlles  qwyre  and  the 
clarkes  of  London,  and  bered  at  sant  Martens  at  Ludgatt  by  ys 
sunc ;  and  all  the  cherche  hangyd  and  ys  plasse  with  blake  and 
armes,  and  a  vj  dosen  and  d'^  of  skochyons  of  armes  ;  and  master 
Alley  the  redere  of  Powlles  prychydboyth  days ;  ser  Wylliam  Gar- 
rett, ser  Wylliam  Chester,  master  Loge  the  shreyf,  master  Argalle, 
master  Bulle,  and  master  Husse  ( his  )  sune,  and  dyver  odur  mor- 
nars, and  after  to  the  plasse  to  dener,  a  godly  plasse. 

.     .     .     .     Barwyke  by  captayn mantyll 

frys  jerkens  all  gunners. 

The  X  day  of  June  was  the  master  of  the  compene  of  Skyners 
fest,  and  ther  mony  worshepfuU  men  wher  [at]  dener,  for  ther  was 
a  worshepfuU  dener,  and  ther  was  chosen  the  master  of  felowshipe 
master  Flecher,  and  master  warden  [s  chosen]  master  Clarenshuxf 
and  iij  mo,  and  afterward  they  wher  [brought]  home  by  the  le- 
verey  ;  and  master  Clarenshux  mad  a  grett  bankett  for  the  masters 
and  ys  compene,  furst  spyse-bred,  cheres  s,  straberes,  pepyns,  and 
marmelade,  and  sukett,  comfets,  and  portynggalles*^  and  dyver s 
odur  dyssys^,  epocras,  rennys^  [wyn],  clarett  wyn,  and  here  and  alle 
grett  plente ;  and  all  was  welcome. 

The  sam  day  was  the  masters  the  Grosers,  and  ther  dynyd  my 


•  i.  e.  in  the  Shrowds,  or  triforium.       *»  So  in  MS. ;  the  word  is  usually  written  &. 
"  son.  ''  half.  '  reader.  '  William  Harvey.  ^  cherries, 

^  oranges  ?  from  Portugal.  '  dishes.  ''  Rhenish. 


238  DIARY    OF    A  [1560. 

lord  mare  and  dyvers  altliermen  and  the  shreyfFes  and  [many] 
worshepfull  men  and  dades  »  and  gentyllmen  and  gentyll-women  ; 
ther  was  a  nobull  dener  as  has  bene  ther. 

The  sam  day  was  had  to  the  Towre  the  (arch-)byshope  of  (York) 
docthur  Heth,  latt  chanseler  of  Engeland  by  quen  Mare(^s)  days, 
and  part  by  quen  Elesabeth('s)  days. 

The  sam  (day)  was  cared  to  the  Flett  docthur  CoUe^  latt  dene 
of  Powlles. 

The  xij  day  of  June  dyd  ryd  in  (a)  carec  a-bowtt  London  ij 
men  and  iij  women ;  one  man  was  for  he  was  the  bowd,  and  to 
brynge  women  unto  strangers,  and  on  woman  was  the  wyff  of  the 
Bell  in  Gracyous-strett,  and  a-nodur  the  wyfF  of  the  BuU-hed 
be-syd  London  stone,  and  boyth  wher  bawdes  and  hores,  and  the 
thodur  man  and  the  woman  wher  brodur  and  syster,  and  wher 
taken  nakyd  together. 

The  sam  day  at  after-non  toke  hys  horse  toward  Walles,d  with  a 
vij-skore  horse,  ser  Henry  Sydney  to  be  the  lord  presidentt  ther  of 
Walles,  as  my  lord  of  Tame  was ;  the  quen  and  the  consell  gayff  y  t 
hym  to  be  governer  ther. 

The     .     .      day  of browth  women  unto 

strangers. 

The  xviij  day  of  June  was  sent  to  the  Towre  seer  [etary]  Boxhalle 
unto  quen  Mare,  and  doctur  Borne  latt  byshope  of  Bayth,  and 
docthur  TrobuUfelde  latt  byshope  of  Excetur. 

The  xxiij  day  of  June  was  had  to  the  contur  docthur  Frere,  and 
the  next  day  was  delevered  hom. 

The  XX  day  of  June  was  the  fenerall  of  ser  Marmaduke  Constabull 
knyght,  with  ys  standard  and  ys  cott  armur  and  ys  pennon  of  armes, 
and  with  skochyons  [of]  ys  armes  and  hers.^ 

The  xxiiij  day  of  June,  was  Mydsomer  day,  sant  John  the  bap- 
tyste,  was  Marchand-tayllers'  fest,  and  ther  was  grett  chere,  and  the 

»  Read  ladies.  ^  Cole.  •=  car.  ^  Wales.  '  Turberville. 

'  i.  e.  his  wife's. 


1560.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  239 

nuw  master  was  chosen  master  Manearlin,  and  master  warden 
master  Rosse,  and  the  ij.  warden  master  Meryk;  and  ij  renters 
master  Duckyngtun  and  master  Sparke. 

The  xxviij  day  of  June  dyd  ryd  in  a  care*  abowt  London  mastores 
Warner,  sum-tyme  the  wyfFof  master  Warner  sum-tyme  serjantt  of 
the  ammerallte,  for  baudre  to  her  doythur  and  mayd,  and  both  the 
doythur  and  the  mayd  with  chyld,  and  she  a  hore. 

The  sam  day  was  bered^  at  Maydston  in  Kentt  master  Hearenden 
sqwyre,  with  xij  skochyons  of  armes. 

The  xxvij  day  of  June  the  penters  c  whent  in  hand  with  the  yerle 
of  Huntyngtun('s)  berehyng. 

The  .  .  day  of  July  be-twyn  ...  in  the  mornyng  with-in 
Crokyd  lane  ther  .  .  by  a  goned  or  ij,  an(d)  ther  they  shott  a  pese 
[which  burst]  in  pesys  by  mysfortune  yt  thruw  that  ho     .     .     . 

a  V  bowses  and  a  goodly  chyrche  goyn yt  laft 

never  a  glasse  wyndow  hoUe  and     ....     goodly   chyrche  as 

any  chyrche  in  London, a  grett  pesse  of  the  on 

syd  downe  and  t  .  .  viij  men  and  on  mayd  slayne  and  hurtt 
dyvers     .     .     and  a-nodur  dede  with-in  a  senett^  after. 

The  xiiij  day  of  July  was  bered  the  nob[le]  erle  of  Hunting(don) 
knyght  of  the  garter,  with  a  st[andard]  and  mony  morners,  and  then 
cam  ys  grett  baner  of  [arms],  and  then  cam  mo  morners,  and  then 
cam  iij  bar  [olds  of  arms]  in  ther  cott  armurs,  on  bare  the  helme 
and  the  [crest]  and  the  mantylles,  and  a-nodur  cared  the  targett 
with  the  g  [arter]  and  the  sword,  and  a-nodur  ys  cott  armur,  and  then 
[came]  the  cors  with  viij  goodly  grett  banar-roUes  a-b  [out]  hym  ; 
and  then  mony  mornars  ;  and  the  chyrche  and  the  [place]  and  the 
strett  hangyd  with  blake  and  armes ;  and  ther  was  a  goodly  hers,  ^ 
and  garnyshed  with  grett  skochyons  of  armes,  andagrettmageste^ 
of  taiFata  and  the  valans  gyldyd,  and  a-pone  hym  a  nuw  pall  of 
blake  velvett,  and  iij  haroldes,  master  Garter,  master  Clarenshux, 
and  [blank) 
■  car.     *•  buried.     '  painters.     ^  gun.     '  died.     '  seven-night,    s  hearse.     **  majesty. 


240  DIARY    OF    A  [1560. 

The  xiiij  day  of  July  was  mareda  in  sant  Ma[ry]  Wolnars  in 
Lumbard  strett  iij  dowthers  of  master  Atkynson  the  skrevener  in 
ther  hereb  and  goodly  pastes^  with  chenes  and  perle  and  stones  ; 
and  they  whent  to  the  chyrche  all  iij  on  after  a-nodur  with  iij 
goodly  cupes  garnysshes  with  lases  gilt  and  goodly  flowrs  and 
rosmare/  commyng  home  after  to  hys  howse,  for  ther  was  a  grett 
denner^  for  all  the  iij  dowthers  dynyd  in  ys  howse  to-gether. 

The  .     .     day  of  July master  Loves 

mercer ;  he  gayiF  to ther  was  the  clothyng 

of  ys  compene blake  gownes  and  the  compene 

of  the  Clarkes  sy  [ngi]  ng,  [and  there  preached]  master  Alley  the 
byshope  of  Exseter,  and  a  goodly  sermon. 

The  xxij  day  of  July  was  a  proclamacion  by  the  maree  that  no 
man  shuld  have  no  gone-powder  in  ther  bowses  nor  sellers,  f  and 
that  men  shuld  take  beds  for  pyche  and  tere^  and  flax  and  wax,  or 
elles  byre  sum  plase  nere  the  townes  endes. 

The  xxiij  day  of  July  was  bered  my  good  lade  [Chester,]  the 
wyfF  of  ser  Wylliam  Chester  knyght  and  draper  and  altherman 
and  marchand  of  the  stapull,  and  the  howse  and  the  cherche  and 
the  strette  hangyd  with  blake  and  armes,  and  she  gayfF  to  xx  pore 
women  good  rossett  gownes,  and  he  gayflf  unto  iiij  althermen  blake 
gownes  and  odur  men  gownes  and  cottes  to  the  nombur  of  a  C. 
and  to  women  gownes  .  .  .  and  ther  was  ij  harold(s)  of  armes; 
and  then  cam  the  corse  and  iiij  morners  beyryng  of  iiij  pennon  of 
armes  abowtt,  and  cam  morners  a-for  and  after,  and  the  clarkes 
syngyng ;  and  master  Beycon  dyd  pryche  over  nyght ;  and  the 
morow  after  to  the  howse  to  dener ;  vj  dosen  of  skochyons  and  a 
d'  i  of  bokeram. 

The  XXV  day  of  July  saint  James  fayer  by  Westminster  was  so 
great  that  a  man  could  not  have  a  pygg  for  mony ;  and  the  beared 
wiffes  hadd  nother  meate  nor  drinck  before  iiij  of  cloke  in  the  same 

■  married.  •*  hair.  "^  t.  e.  head-dresses.  '•  rosemary.  *  mayor. 

'  cellars.  «  heed.  »»  tar.  '  half.  J  beer. 


1560.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  241 

day.  And  the  chese  went  very  well  away  for  Id.  q.  the  pounde. 
Besides  the  great  and  mighti  armie  of  beggares  and  bandes  that 
ther  were.* 

The  ij  yere  of  the  quen  Elesabeth  was  alle  the  rod-loftes  taken 
done  in  London,  and  wrytynges  wrytyne  in  the  sam  plase. 

.     .     .  byshope  of  London  at  PowUes  crosse  by  the  .     .  sonday. 

The  xxix  day  of  July  the  Quen(^s)  grace  removyd  from  Gren- 
wyche  on  her  grace  ('s)  progresse,  and  at  Lambeth  she  dynydwith 
my  lord  of  Canturbere  and  her  consell;  and  after  [took  her] 
gorney  ^  towhard  Rychmond,  and  her  grace  lay  ther  v  days ;  and 
after  to  Ottland,  and  ther  So[nday  and]  Monday  dener,  and  to 
Suttun  to  soper. 

The  furst  day  of  August  was  Lammas  day,  and  the  lord  mare 
and  the  masters  the  althermen  and  the  commenars  and  all  the 
craftes  in  ther  leverey  for  to  chus  the  shreyff,  and  ther  serten  al- 
thermen and  serten  commenars  in  the  elecsyon  to  be  shreyff  for 
London,  butt  serten  men  callyd  mygg  .  master  Blakwell  skre- 
vener  to  be  shreyfF,  butt  after-ward  [the  more]  vowys  whent  a-pon 
master  Fokes  clothworker  and  altherman  was  electyd  shreyfF,  for 
at  the  mare(^s)  fest  was  chosen  master  altherman  Draper  and 
yrmonger  was  chosen  the  quen('s)  shreyfF. 

The  vij  day  of  August  was  Suttun  bomyd,  wher  the  Quen('s) 
grase  dyd  ly  iij  nyghtes  a-for,  that  was  master  Westun's  plase. 

The  X  day  of  August  was  bered  within  the  Towre  withowt  a 
offeser  of  armes,  and  (with)  master  Alley  the  nuw  byshope  of  Ex- 
cetur,  and  the  chyrch  hangyd  with  blake  and  armes,  my  lade 
Warner,  the  wyfF  of  ser  Edward  Warner. 

The  xij  day  of  August  was  bered  *^  at  Powlles  master  May  the 
nuw  dene  of  Powlles,  and  my  lord  of  Londun  mad  the  sermon  in 
ys  rochett,  bered  hym. 

The  xiij  day  of  August  was  a  grett  robere  ^  done  with-in  Cle- 

*  This  entry  is  in  a  different  hand  to  the  rest  of  the  Diary. 
•»  journey.  ^  buried.  ^  robbery. 

CAMD.  SOC.  2  I 


242  DIARY   OF   A  [1560. 

mentt('s)  inn  with-owt  Tempulle  bare,  by  on  master  Cutt  and  iij 
mo,  and  iij  of  them  was  taken,  on  »  led  into  Nuwgatt  and  a-nodur 
in  Wostrett  contur,b  and  a-nodur  in  the  contur  in  the  Pultre. 

The     .     .     day  [of  August] lygthenyng  and 

rayn  vj  owre[s]     .     ,     . 

The  xix  day  of  August  my  lade  Northe  [was  carried]  from 
Charter  howse  toward  Cambregshyre  .  .  .  with  a  C.  men  in 
blake  rydyng,  and  master  Clarenshus  sett  them  in  ordur,  and  a 
grett  denur  with  venesun,  wyne,  and  stronge  here. 

The  xxj  day  of  August  ryd  a-bowt  London  in  a  care  iij  for 
baudre,  a  man  and  ys  wyfF  and  a  woman  the  wyff  of  {blank)  Brown 
dwellyng  with-owtt  Nuwgatt  a  talowchandeler. 

The  xxij  day  of  August  was  bered  in  Cambregshyre  my  lade 
North,  the  wyiF  of  my  lord  North,  with  ij  haroldes  of  armes,  master 
Clarenshus  and  master  Somersett,  and  mony  mornars  in  blake 
gownes ;  then  cam  a  grett  baner  of  armes  borne ;  and  then  cam  the 
corse  kevered  ^  with  a  paU  of  blake  welvett  and  armes,  and  banars 
borne  abowtt  the  corse ;  and  then  cam  mony  women  mornars  in 
blake ;  and  the  plase  and  the  chyrche  hangyd  with  blake  and  armes, 
and  after  to  the  plase  to  dener,  for  ther  was  myche  a-doo ;  and 
thys  was  at  Cateleg  my  lord(^s)  place ;  and  [blank)  dyd  pryche  at 
the  bereall,  and  was  mony  pore  men  and  women  that  had  gownes 
and  met  ^  and  drynke. 

The  xxviiij  day  of  August  at  sant  Towlys  «  in  Sowthwarke  the 
menyster  {blank)  Harold  dyd  cristenyd  a  chyld  with-owtt  a  god- 
father, and  the  mydwyff  haskyd  hym  how  he  cold  do  yt,  and  he 
hanswered  her  and  sayd  yt  was  butt  a  seremony. 

The  {blank)  day  of  August  was  bered  my  lade  Dudley  the  wyiF  of 
my  lord  Robart  Dudley  the  master  of  the  quen('s)  horse,  with  a 
grett  baner  of  armes  and  a  vj  baners-rolles  of  armes,  and  a  viij 
dosen  penselles  and  viij  dosen  skochyons,  and  iiij  grett  skochyons 

•  one.        •*  Wood-street  counter.        «  covered.        «*  meat.        *  St.  Olave's. 


1560.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  243 

of  armes,  and  iiij  haroldes,  master  Garter,  master  Clarenshux, 
master  Lanckostur,  and  (blank). 

with  ij  harolds,  master  Clarenshux  and 

Ruge-crosse,  and  a  standard  and  a  pennon  of  armes,  a  cot  armnr, 
helmett,  and  crest,  and  mantylles,  and  sword,  and  a  viij  dosen  of 
skochyons  of  armes  and  vj  of  bokeram,  and  [many]  mornars  in 
blake,  and  ther  was  grett  [dinner  and]  a  doUe  of  mones  »  as  many 
as  cam. 

The  XX  day  of  September  was  bered  in  (Kent)  master  Recherd 
Howllett  of  Sydnam  sqwyre,  in  the  parryche  of  Lussam,  ^  with  a 
pennon  of  armes  and  a  cott  armur  and  a  ij  dosen  of  skochyons 
of  armes  and  a  d'  <^  of  [buckram J  and  master  West  dyd  pryche,  and 
after  to  Sydnam  to  dener,  the  wyche  was  a  fyse  ^  dener  and  the 
godlest  dener  that  has  bene  in  Kentt  for  all  kyndes  of  fysse  [both] 
fresse  and  salt,  and  ther  was  [unfinished ) 

The  xxiij  day  of  September  was  bered  in  Sussex  ser  John 
Pellam  knyght,  with  a  standard  and  a  pennon  of  armes  and  a  cott 
armur,  elmett,  crest,  targett,  mantylls,  and  sword,  a  iiij  dosen  of 
skochyons  and  d'  6,  and  master  Somersett  was  the  harold. 

The  XXV  day  of  September  was  bered  ^  my  lord  Montegul,  with 
a  herse  and  a  mageste  s  and  valans  of  sarsenett,  and  iiij  grett  sko- 
chyons of  armes,  and  a  yj  dosen  of  skochyons  and  vj  of  bokeram, 
and  a  standard  and  a  grett  baner  of  armes,  and  iiij  baner-roUes  of 
dyvers  armes,  and  a  cott  armur,  targett  and  sword,  elmett,  man- 
tylles,  and  [crest;]  and  master  Norrey  and  Ruge-dragon  the 
haroldes,  and  iiij  dosen  of  .     .     . 

The  xxvij  day  of  September  was  a  proclamassyon  that  the  best 
testons  should  goo  for  no  more  but  iiijc?.  [a  piece]  ;  and  the  tes- 
tons  of  the  lyone,  the  flowre  de  lusse,  and  the  harpe  [but]  for  ij 
pens  q, ;  and  a  penny  iij  fardynges ;  and  ob  hopene  '•  and  a  fardyng. 

The  X  day  of  October  was  mared*  in  the  parryche  of  sant  Alphes 


'  money. 

^  Lewisham. 

«=  half.                 "  fish. 

•half. 

'  buried. 

K  majesty. 

^  So  in  MS. 

1  married. 

244  DIARY    OF    A  [1560. 

at  CrepuUgatt  master  Wylliam  Drure  unto  lade  Wylliams  of 
Tame,  and  mared  by  master  Frence  on  of  the  masters  of  Wynd- 
sore,  and  after  gohyng  home  to  dener  the  trumpettes  blohyng, 
and  after  the  flutt  and  drum,  and  at  the  furst  corse  *  servyng  the 
trumpettes  blohyng,  for  ther  was  a  gret  dener  and  gret  museke 
ther. 

The  XV  day  of  October  was  bered  [the  countess]  of  Shrows- 
bere,  Frances,  in  Halumshyre,  with  [iij  heralds]  of  armes,  master 
Garter,  master  Chester,  master  Lankostur ;  .  .  .  .  with  a  stan- 
dard, a  grett  baner  of  armes,  [and  baner-]  roUes  of  mareges,^  and 
a  X  dosen  penselles,  ....  skochyons  of  armes,  and  a  mageste  c 
and  valans  .  .  .  dosen  of  bokeram  skochyons,  and  a  thousand 
in  ....  .  and  cottes  with  the  pore  men  and  women,  and  a 
grett  doUe  of  money,  and  of  mett  and  drynke,  for  all  that  cam, 
and  all  the  prestes  and  clarkes  of  ...  .  cam,  and  had  boyth 
money  and  mett  and  drynke. 

The  xiiij  day  of  November  was  kyllyd  in  Powlles  chyrche-yerde 
a  hossear  ^  by  on  Necolles  a  tayller. 

The  xxij  day  of  November  was  bered  in  sant on 

master  Bulthered  e  with  a  pennon  of  armes  and  cote  [armur,  and] 
vj  skochyons  of  armes. 

The  xxiij  day  of  November  was  bered  in  s[aint  Stephen's]  in 
Colmanstrett  ser  John  Jermy  knyght  of  Suff[olke  bejyonde  Ep- 
wyche  ^  iiij  mylles,  the  wyche  was  a  goo[d  man]  of  the  age  of 
iiij^^  and  ode,s  the  wyche  he  left  iiij  sunesh  and  iij  dowthers,  and 
he  had  a  standard  and  a  pennon  of  armes,  and  cott  armur,  elmett, 
targett,  and  sword,  and  mantyll,  and  a  iij  dosen  of  skochyons  and 
alfF  a  dosen  of  bokeram ;  and  the  chyrche  was  hangyd  with  blake, 
and  with  armes  ;  and  ther  was  mony  morners ;  and  gohyng  to  the 
chyrche  a  mornar  beyryng  the  standard  in  blake,  and  anodur  a 
pennon  of  armes,  and  then  serten  mornars ;  then  cam  master  So- 

*  course.  •*  marriages,  i.  e,  alliances.  '^  majesty.  ^  hosier. 

«  Bulstrode.'  '  Ipswich.  «  odd.  •»  sons. 


1560.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  245 

mersett  the  harold  here  the  elme  *  and  crest,  and  after  cam  master 
Clarenshux  beyryng  ys  cote  armur  and  the  clarke(s)  syngyng;  and 
(then)  cam  the  corse  with  a  palle  of  blake  velvett  with  skochyons 
on  yt,  and  (then)  cam  the  cheyfF  morners,  and  after  ys  servandes 
in  blake ;  and  master  MoUens  the  archdeacon  dyd  pryche ;  and 
after  all  done  hom  to  a  fleccher('s)  howse  to  dener. 

The  xxiiij  day  cam  downe  from  my  lord  mare  that  sertten  of 
craftes  shuld  walke  in  evere  markett,  with  a  whyt  rod  in  ther 
handes,  to  loke  that  men  shuld  take  testons  of  the  ratt  ^  as  the 
quen  has  proclamyd  in  all  markettes  thrughe  all  London,  that  the 
markett  folke  take  the  money,  be-cause  the  rumore  rane  that  they 
shuld  falle.<5 

.  .  .  master  Nuwwell,  and  Te  Deum  sung  ..,..,, 
.     .     .     .  with  all  the  quer. 

The  xxix  day  of  November  ther  was  a  man  ryd  [in  a  cart  ?]  for 
bryngyng  of  messelle  porke  to  selle. 

The  XXX  day  of  November  ther  was  iiij  men  sett  on  the  pelere  ^ 
for  purjure,  and  a-for  they  wher  sett  on  the  pelere  at  Westmyn- 
ster. 

The  last  day  of  November,  that  was  sant  Andrews  day,  was  a 
grett  fray  at  the  cowrt  be-twyn  my  lord  Robart  [Dudley^s]  men 
and  (blank)  Harbard('s)  ^  men ;  and  that  day  was  no  water  in  [any] 
condyth^  in  London  but  in  Lothbere. 

The  xix  day  of  November  was  electyd  the  byshope  of  Wyn- 
chester  at  the  cowrt,  master  Home  late  dene  of  Durram. 

The  ix  day  of  Desember  was  bered  in  sant  Andrews  under- 
shaft  mastores  Lusun  wedow,  the  wyfF  of  master  Lusun  merser 
and  stapoler  and  late  shreyif  of  London,  with  a  Ix  in  blake  gownes, 
and  her  plase  and  the  chyrche  hangyd  with  blake  and  armes,  and 
a  xxiiij  clarkes  syngyng ;  and  she  gayflf  xl  gownes  to  men  and 
women  of  brod  cloth,  and  evere  woman  had  nuw  raylles,  and  ther 

•  helmet.  ^  rate.  «=  fail? 

^  pillory.  «  Herbert.  *  conduit. 


246  DIARY    OF    A  [1560. 

was  a  sermon,  and  a  iiij  dosen  of  skochyons  of  armes ;  and  after 
a  gret  dole,  and  after  a  grett  dener. 

The  xiiij  day  (of)  Desember  was  ij  men  wypyd  for  cuttyng  of 
pypes  of  lede,  the  wyche  lettyd  *  that  w[e]  had  no  water  on  sant 
Androwes  day  last. 

The  XV  day  of  Desember  was  a  proclamasyon  that  no  fremen 
shuld  were  ^  no  clokes  in  London. 

The  xxiij  day  of  Desember  was  bered  in  sant  Lenardes  in 
Foster  lane  master  Trapes  gold-smyth ;  the  howse,  the  stret,  and 
the  chyrche  hangyd  with  blake  and  armes,  and  gayff  mony  gownes 
boyth  to  men  and  women.  Master  Beycun  dyd  pryche,  and 
powre  men  had  gownes,  and  a  iij  dosen  skochyons ;  and  after  a 
grett  deneri 

The  xvij  day  of  Desember  after  mydnyth  ^  wher  sene  in  the 
element  open,  and  as  red  and  flames  of  fyre  over  London,  and 
odur  plases  in  reme,<^  and  sene  of  M.  men.® 

Elesabeth  in  the  mydes  »....,.  and  armes,  and 
the  over  hend  ^  was  .  .  .  .,  and  he  had  a  standard  and  a  pen- 
non of  armes,  elmett,  targett,  and  sword,  mantylles  and  crest,  and 
a  vj  [dozen  scocheons]  and  alffe  a  dosen  of  bokeram ;  and  ther  was 
iij  haroldes  in  ther  cottes  armurs,  master  Clarenshus,  master  So- 

mersett and  mony  mornars  in  blake,  a  iiij^^,  and 

master  Skam  [bier  the]  byshope  electyd  of  Peterborow  mad  the 
serm  [on,  and  so]  in-to  the  abbey  ys  plase  to  dener. 

The  XX  day  of  Desember  was  a  man     ....  was  slayne 
and  browth  s  in-to  sant  Margaret's  Westmynster  chyrche-yerde, 

and  ther  he  was brod,  and  he  was  repyd,  and  ys 

bowhelles  taken  owtt,  and  ....  the  wyche  after-ward  was 
knowne  that  he  was  slayne  in 

The  X  day  of  Desember  cam  tydans  to  the  quen('s)  grace  and  to 
the  consell  that  the  Frenche  kyng  was  ded — the  yonge  kyng.^ 

»  i.  e.  hindered.  ''  wear.  «=  midnight.  «*  the  realm. 

«  Side-note,  a  grett  syne  sene.  ^  end.  «  brought.  ^  Francis  II. 


1560.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  24? 

The  xxix  day  of  Desember  at  nyght  be-twyn  vj  and  vij  of  the  cloke 
was  slayn  on  *  Wylliam  Bettes,  a  master  of  fense,  by  one  {blank) 
at  Warwyke  lane  comer,  and  was  frust  ^  throwth-owt  the  body. 

The  xiij  of  Desember  was  stallyd  at  Wyndsor  the  duke  of 
Wanholt,*^  knyght  of  the  nobuU  order  of  the  gartter,  and  the 
good  erle  of  Ruttland  was  the  quen('s)  depute  at  that  tyme. 

The  xij  day,  the  wyche  was  the  vj  day  of  January,  was  bered 
in  sant  Benettes  at  Powlles  warfF  master  Antony  Hyll,  on  of  the 
quen('s)  gentyllman  of  [blank),  and  a  xvj  clarkes  syngyng  to  the 
chyrche,  and  to  the  berehyng. 

.  a]boyiFe  iiij^  of  gentyll-women  [to  ...  . 
whe]  re  they  had  as  grett  chere  as  have  bene  sene,  behyng  a  fysse  ^ 
day ;  and  after  ther  w  .  .  .  .  the  chefF  men  of  the  parryche 
and  odur,  and  [they  had]  a  grett  dener  and  grett  chere  for  fysse. 

The  xvj  day  of  January  was  bered  at  sant  Aus  [tin's]  Jakobe 
the  husser  e  of  Powlles  skoUe ;  at  ys  berehyng  wher  a  xx  clarkes 
syngyng  ym  to  the  chyrche,  and  [there]  was  a  sermon. 

The  x  day  of  January  was  bered  at  Cam[berwell]  master  Skott, 
justes  a  pese,^  a  vere  good  man ;  and  he  had  [a]  ij  dosen  of  sko- 
chyons  of  armes. 

The  xvij  day  of  January  was  bered  in  sant  Peters  in  Corne- 
hylle  master  Flammoke  grocer,  and  he  gayflf  mony  gownes  of 
blake,  and  he  gayfif  to  pore  men  {blank) ;  and  he  was  cared  to 
the  chyrche  with-owt  syngyng  or  clarkes,  and  at  the  chyrche  a 
sphalme «  songe  after  Genevay,  and  a  sermon,  and  bered  con- 
tenentt.^ 

The  xxvij  day  of  January  was  mared^  in  sant  Pancras  par- 
ryche Wylliam  BellefFe  vyntoner  unto  with  master  Malore(^s) 
dougthere,  arderman ;  and  ther  was  a  sermon,  and  after  goodly 
syngyng  and  playhyng;  and  ther  was  dyver  althermen  at  the 
vedyng^  in  skarlett ;  and  they  gayfF  a  C.  payre  of  glovys ;  and  after 

*  one.  *•  thrust.  •=  van  Holstein.  ^  fish.  e  usher, 

f  justice  of  the  peace.       ^  psalm.       ^  incontinently.       »  married.      •'  wedding. 


248  DIARY    OF   A  [1560-1. 

a  grett  dener,  and  at  nyght  soper,  and  after  a  maske  and  mum- 
meres. 

The  sam  day  dynyd  at  master  Clarenshux  my  lord  Pagett  and 
ser  John  Masun  and  my  lade  Masun  and  ser  Crystefer  Allen  and 
ser  Hare  *  Pagett  and  dyvers  gentyllmen. 

The  XXV  day  of  January  toke  ys  gorney  in-to  Franse  inbassadur 
to  the  Frenche  kyng  the  yerle  of  Bedford,  and  he  had  iij  dosen  of 
logyng  skochyons.^ 

The  xxvij  day  of  January a  man  ys  nam 

a  puterer by  on  {unfinished) 

Thexxix  day  of  January  dyd  ryd  a  [bout]  London,  ys  fase  to- 
ward the  horse  taylle,  ....  and  sellyng  of  messelle  bacun. 

The  xxxj  day  of  January  the  sam  man  was  sett  on  the  pelere  '^ 
and  ij  grett  peses  of  the  m[easly]  bacun  hangyng  over  ys  hed,  and 
a  wrytyng  [put]  up  that  a  ij  yere  a-goo  he  was  ponyssed  for  [the] 
sam  offense  for  the  lyke  thyng. 

The  iij  day  of  Feybruary  was  master  John  Whytt  altherman(^s) 
sune  Thomas  was  cristened  in  Lytyll  sant  Bathelmuw  parryche ; 
and  ser  Thomas  Offiley  knyght  latt  mare  of  London  and  master 
Altham  altherman  late  shreyffe  of  London  godfathers,  and  mas- 
tores  Champyon  (the)  altherman  fs)  wyff  godmother ;  and  after  to 
ys  plase,  and  mad  good  chere. 

The  ix  day  of  Feybruary  dyd  pryche  at  Powlles  crosse  master 
Pylkyngtun,  electyd  byshope  of  Durram,  and  ther  was  my  lord 
mare  and  the  althermen  and  my  lord  Robart  Dudley  and  master 
secretore  Sysselle,^  and  dyvers  odur  of  the  quen(*s)  consell;  and 
after  to  my  lord  mare  to  dener. 

The  xj  day  of  Feybruary  was  bered  in  sant  Martens  at  Ludgatt 
master  Daltun  of  the  North  sqwyre,  and  ther  was  mony  morners 
in  blake  gownes,  and  parson  Veron  the  Frenche  man  dyd  pryche 

a  Harry. 

''  scocheons  to  leave  at  the  houses  in  which  he  lodged  by  the  way. 

«  pillory.  ^  CeciU. 


1560-1,]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  249 

ther,  for  he  was  parson  ther^  and  ys  menyster ;  and  after  was  ys 
cott  and  pennon  of  armes  and  ij  dosen  of  skochyons  of  armes. 

[The  day  of  February  was  excommunicated  Hethe,]  latt 
chanseler  of  England  and  [arch]  byshope  of  Yorke,  he  lyung  in 
the  Towre. 

The  XXV  day  of  Feybruary  was  excom[municated]  at  Bowe 
chyrche  doctur  Thurlbe  late  byshope  of  Ely,  and  on  of  the  con- 
sell  unto  quen  Mare,  he  lyeng  with-in  the  Towre. 

The  xxvij  day  of  Feybruary  mastores  Whyt  the  wyfF  of  master 
John  Whyt  altherman  and  grocer  was  chyrched,  but  the  menyster 
wold  nott,  owt-sept  she  wold  com  at  vj  in  the  mornyng,  and  so  her 
mastores  fayne  to  take  a  menyster  to  do  yt  at  her  plase ;  and  after 
a  grett  dener  was  ther,  and  mony  worshephuU  lades  and  althermen 
wyfFes  and  gentyll  women  and  odur. 

The  furste  day  of  Marche  was  bered  in  sant  Fosters  parryche 
on  master  Bumsted  gentyllman,  with  vj  skochyons  of  armes. 

The  begynnyng  of  Lent  there  was  on^  master  Adams  dwellyng 
in  Lytyll  Estchepe,  and  ther  was  a  proclamasyon  mad  that  yfF  any 
bocher  dyd  kyll  any  flesse  for  [Lent,  he  should]  pey  xxl,  at  evere 
tyme  so  dohyng;  and  this  man  kyllyd  iij  oxen,  and  ther  was  a 
quest  whent  on  hym,  and  they  cast  ym  in  the  fyne  to  paye  the 
money. 

The  x  day  of  Feybruary  [was  buried  ?]  in  GarlykeheyfFe  master 
Gybes,  on*  of  the  mar[shal  men?]  of  London. 

The  vij  day  of  Marche  was  bered  in  sant  Stephens  Colman- 
strett  master  Paten  sun  bruar,  and  on*  of  the  cu[ncil,]  and  a  gen- 
tyllman, and  with  the  clothyng  of  the  bruars  and  of  the  clarkes, 
and  he  had  (unfinishedj 

The  xij  day  of  Feybruary  was  a  chyld  [christened]  in  the  par- 
ryche of  owre  Lade^  of  Bowe  in  Chepe,  [the  son  of]  Hare  Loke<= 
mercer,  the  sune  of  ser  Wylliam  Loke,  the  wyche  had  nodur 
godfather  nor  godmother  hym-seylfF. 

'  one.  •»  Lady.  *=  Harry  Locke. 

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DIARY    OF    A 


[1560-1. 


The  iij  yere  of  quen  Elezabeth  the  xviij  day  of  [February]  was 
sant  Gorge  fest ;  how  all  the  knyghtes  of  the  garter  stod  that  day 
in  order,  the  furst 


On  the  Quen['s  side,'] 
The  Gluen('s)  grace. 
The  kyng  Phelype. 
The  constabuUe  of  France. 
The  yerle  of  Arundell. 
The  yerle  of  Darbe. 
+ 

The  duke  of  Northfoke. 
The  lord  Pagett. 
The  yerle  of  Westmerland. 
The  lord  chamburlayn^Haward. 
The  yerle  of  Shrowsbere 
The  lord  Montyguw — Browne. 
The  lord  Gray  of  Wyltun. 


On  the  Emperowref'sJ  syd. 
The  emperowre  Ferna[ndo.] 
The  prynse  of  Pyamont, 
The  duke  Vanholtt. 
+ 
The    markes   of  Wynchester, 

tresorer. 
The  yerle  of  Penbroke. 
The  lord  admerall  Clynton. 
The  maques  of  Northamtun — 

Pare. 
The  yerle  of  Rutland — Rosse. 
The  yerle  of  Sussex. 
The  lord  of  Lugborow. 
The  lord  Robart  Dudley. 
The  lord  of  Hunsdon — Care. 


.  .  .  cause  he  dyd  nott  justely  exp  .  .  .  slanderyng  of  the 
consell. 

The  sam  day  at  after-none  was  a  great  ....  playd  a-for 
the  Gluen('s)  grace  with  all  the  masters  [of  fence ;]  and  serten 
chalengers  dyd  chalenge  aU  men,  whatsumever  they  be,  with  mores 
pyke,  longe  sword,  and  ....  and  basterd  sword,  and  sword 
and  bokeler,  and  sword  and  dager,  [and]  crosse  stafFe,  and  stayfFes, 
and  odur  wepons ;  and  the  next  [day]  they  playd  agayne,  and  the 
quen('s)  grace  gayf  serten     .     .     . 

The  xij  day  of  Feybruary  xj  men  of  the  north  was  of  a  quest ; 
because  they  gayfFa  wrong  evyde[nce^  and]  thay  ware  paper  a-pon 
ther  hedes  for  pergure. 


1560-1.]  RESIDENT   IN    LONDON.  251 

The  same  day  was  reynyd  »  in  Westmynster  hall  v  men,  iij  was 
for  buglare,''  and  ij  were  cuttpurses ;  and  cast  to  be  hangyd  at 
sant  Thomas  of  Wateryng ;  on  was  a  gentyllman. 

The  xiij  day  of  Feybruary  was  a  man  sett  on  the  pelere,*'  a  skry- 
vynor  dwellyng  in  Sowthwarke,  and  ther  was  a  paper  sett  over  ys 
hed  wrytten  for  sondrys  and  practyses  of  grett  falsode  and  muche 
on-trowthe,  and  sett  forthe  under  coller  of  sowth-sayng,  and  ys 
nam  was  (blank) 

The  xvij  day  of  Feybruary  was  wrastelyng  at  the  cowrte  in  the 
prychyng-plase  a-for  the  quen. 

The  xvj  day  of  Feybruary  at  after-none  was  bered  at  Allalowes 
in  Wall  master  Standley,  prest  and  sthuard**  unto  my  lord  treyss- 
orer,  with  xij  clarkes  syngyng,  at  after-none  ;  and  he  gayfF  myche 
money  to  evere  on  ^  of  my  lordes  servandes ;  and  iiij  of  my  lordes 
men  bare  h^'^m  ;  and  he  had  iij  dosen  skochyons  of  ys  armes. 

The  sam  day  at  Lambeth  was  consecratyd  nuwe  byshopes, 
master  Home  of  Wynchastur,  and  master  Skamler  byshope  of 
Peterborowe. 

The  xix  day  of  Feybruary  dyd  pryche  a-for  the  quen  master 
Nevell/  the  [dean  of  Saint  PauFsJ  and  he  mad  a  godly  sermon, 
and  gret  [audience]. 

The  xxj  day  of  Feybruary  dyd  pryche  a-for  the  quen  and  the 
consell  master  Skamler,  the  n  [ew  bishop]  of  Peterborow,  in  ys 
chymner  and  ys  whyt  r[ochet.] 

The  sam  day  sessyons  at  Nuwgatt,  and  [there]  was  cast  xvij  men 
and  ij  women  for  to  [be  hanged.] 

The  xxij  day  of  Feybruary  cam  the  sum  [mons]  for  to  have  ther 
jugement,  and  so  (blank)  [were]  bornyd  in  ther  hand  at  the  place 
of  jugement. 

The  xxiiij  day  of  Feybruary  whent  to  hang  xviij  men  and  ij 

*  arraigned.        •»  burglary.        <^  pillory.        ^  priest  and  steward.        *  every  one. 

'  Nowell. 


252  DIARY    OF    A  [1560-1. 

women,  and  serten  ware  browth*  to  be  bered  in  serten  parryches 
in  London ;  the  barbur-surgens  had  on  of  them  to  be  a  notheme  b 
at  ther  halle  in  (blank). 

The  sam  day  was  bered  in  sant  Peters  parryche  in  Cornehyll 
mastores  Gowth,^  latt  the  wyfFe  of  master  Laycroft,  armorer,  dwel- 
lyng  in  the  sam  parryche,  the  wyche  he  gayfF  for  her  in  gownes  to 
men  and  women  that  wher  pore  ^  (unfinished) 

The  xxvj  day  of  Feybruary  dyd  pryche  at  the  cowrt  master 
Samsun  a-for  the  quen. 

The  xxviij  day  of  Feybruary  dyd  pryche  at  the  cowrt  master 
Pylkyngtun  electyd  pyshope  of  Durram  a-for  the  quen('s)  grace, 
and  made  a  godly  sermon,  and  grett  audyens. 

.  .  the  Marsalsay  to  be  cared  ^  into  the  co  [untry  .  .  .]  men 
that  was  cast  in  Westmynster  hall  for  robere  done  the  last  day  of 
terme. 

The  iiij  day  of  Marche  was  a  tall  man  wypyd  a-bowtt  West- 
mynster and  throwge  London  and  over  London  bryge  and  Sowth- 
warke  for  conter-feythyng  the  master  of  the  quen(^s)  horse  hand. 

The  ij  day  of  Marche  was  consecratyd  at  the  byshope  of  Lon- 
don ('s)  palles  ^  master  Yonge  byshope  of  Yorke,  was  byshope  of 
(Saint  David's). 

The  vj  day  of  Marche  was  bered  ?  in  sant  Gorge  parryche  in 
Sowthwarke,  the  wyche  he  cam  owtt  of  the  kynges  bynche,  master 
Seth  Holand,  latt  dene  of  Vossetur,h  and  the  master  of  All  Solles 
colege  in  Oxford,  and  a  Ix  men  of  gentyllmen  of  the  in '  of  the 
corttes,  and  of  Oxford,  browth  ^  ym  to  the  chyrche,  for  he  was  a 
grett  lernydman. 

The  ix  day  of  Marche  dyd  pryche  at  the  cowrt  the  byshope  of 
London  master  Gryndall. 

The  sam  day  cam  owt  of  Franse  the  yerle  of  Bedford. 

»  brought.         •»  probably  Gough.  '^  anatomy.         ^  were  poor.         ^  carried. 

'  palace.  «  buried.  ^  Worcester.  *  inns.  ^  brought. 


1560-1.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  253 

The  sam  day  dyd  pryche  in  the  shroudes  at  PowUes  master 
Gresshope  of  Oxford. 

The  vii  day  of  Marche  at  nyght  cam  a  servyngman  in  Towre 
stret,  and  toke  from  a  cyld  »  neke  ( a  .  .  .)  of  sylver,  and  the 
pepuU  bad  stope  the  theyfFe,  and  he  rane  in-to  Marke  lane,  and 
stopyd  and  gayfF  ym  a  blowe  that  he  never  went  farther,  and  ded.^ 

The  xvj  day  of  Ma.     .     . 

The  xvij  day  dyd  pryche  at  the  cowrt  the  [bishop]  of  Durram, 
that  was  Mydlent  son  day. 

The  XX  day  dyd  pryche  at  the  courtt  the  [dean]  of  PowUes,  mas- 
ter Nowell. 

The  XX  day  of  Marche  ded  ^  at  the  cowrt  the  yonge  lade  Jane 
Semer,  the  duke  of  Somerset('s)  dowther,  on  of  the  quen(^s)  mayds. 

The  xxiij  day  of  Marche  dyd  pryche  at  [Newington]  be-yonde 
sant  Gorgus  the  byshope  of  Canturbere,  docthur  Parker,  and  mad 
a  goodly  sermon. 

The  sam  day  dyd  pryche  at  the  cowrte  the  byshope  of  Ely, 
docthur  Cokes,  and  he  w[ould  that  none]  shuld  pryche  of  he  *^ 
matters  butt  they  that  were  well  le[arned.] 

The  xxij  day  of  Marche  dyd  a  woman  ryd  a-bowt  Chepesyd 
and  Londun  for  bryngyng  yonge  frye  of  dyvers  kynd  of  fysse  un- 
lafuU,  with  a  garland  a-pone  her  hed  hangyng  with  strynges  of  the 
small  fysse,  and  on  the  horse  a-for  and  be-hynd  here,  led  by  on  of 
the  bedylls  of  Brydwell. 

The  xxiij  day  of  Marche  dyd  pryche  at  PowUes  crosse  a  by- 
shope. 

The  xxij  day  of  Marche  ther  was  a  wyfF  dwellyng  in  sant  Mar- 
tens in  the  vyntre,  within  the  clostur  dwellyng,  of  the  age  of  Ui. 
toke  a  woman  into  her  howse  at  the  done-lyhyng,d  and  the  sam 
nyght  she  was  delevered  with  chyld,  and  the  sam  woman  of  the 
howse  led  ^  her-seyfF  in  bed,  and  mad  pepuU  beleyff  that  yt  was 
her  owne  chyld. 

*  child's  ?  ''  died.  =  high.  *•  down-lying.  «  laid. 


254  DIARY    OF    A  [1561. 

[Tlie  xxvj  day  of  March  master  Sampson  preached  at  the 
court.] 

The  sam  day  of  Marche  at  after-none  at  Westmynster  [was 
brought]  from  the  quen('s)  armere  a  my  lade  Jane  Semer,  with  [all 
the  quire]  of  the  abbay,  with  ijC.  of  (the)  quen(^s)  cowrt,  the 
wyche  she  was  [one]  of  the  quen(^s)  mayd(s)  and  in  grett  faver, 
and  aiiij^^  morners  of  [men  and]  women,  of  lordes  and  lades,  and 
gentylmen  and  gentyllwomen,  all  in  blake,  be-syd  odur  b  of  the 
quen(^s)  preve  chambur,  and  she  [had]  a  grett  baner  of  armes 
bornne,  and  master  Clarenshux  was  the  harold,  and  master  Ska- 
meler  the  nuw  byshope  of  Peterborow  dyd  pryche.  [She  was] 
bered  in  the  sam  chapell  wher  my  lade  of  SufFoke  was. 

The  iij  day  of  Aprell  ded  ser  Arthur  Darce  knyght  at  Bedyng- 
tun  besyd  Crowdun,  the  [which]  was  my  lord  Darce  ('s)  [son]  the 
wyche  was  heded  on  the  Towre  hyll  for  the  surpryse  in  the  Northe. 

The  iiij  day  of  Aprell  dyd  pryche  at  the  PowUes  crosse  the 
archdeken  of  London  master  MoUens. 

The  vij  day  of  Aprell  dyd  pryche  at  sant  Mare  spytyll  the 
nuwe  byshope  of  Wyn Chester  master  Home,  and  ther  was  all  the 
masters  of  the  hospetall,^  and  the  chylderyn  in  bluw  cotes,  and  my 
lord  mayre  and  the  althermen,  and  mony  worshephuU  men. 

The  viij  day  of  Aprell  dyd  pryche  at  sant  Mare  spytyll  the 
byshope  of  Durham  master  Pylkyngtun,  and  ther  was  gret  audy- 
ense,  and  my  lord  mare  and  my  masters  the  althermen,  with  the 
masters  of  the  hospetall. 

The  sam  day  of  Aprell  ded  the  good  lade  Huett,  late  mayres  of 
London,  in  the  parry che  of  sant  Denny s. 

The  ix  day  of  Aprell  dyd  pryche  at  sant  Mare  spyttell  master 
CoUe  the  parsun  of  Hehonger  ^  in  Essex. 

The  sam  day  was  bered  in  Mylkstrett  mastores  Dock[wra?], 
with  the  clarkes  of  London,  and  she  had  vj  skochyons  of  armes, 
and  ther  was  geyffen  for  gownes  to  the  pore  men  and  women,  and 
the  byshope  of  Duram  dyd  pryche  ther. 

*  almonry.  **  other.  ■=  Christ's  Hospital.  "*  High  Ongar. 


1561.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  255 

The  X  day  of  Aprell  was  wyped  on  that  cam  owt  of  Bedlem  for 
he  sayd  he  was  Cryst,  and  on  Peter  that  cam  owt  of  the  Masselsay, 
boyth  wyped,  for  he  sayd  that  he  was  the  sam  Peter  that  dyd 
folow  Crist. 

toward  Chelsey  unto  my  lo a  man  fond 

slayne  by  the  way,  and  so     ...     .    that  fonde  hym,  the  wyche 
man  dwelt  in  sant      .     .     .     with-owt  Alther-gatt  in  More  lane. 

The  xij  day  of  Aprell  was  sett  in  the  stokes  .  .  .  markett 
a  stranger,  the  wyche  he  goys  »  all  in  red,  and  [says]  that  he  (is) 
lord  of  alle  lordes  and  kynge  of  alle  kynges. 

The  xiij  day  dyd  pryche  at  the  Powlles  master  Juell  byshope  of 
Salysbere. 

The  xiiij  day  of  Aprell  a-for  non  was  cared  from  sant  Ellens  in 
London,  owt  of  a  howse  [where  once]  lyved  old  Clarenshus  master 
Benolt  the  kyng  at  a[rms  in  the]  tyme  of  kyng  Henre  viij'.  ser 
Arthur  Darce,  and  cared  [to  saint]  BotolfFe  with-owt  Algatt  to 
(be)  bered  by  my  lade  ys  [wife,  with]  a  xx  clarkes  syngynge,  and 
then  cam  the  standard  ...  of  armes  and  ys  cott  armur,  ys  target 
and  sword  and  helmet,  .  .  .  and  ij  haroldes  of  armes,  on  beyryng 
the  elmett  and  nodur  ^  [the  coat  armour ;]  and  the  chyrche  hangyd 
with  blake  and  armes  and  raylles,  [and  the  place]  with  blake  and 
armes,  and  then  cam  the  corse  and  vj  of  ys  [servants]  that  bare 
hym,  and  mony  mornars  in  blake ;  and  he  had  a  pall  of  blake  velvett, 
and  with  armes  of  bokeram ;  and  master  Beycun  dyd  pryche  ther. 

The  sam  day  was  bered  in  Cornyll  mastores  Hunt  wedow,  and 
the  chylderyn  of  the  hopetall  and  the  masters  wher  at  her  bere- 
hyng  with  ther  gren  stayfFes,  and  the  xxx  chylderyn  syngyng  the 
Pater-noster  in  Englys,  and  a  xl  pore  women  in  gownes ;  and 
after  the  clarkes  syngyng,  and  after  the  corse,  and  then  mornars, 
and  after  the  craftes  of  the  worshephull  compene  of  the  Skynners ; 
and  ther  dyd  pryche  the  byshope  of  Durram  master  Pylkyngtun ; 
and  after  to  the  Skynners  halle  to  dener. 

»  goes.  •»  another. 


256  DIARY    OF    A  [1561. 

The  xvj  day  of  Aprell  wher  all  the  alters  in  Westmynster  taken 
downe,  [in]  the  chapell  wher  the  kyng  Henry  the  vij^**  was  bered, 
and  wher  kyng  Edward  the  vj^^,  and  the  stones  cared  wher  quen 
Mare  was  bered. 

[The  .  .  day  of  April  was  the  funeral  of  Lady  Hewett,  for- 
merly] mayres  of  London,  and  xxiiij  pore  women  in  nuw  gownes 
and  xij  pore  men,  and  after  a  xl  in  blake  ....  viij  althermen 
in  blake  gownes,  and  my  lord  mare  and  [the  rest]  of  the  alther- 
men, and  XX  clarkes  syngyng,  and  then  cam  a  penon  of  armes,  and 
cam  Ruge-crosse,  and  after  master  Clarenshus  kyng  at  armes,  and 
after  the  corse  and  iiij  pennon  of  armes,  and  the  pall  of  blake  vel- 
vett  and  with  armes,  and  then  the  cheyfFe  morners,  a  xl  women 
mornars,  and  after  the  Cloth  [workers]  in  the  leveray,  and  after  ij  C. 
folohyng,  and  master  [blank)  dyd  pryche ;  and  the  cherche  hangyd 
with  blake  and  armes ;  and  after  to  ys  plase  to  dener  in  Phylpot 
lane,  and  the  plase  hangyd  with  blake  and  armes. 

The  xviij  day  of  Aprell  was  raynyd  at  Nuwgat  master  Putnam 
gentylman  for  a  rape,  and  cast,  and  dyvers  odur. 

The  xix  day  of  Aprell  wher  cast  iij,  ij  men  and  a  woman,  for 
kyllyng  of  a  man  besyd  sant  James,  and  odur. 

The  xxj  day  of  Aprell  wher  hangyd  ix,  at  Hyd  parke  korner 
iij,  and  vj  at  Tyborne. 

The  xxij  day  of  Aprell  was  had  to  the  Towre  ser  Edward  Wal- 
grafF  and  my  lade  ys  wyfF,  as  good  almes-foke  as  be  in  thes  days, 
and  odur  cared  thethur. 

The  xxiij  day  of  Aprell  was  browth  »  unto  my  lord  of  Penbroke 
my  lord  of  Lughborow,  ser  Edward  Hastynges. 

The  XX  day  of  Aprell  be-gane  at  xij  of  the  cloke  at  none  the 
grettest  thondur,  lyghtenyng  and  gretest  rayne,  and  the  grett 
halle-stones  as  has  bene  sene. 

The  sam  day  wher  ij  hangyd  at  Wapyng,  ij  for  robyng  of  the 
see. 

•  brought. 


1561.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  25? 

[The  xxiij  of  April,  saint  George's  day,  was  kept]  holy  at  the 
quen['s  court  ,  .  ]  her  halle  in  copes  to  the  nombur 
of  XXX,  with  [O  God^  the  father  of  Hewyn,  have  merce  on 
.  .  •  .  and  the  owtter  cowrt  to  the  gatt,  and  rond  abowt 
st  [rewed  with  rushes ;]  and  after  cam  master  Garter,  and  master 
Norres,  and  master  dene  of  the  ch[apel,  in  copes]  of  cremesun 
saten,  with  a  crosse  of  sant  Gorge  red,  and  [eleven  knights]  of  the 
garter  in  ther  robes,  and  after  the  Quen('s)  grace  in  [her  robes, 
and]  all  the  garde  in  ther  ryche  cottes ;  and  so  bake  to  the 
[Chapel,]  after  serves  done,  bake  thruge  the  hall  to  her  graces 
chambur,  and  that  done  her  grace  and  the  lord(s)  wh[ent  to  din- 
ner,] and  her  grace  wher  »  goodly  servyd ;  and  after  the  lordes  [sit- 
ting on  one]  syd,  and  servyd  in  gold  and  sylver  5  and  after  dener 
[there  were]  knyghtes  of  the  Garter  electyd  ij,  my  lord  of  Shrews- 
bere  [and  my]  lord  of  Hunsdon ;  and  ther  wher  ^  all  the  haroldes 
in  ther  cote  armurs  a-for  the  quen('s)  grace,  master  Clarenshux, 
Lanckostur,  Rychemond,  Wyndsor,  Yorke,  Chastur,  Blumantyl, 
Ruge-dragon. 

The  xxvj  day  of  May  *=  was  bered  in  Oxfordshyre  ....  * 
Dalamore,  with  a  cott  armur  and  a  pennon  of  armes  and  a  iij 
[dozen  scocheons]  of  armes. 

The  furst  day  of  May  was  cared  to  PowUes  to  be  bered  [one] 
Bathellmuw  Comopane,  a  marchand  stranger  dwelling  [by  saint] 
Cristoffer  at  the  stokes,  and  throughe  Chepe,  and  yj  men  in  blake 
gownes  and  hodes,  and  a  xxx  gownes  for  pore  men  and  women  of 
mantyU  frys,  a  liiij  in  blake  gownes ;  and  with-in  the  gatt  of  Powlles 
cherche-yerd  mett  all  the  quer  of  Powlles,  and  the  clarkes  of  Lon- 
don whent  a-for  the  corse  with  ther  surples  onder  ther  gownes,  tyll 
they  cam  in-to  the  Powlles  cherche-yerd,  and  then  they  be-gane 
to  syng :  and  the  quer  wher  hangyd  with  blake  and  armes,  a  iij 
dosen  of  skochyons  of  armes  ;  and  Veron  dyd  pryche,  the  Frenche- 
man,  and  after  browth  ^  ym  to  the  neder  end  of  the  stepes  under 
the  belles,  and  bered  hym,  and  after  home  to  dener. 

•  were, /or  was.  »'  were.  «  Probably  April.  ^  brought 

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258  DIARY    OF    A  [1561. 

The  sam  day  at  after-none  dyd  master  Godderyke('s)  sune,  the 
gold-smyth,go  hup  in-tohys  father('s)  gylddyng  house,  toke  abowe 
stryiige  and  hangyd  ym-seylff,  at  the  syne  of  the  Unycorne  in 
Chepe-syd. 

The  X  day  of  May  dyd  ryd  in  a  care  a-bowt  [London]  mastores 
Whytt  shepster,  dwelling  in  Fletstreet. 

The  xj  day  of  May  cam  rydyng  thrugh  London,  with  a  ix^^  horse 
and  with  men  in  ys  leverey  with  a  iij'^'^  in  .  .  and  with  bages  *  a 
talbott  of  the  gold-smyth('s)  makyng,my  yonge  yerle  of  Shrowsbere 
to  ys  plase  at  Cold  [-harbour,]  all  in  bluw  clothe,  and  on  sant  Gorge 
day  was  electyd  knyght  of  the  garter  in  ys  father(^s)  stede. 

The  xiiij  day  of  May,  was  Assensyon  evyn,  was  bered  in  sant 
Pulkers  parryche  my  lade  Esley  the  wyfF  of  ser  Henre  Hesley  •» 
knyght,  of  Kentt,  the  wyche  he  cam  in  with  sir  Thomas  Wyett 
knyght  by  quen  Mare('s)  days,  and  he  was  hangyd  and  drane  and 
quartered,  and  ys  hed  sent  unto  Maydston,  and  set  a-pone  {blank) 
and  she  had  nothyng  done  for  here,  butt  master  Skammeler  mad 
a  sermon  for  here — the  byshope  of  Peterborow, 

The  xviij  day  of  May  was  sant  Gorge  fest  keptt  at  Wyndsor, 
and  ther  was  stallyd  ther  the  yerle  of  Shrowsbere  and  my  lord  of 
Hunsdon,  and  the  yerle  of  Arundell  was  the  quens  deputte,  and 
the  way  ^  my  lord  Monteguw  and  my  lord  Pagett,  and  so  they  came 
to  cherche ;  and  after  matens  done,  they  whent  a  prosessyon  rond 
about  the  cherche,  so  done  the  mydes  and  so  rond  a-bowt,  and  a 
X  almes-knyghtes  in  red  kyrtylles,  and  a-loft  a  robe  of  purpuU  cloth 
syd  with  a  crosse  of  sant  Gorge,  and  after  the  verger,  and  then  the 
clarkes  and  prestes  a  xxiiij  syngyng  the  Englys  prossessyon  in 
chopes  ^  xxxiiij,  and  sum  of  them  in  gray  ames  ®  and  in  calabur, 
and  then  cam  my  lord  of  Hunsdun,  and  after  my  lord  Montyguw, 
and  after  the  yerle  of  Shrowsbere,  and  after  my  lord  Pagett,  and 
after  the  yerle  of  Arundell,  all  they  in  their  robes,  and  master  Garter 
and  master  Norres  and  master  dene  in  cremesun  saten  robes,  with 

»  badges.  •»  Isley.  «  So  in  MS.  ^  copes.  *  amices. 


1561.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  259 

red  crosses  on  ther  shuldurs,  and  after  rod  up  to  the  castylle  to 
dener. 

[The  iiij  day  of  June,  being  Corpus]  Christi  evyn,  be-twyn 
xj  and  xij  of  the  cloke,  [there  was]  thonderying  and  lythenyng, 
and  at  sant  Martens  [by  Ludgate  came  a]  boltt  and  smytt  downes 
serten  grett  stones  of  the  [battlement  of]  the  stepull,  and  the 
stones  fell  downe  a-pone  the  [leads],  and  brake  the  ledes  and 
hordes,  and  a  grett  gest  *  in  ij  peses. 

The  sam  day  be-twyn  iiij  and  v  of  the  cloke  at  after-[non  the] 
lythenyng  toke  and  entered  in-to  one  of  the  olles  ^  that  was  [in 
the  outward]  parte  of  the  stepuU  *^  a  ij  yerdes  under  the  boUe,  and 
sett  [the  steeple]  on  fyre  and  never  left  tyll  the  stepuU  and  belles 
and  [all  the]  chyrche  bowth  north,  est,  south,  and  west,  tyll  yt 

.  .  .  .  archys,  and  consumyd  boythe  wod  and  led,  and  the 
beUes  [fell]  be-low  wher  the  grett  organes  stod  be-ne[ath  the] 
chapelle  wher  the  old  byshope  was  bered  ondur  .  .  .  and  in 
in  dyvers  plases  of  England  grett  hurtt  done. 

The  iij  day  of  June  the  Sessyons  keptt  at  .  .  .  wher  serten 
knyghtes  and  lade,*i  and  gentyllmen  and  [gentlewomen]  and  serten 
prestes  with  odur,  wher  endytyd  for  [unfinished) 

The  xvj  day  of  June  my  lord  mare  and  the  althermen  [were] 
sent  for  unto  the  cowrte  at  Grenwyche. 

The  V  day  of  June  dyd  hange  ym-seylif  be-syd  London  stone 
(blank)    .     .     He  a  harper,  the  servand  of  the  yerle  of  Darbe. 

The  xiiij  day  of  June  was  bered  in  Essex  my  lade  Wartun,  the 
wyfF  of  ser  Thomas  Wartun,  behyng  presoner  in  the  towre  of 
London  at  here  deth  aod  berehyng,  and  master  Somersett  the 
harold  of  armes,  a  gret  baner  of  armes,  and  iiij  dosen  of  skochyons 
of  armes,  the  wyche  the  good  lade  ded  of  a  thowgh,e  and  she  was 
as  fayre  a  lade  as  be,  and  mony  mornars  in  blake,  and  grett  mone 
mad  for  her  in  the  contrey. 

The  XV  day  dyd  pryche  at  Powlles  crosse  master  Nowell  the 
dene  of  Powlles,  and  mad  a  goodly  sermon,  and  my  lord  mayre 

»  chest.  »»  holes.  «=  Of  St.  Paul's  cathedral. 

^  ladies.  •  cough. 


260  DIARY    OF   A  [1561. 

and  the  althermen  and  the  most  of  the  worshephuU  craftes  wher 
commondyd  to  be  ther,  and  ther  wher  grett  audyense. 


[The       day  of  June  was  the  Skinners^  feast;  and  there  was 

chosen  the  master  of  fellowship  master ,  and  for 

wardens]  master  Clarenshux,  »  kyng  at  armes,  [the  ij  master 
.  .  .  ,]  the  iij  master  Dennam,  the  fort  master  Starke ;  [and] 
for  denner  iij  stages  ^  (  and  )  viij  bokes/  a  gret     •     .     . 

The  xvj  day  of  June  was  the  masters  the  Grossers  fest;  ther  dynyd 
my  lord  mare,  ser  Roger  Chamley,  ser  John  Ly[ons,  sir]  Marten 
Bowse,  ser  Wylliam  Huett,  and  ser  Wylham  Garrett,  [master] 
Loge,  master  John  Whytt,  master  Cryster  ^  Draper,  master  Rowe, 
and  master  Cha[mley?  master]  Marten,  master  Baskerfeld,  and 
master  chamburlayn  of  London,  and  mony  worshephuU  men 
and  mony  lades  and  gentyllwomen  ;  and  grett  chere ;  boyth  the 
whettes  ^  and  clarkes  syngyng,  and  a  nombur  of  vyoUes  playhyng, 
and  syngyng,  and  they  had  xxx  bokes  c  [and]  {blank)  stages.^ 

The  xvij  day  of  June  was  a  proclamassyon  for  slypes  ^  and  alffe 
slypes,  that  they  should  be  corrant  tyll  the  xx  of  July,  tyll  then 
they  shuld  have  iijc?.  in  the  pound  and  no  lenger. 

The  xviij  day  of  June  was  a  woman  sett  in  the  stokes  in  New^ 
gatt  markett  with  serten  fylles  &  and  odur  instrumentes,  the  wyche 
she  browth  to  Newgatt  to  here  hosband  for  to  fylle  the  yrons  of  ys 
leges,  and  odur  thynges. 

The  x  day  of  June  was  grantyd  at  Yeld-halle  by  my  lord  mare 
and  my  masters  the  althermen  and  the  commen  consell  iij  xv  *» 
toward  the  beldyng  of  PowUes  chyrche  and  the  stepuUe,  with  as 
grett  sped  as  they  may  gett  tymbur  rede,^  and  odur  thynges,  and 
worke-men. 

The  xvij  day  of  June  my  lord  mare  and  the  althermen  and  the 
commen  conselle  how  that  and  watt  men  shuld  loke  and  over-se 
the  workemen,  and  what  men  shuld  take  hed  too  in  alle  placys  for 
the  beldyng  of  Powlles,  and  to  chose  men  of  knolleg  to  loke  and 
over-se  the  worke  and  the  workmen. 

»    William  Harvey.  ^  stags.  •=     bucks.  ''  Christopher. 

•  waits.        ^  See  /Jppendix  of  Notes.        i  files.        •»  three  fifteens.  '  ready. 


1561.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  261 

The  xix  day  of  June  was  a  grett  wager  shott  in  Fynsbere  feld 
be-twyn  my  lord  Robartt  Dudley  and  my  (unfinishedj 

The  XX  day  of  June  was  reynyd "  at  Westmynster  serten  men 
for  kungeryng  ^  and  odur  maters. 

•  .     ,     of  the  oiFesers  of  Brydwelle  and  in  serten  [places]  procla- 
massyon  made  of  ther  dohyng  and     .     .     . 

The  xxij  day  of  June  dyd  pryche  at  PowUes  [cross  master] 
Skynner,  dene  of  Durram,  and  mad  a  godly  sermon,  [giving]  men 
warnyng  of  a  notheboke  ^  that  ys  pryntyd,  and  [bade  every]  man 
be  ware  of  yt,  for  yt  ys  vere  herese.^ 

The  xxiij  day  of  June  was  sett  on  the  pelere  for  kungeryng  •* 
on  prest^e  ys  name  ys  master  Belissun  [of]  Westmynster. 

The  xxiiij  day  of  June,  was  Mydsomer-day,  at  Grenwyche  was 
grett  tryum(ph)  of  the  rever,  a-gaynst  the  cou[rt ;  there]  was  a 
goodly  castylle  mad  a-pone  Temes,  and  men  of  armes  with-in  ytt, 
with  gones  and  spers,  for  to  deffend  [the  samej  and  a-bowt  ytt 
wher  serten  small  pynnes  ^  with  .  .  .  and  grett  shottyng  of 
gonnes  and  horlyng  of  ba[lls  of]  wyld  fyre,  and  ther  was  a  barke 
with  ij  tope  [castles  ?]  for  the  Quen(*s)  grace  to  be  in  for  to  se  the 
passe-tyme,  the  wyche  was  vere  latt  or  yt  was  done. 

The  XXV  day  of  June  was  sett  in  Chepesyde  ij  peleres  s  for  vij 
men  that  was  sett  on  the  pelere  at  Westmynster  on  Mydsomer 
evyn  for  kungeryng,  and  odur  matters. 

The  xxiij  day  of  June,  was  Mydsomer  evyn,  the  serves  at  sant 
Gregore  chyrche  be-syd  PowUes  (by)  the  PowUes  quer  tyU  PowUes 
be  rede  mad.i* 

The  XXX  day  of  June  was  the  Goldsmyth(s')  fest,  and  ther  was 
ser  Mertens  Bowsses,'  knyght,  and  dyvers  worshephuU  gentyllmen 
and  gentyUwomen. 

[The  day  of  June  was  the  Merchant-Taylors'  feast.  .  .  . 
.  Thomas  HofFeley,  master  John  Whyt,  master  Ma     .     .     . 

'  arraigned.  *»  conjuring.  «  naughty  book.  ^  very  heresy. 

*  one  priest.        ^  pinnaces.  b  pillories.  ^  ready  made.  *  Martin  Bovres. 


262  DIARY    OF    A  [1561. 

master  Basjkerfeld,  and  ser  Wylliam  Garrett,  and  mony  worshep- 
hull,  [and]  mony  lades  and  gentyll  women,  and  they  had  (blank) 
b  [ucks  and]  {blank)  stages,  and  ther  was  the  wettes »  plahyng, 
and  gret  plente. 

The  furst  day  of  July  be-gane  workemen  and  la[bourers]  at 
PowUes  for  the  reparyng  of  the  chyrche  and  the  stepuU,  and  the 
oversers  and  the  doars  of  the  sam  here  be  ther  namys,  master 
Graftun  grocer,  and  master  Haresun^  goldsmyth,  and  master 
{blank)  grocer. 

The  iiij  day  of  July  dynyd  at  the  in-bassadurs  of  Sweythen  in 
Lymsthrett  all  the  quen(^s)  consell,  furst  {unfinished) 

The  V  and  vj  day  of  July  was  grett  rayne  and  thonderyng  in 
London  boyth  the  days. 

The  vij  day  of  July  dyd  pryche  at  the  Gray  Frers,  because  yt 
reynyd  that  they  cold  not  pryche  at  PowUes  crosse. 

The  viij  day  of  July  was  bered  in  sant  Clement  parryche  with- 
owt  Tempull  bare  mastores  {blank)  the  wyfF  of  master  {blank)  com- 
troUer  unto  the  nobull  yerle  of  Arundelle,  the  wyche  she  ded  in 
chyld-bede,  and  she  had  a  xiiij  in  blake  gownes  and  cottes,  and 
iiij  women  dyd  here  her,  and  they  had  cassokes  nuw  and  raylles, 
and  on  the  body  wher  vj  skochyons  of  armes,  and  master  Recherd- 
sun  the  parsun  of  sant  Mathuw  mad  the  sermon. 

The  ix  day  of  July  was  the  pelere^^  set  up  in  Chepe  for  a 
prentes  ^  that  had  conveyed  from  ys  master  the  sum  of  a  {blank) 
L,  and  had  bowth  «  hym  nuw  aparell,  nuw  shurtt,  dobelet  and 
hose,  hat,  purse,  gyrdyll,  dager,  and  butes,^  spurs,  butt-hose,  and 
a  skarfFe,  and  thys  nuw  all,  and  thys  dyd  hang  up  on  the  pelere, 
and  goodly  geldyng  and  sadyll,  cot,  cloke,  sadyll 

[The  X  day  of  July  the  Queen  came  by  water]  unto  the  Towre 
of  London  by  x  [of  the  clock,  until]  v  at  nyght,  and  whent  and  sa(w) 
all  her  my[nts ;  and  they  gave  the]  Quen  serten  pesses  of  gold, 
and  gayff  the  [lord]  of  Hunsdon  had  on,  and  my  lord  marques  of 

» waits.         *>  Harrison.         "^  pillory.         ^  prentice.  *  bought.  ^  boots. 


1561.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  263 

[Northampton,]  and  her  grace  whent  owt  of  the  yron  gatt  [over] 
Towre  hyll  unto  Algatt  chyrche,  and  so  down  Hondyche  [to  the] 
Spyttyll,  and  so  downe  Hoge  lane,  and  so  over  the  feldes  to  the 
Charter  howse  my  lord  North (^s)  plase,  with  trumpetes  and  the 
penssyonars  and  the  haroldes  of  armes  and  the  servantes,  and 
then  cam  gentyllmen  rydyng,  and  after  lordes,  and  then  [the]  lora 
of  Hunsdon  and  bare  the  sword  a-for  the  quen,  and  then  cam 
[ladies]  rydyng ;  and  the  feldes  full  of  pepuU,  gret  nombur  [as 
ever  was]  sene ;  and  ther  tared  tylle  Monday. 

The  xiij  day  of  July  was  bered  in  sant  Andrewes  in  Holborne 
master  Phassett,  gentyll-man,  on  of  the  {unfinished) 

The  sam  day  was  bered  in  sant  Pulkurs  parryche  master  {blank) 
alle-bruar,^  and  ther  was  all  the  compene  of  the  Bruars  in  ther 
levere,  and  Veron  the  Frenche-man  dyd  pryche  for  hym. 

The  sam  nyght  the  Quenfs)  grace  whent  from  the  Charter- 
howse  by  Clarkyne-welle  over  the  feldes  unto  the  Sayvoy  unto 
master  secretore  Sysselle  to  soper,  and  ther  was  the  consell  and 
mony  lordes  and  knyghtes  and  lades  and  gentyll-women,  and  ther 
was  grett  chere  tyll  mydnyght,  and  after  here  grace  ryd  to  my 
lord  North  (^s)  to  bed  at  the  Charter-howse. 

The  xiiij  day  of  July  was  nuw  graveled  with  sand  from  the 
Charterhowse  through  Smyth  feld,  and  under  Nuwgate,  and 
through  sant  Nycolas  shambull,  Chepe-syd,  and  Cornhyll,  unto 
Algatt  and  to  Whyt-chapell,  and  all  thes  plases  where  hangyd 
with  cloth  of  arres  and  carpetes  and  with  sylke,  and  Chepe-syd 
hangyd  with  cloth  of  gold  and  cloth  of  sylver  and  velvett  of  all 
colurs  and  tafFatas  in  all  plases,  and  all  the  craftes  of  Londun 
standyng  in  ther  leverey  from  sant  Myghell  unto  Algatt,  and  then 
cam  mony  servyng-men  rydyng,  and  then  the  pensyonars  and  gen- 
tyll  men,  and  then  knyghtes,  and  after  lordes,  and  then  the 
althermen  in  skarlett,  and  the  serjant(s)  of  armes,  and  then  the 
haroldes  of  armes  in  ther  cottes  armurs,  and  then  my  lord  mare 
bayryng  here  septer  ;  ^  [then  the  lord  Hunsdon  bearing  the 
•  ale-brewer.  •»  the  queen's  sceptre. 


264  DIARY    OF    A  [1561. 

sword ;  and  then  came  the  Queen's  grace,  and  her  footmen  richly 
habited ;  and  ladies  and  gentlemen ;  then]  all  lordes*  men  and 
knyghtes'  [men  in  their  masters'  liveries ;  and  at]  Whytt-chapell 
my  lord  mare  and  the  althermen  [took  their  leave  of]  here  grace, 
and  so  she  toke  her  way  to- ward  [her  pro]gresse. 

The  XV  day  of  July  was  bered  in  sant  Laurence  in  the  Jure 
mastores  the  wyfF  of  master  {blank),  with  the  compene  of  the 
Clarkes,  and  she  had  ij  dosen  of  skochyons,  on  of  bokeram,  and 
a-nodur  of  paper  in  metalle. 

The  XX  day  of  July  was  bered  in  Westmynster  abbay  master 
Bylle  dene  of  Westmynster  abbay  and  master  of  Etton  and  master 
(of  sant  John's)  college  in  Cambryge,  and  cheyflfe  amner  *  to  the 
quen('s)  grace. 

The  sam  day,  behyng  sant  Margat^  evyn,  master  Clarenshus 
rod  and  toke  ys  jorney  in-to  Essex  and  Suffoke  on  ys  vese  [tation], 
and  parte  of  Northfoke,  and  Ruge-crosse  rod  with  hym,  and  a  v 
[of  his]  servantes  in  ys  leverey  and  bage. 

The  XX  day  of  July  dyd  pryche  at  PowUes  crosse  (blank) 

The  xxj  day  of  July  yt  dyd  rayne  sore,  and  yt  be-gane  on  son- 
day  at  nyght  and  last  tyll  monday  at  nyght. 

The  xviij  day  of  July  was  the  obseque  of  my  lade  Hamptun 
the  wyfF  of  ser  (blank),  with  a  pennon  of  armes  and  a  iiij  dosen 
and  a  d'  <=  of  bokeram. 

The  xvj  day  of  July  was  cristened  Robard  Dethyke  the  sune  of 
ser  Gylbartt  Dethyke,  Garter,  in  the  parryche  of  sant  Gylles  with- 
owt  Crepull-gatte,  and  the  chyrche  hangyd  with  clothes  of  arrys 
and  the  cloth  of  state,  and  strode  with  gren  rysses  ^  and  strode 
with  orbese,^  and  ser  Wylliam  Huett  depute  for  my  lord  of 
Shrowsbere  and  master  Care  ^  depute  for  my  lord  Honsdon,  and 
my  lade  Sakefeld  the  quen('s)  depute;  and  after  wafurs  and  epo- 
crasse  grett  plente,  and  myche  pepuU  ther,  and  my  lade  Yorke 
bare  my  lade  depute's  trayne ;  and  so  hom  to  here  plase,  and  had 
a  bankett. 

*  almoner.  ^  Margaret's.  '^  half.  ^  rushes.  «  herbs.  ^  Carey. 


1561.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  265 

a  bankett [master  Alexander  Ave- 

non  was]  chosen  the  shreyfF  for  the  quenf  s)  grace. 

The  XXX  day  of  July  at  bowt  viij  and  ix  at  nyght  [there  was] 
lythenyng  and  thonderyng  as  any  man  has  sene  [until]  x,  and  after 
a  grett  rayne  tyll  mydnyght,  that  we  [supposed]  that  the  world 
where  at  a  nend/  that  evere  one  [thought]  that  the  day  of  dome 
wher  come  at  hand,  yt  .  .  .  . 

The  furst  day  of  August,  was  lammas  day,  my  [lord  mayor] 
and  the  althermen  and  all  the  craftes  in  London  in  ther  [liveries, 
met]  to  chuse  the  shreyfF  of  London,  that  was  master  Bas  [kerville] 
altherman;^  and  the  sam  day  was  chosen  master  Gyl[bert,]  nuw 
altherman  in  the  stede  of  master  Altham  lat[e  alderman]  and 
cloth  worker  of  London,  the  wyche  he  was  dysmy  [ssed] . 

The  iiij  day  of  August  was  Clothworkers'  fest,  and  ther  was  a 
worshepulle  dener  ther. 

The  X  day  of  August,  was  sant  Laurens  day,  Veron  the  Frenche- 
man  prychyd  at  PowUes  crosse. 

The  xxj  day  of  August  dyd  pryche  at  PowUes  crosse  master 
Molens  the  archedecon  of  London. 

The  xij  day  of  August  cam  tydynges  that  ther  was  a  ix  trybes 
that  have  bene  in  a  contrey  ever  synes  they  wher  dryven  owt  of 
Egype,  and  they  be  rede<^  to  sett  on  the  Grett  Turke  with  grett 
armes  ^  of  men. 

The  xix  day  of  August  at  xij  of  the  cloke  at  mydnight  was  a  fyre 
at  the  corner  be-yon de  Smytfeld  pond,  and  a  one  howse  bornyd,  the 
wyche  was  a  cutteller('s)  howse,  and  perechest^  ij  howses  junnyng^ 
to  hytt. 

The  ix  day  of  August  the  quen('s)  grace  has  commondyd  that  all 
chathredalles  and  coleges  and  studyans  places  that  they  shuld  putt 
ther  wyfFes  from  them  owt  of  the  serkutt^  of  evere  ^  colege. 

The  XXX  day  of  August  tydans  cam  that  the  kyng  of  [Sweden 
was]  sendyng  {blank)  of  waganns  laden  with  masse  bol  [Hon.] 

*  an  end.      ••  alderman.      •=  ready,      ^  armies.       «  purchased  ?  in  the  sense  of  took 
hold  on.  '  joining.  ^  circuit.  ••  every. 

CAMD.    see.  2  M 


266  DIARY    OF    A  [1561. 

The  furst  day  of  September  ded  *  the  good  and  gentylle  knyght 
ser  Edward  WalgrafF  whyle  in  the  Towre^  the  wyche  he  was  put 
for  herryng  of  masse  and  kepyng  a  prest  in  ys  howse  that  dyd 
say  masse,  and  was  putt  to  hys  fyne. 

The  iij  day  of  September  was  a  yonge  stryplyng  whypyd  at  a 
post  in  Chepe-syd  for  (blank)  ;  and  the  sam  day  was  bered  with- 
owt  Althergate  old  master  Swyft,  aude[torJ  with  grett  ryngyng 
and  syngyng  and  much  money  delt. 

The  sam  day  was  bered  with-in  the  Towre,  with  [-in]  the  quer 
be-syd  the  he  ^  auter,  by  torche  lyght,  the  wyche  (confinement) 
kyld  hym,  for  he  was  swone  ^  vere  grett,  ser  Edward  [Walgrave], 

The  V  day  of  September  was  browth  d  to  the  Towre  the  yonge 
yerle  of  Harford  from  the  cowrte,  a-bowtt  ij  of  the  cloke  at  after- 
none  he  cam  in-to  the  Towre. 

The  vj  day  of  September  was  serten  gayre  [made]  for  on  master 
Swyft,  sqwyre,  cott-armur,  pennon  of  armes,  and  a  ij  skochyons, 
at  Roderam,  in  Yorke-shyre. 

The  ij  day  of  September  was  bered  at  sant  Andrews  parryche  in 
the  Warderob,  master  Wast,  bere-bruar,  with  a  iij  dosen  of 
skochyons  of  armes,  and  the  howse  and  the  chyrche  hangyd  with 
blake  and  amies,  and  ther  was  the  compene  of  the  Clarkes  syngyng, 
and  {unfinished) 

The  viij  day  of  September  cam  owt  of  the  Towre  my  good  lade 
WalgrafF,  and  in  Red-cross  stret  she  lys. 

The  vj  of  September  [was  the  funeral]  of  ser  James  Bullen, 
and  standard,  [coat  armour,]  and  elmett,  targett,  and  sword, 
and  a  vj  dos[en  of  scocheons  of]  armes,  and  master  Chester  was 
harold. 

The  Fryday,  the  v  day  of  September,  was  bornyd  at  Oxford,  by 
the  master  of  the  colege  of  (blank)  ^  grett  reches  that  myght  have 
bene  sene,  and  gyfFyne  to    .... 


died.  ''  high.  *^  swoln.  ^     hr ought.  «  year. 

*  Sampson,  dean  of  Christ's  church.  Strype. 


1561.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  267 

The  viij  day  of  September,  the  wyche  was  the  day  of  the  nati- 
vity of  owre  Lade,  they  begane  to  sett  up  the  raylles  of  Po wiles 
apone  the  battellmentt  on  he.* 

The  xiij  day  of  September  was  bered  at  sant  [Dunstan^s]  Flet- 
strett,  master  Cottgrave,  the  wyffes  brodur  of  master  Grysse,  lat 
.  .  .  .  master  Tott,  sergent  penter  unto  kyng  Henry  the  viij''*, 
with   ....  skochyons  of  armes. 

The  XV  day  of  September  tydynges  cam  to  London  [that]  the 
kynge  of  Sweythland  was  landyd  in  the  North  at  .  .  .  .,  and  ^ 
yt  be  truw  as  the  sayng  was  then. 

The  sam  day  the  Uuen(^s)  grace  removyd  from  Hatford  ^  cas- 
tyll  in  Hatford-shyre  unto  Enfeld  within  x  mylle  of  London. 

The  xvij  day  of  September  was  a  wodmonger  sett  in  the 
pelere^  for  false  markyng  of  belletes,  dwellying  in  Temstret  be-syd 
the  Red  Bull  beyond  Coldharber,  with  belletes  hangyng  abowt 
hym. 

The  xxij  day  of  September  the  Quen(^s)  grace  cam  from  Enfeld 
unto  Sant  James  beyond  Charyng  crosse,  and  from  EUyngtun^ 
unto  S\nt  James  was  heges  and  dyches  was  cutt  done  the  next 
way,  and  ther  was  a-boyif  x  M.  pepull  for  to  se  her  grace,  butt  yt 
was  nyght  or  her  grace  cam  over  beyond  Sent  Gylles  in  the  feld 
by  Colman('s?)  hege. 

The  xxj  day  of  September  dyd  pryche  at  the  PowUes  crosse, 
master  Huttun,  master  of  Trenete  colege,  and  mad  a  godly  sermon 
—  of  Cambridge. 

[The  XX  day  of  September  came  a  commandment  from  the 
queen  unto  the  college  of  Windsor,  that  the  priests  belonging 
thereunto  that  had  wives,  should  put  them  out]  of  the  colege,  nott 
for  to  cum  to  lye  [any  more  within  that]  plase,  or  any  colege  or 
cathedrall  [church,  or]  any  universete  of  Oxford  or  Cambryge. 

The  xxj  day  of  September  was  browthf  [to  bed  of]  a  sune  my 
lade  Katheryn  Gray,  the  dowther  of  the  duke   [of  Suffolk]   that 

»  high.         *>  i.  e.  if.         "=  Hertford.  **  pillory.         «  Islington.         '  brought. 


268  DIARY    OF    A  [1561. 

was  heded  on  the  Towre  hylle,  and  ys  brodur  lord  Thomas  Gray 
the  sam  tyme. 

The  xxiij  day  was  mad  dene  of  Westmynster  master  Goodman. 

The  XXV  day  of  September  was  cristened  with-in  the  Towre  my 
lorde  Harford ('s)  sune  by  my  lade  Katheryn  Gray,  late  dowther  of 
the  duke  of  SufFoke  —  Gray. 

The  xxix  day  of  September,  was  Myghellmas  evyn,  the  old 
shreyffes  master  Cristofer  Draper  and  master  Thomas  Rowe  unto 
the  nuw  shreyffes  master  (Alexander)  Avenon,  and  master  (Hum- 
phrey) Baskerfeld,  was  delevered  Nugatt  and  Ludgatt,  and  the  ij 
conters,  and  the  presonars. 

The  XXX  day  of  September  my  lord  mayre  and  the  althermen 
and  the  new  shreyffes  toke  ther  barges  at  the  iij  cranes  in  the 
Vintre  and  so  to  Westmynster,  and  so  into  the  Cheker,  and  ther 
toke  ther  hoy  the ;  ^  and  ser  Rowland  Hyll  whent  up,  and  master 
Hogys  toke  ser  Rowland  Hyll  a  choppyng  kneyff,  and  one  dyd 
hold  a  whyt  rod,  and  he  with  the  kneyff  cute  the  rod  in  sunder 
a-for  all  the  pepull ;  and  after  to  London  to  ther  plases  to  dener, 
my  lord  mayre  and  all  the  althermen  and  mony  worshephulle  men. 

The  furst  day  of  October  was  a  fyre  whet-in b  the  Towre  of  Lon- 
don be-yond  the  Whyt  Towre. 

The  xxix  day  of  September  was  nuw  mayre  electyd  master 
Harper,  marchand-tayller,  on  Myghellmas  day. 

[The  iij  day  of  October  came  to  London  to  Gracechurch]  strett, 
to  the  Cross-keys,  xviij  grett  horses  [all  pyed-coloured]  from  the 
kyng  of  Swaythland. 

The  iiij  day  of  October  cam  to  Wolwyche  from  Swathland  ij 
shypes  laden  with  (unfinished) 

The  vj  day  of  October  was  unladen  a[t  the  water]  syd  serten 
vesselles  with  [blank)  and  cared  to  the  [Tower]. 

The  ix  day  of  October  at  iiij  of  the  cloke  in  the  mornyng  ded  ^ 
the  old  lade  Dobes  in  sant  M[argaret^s]-mosses  in  Frydey  strett. 

»  oath.  '>  within.  «=  died. 


1561.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  269 

The  sam  day  of  October  at  nyght  ded  good  Alesandar  Carlylle, 
the  master  of  the  Vyntonars^  of  (unfinished) 

The  X  day  of  October  was  sett  on  the  pelere  a  the  gatherer  of 
the  kyng(^s)  bynche,  ys  name  ys  {blank),  for  he  cam  unto  we  dyvers 
gentyllmen  and  gentyllwomen  and  gayfF  them  fayre  nose-gaysse, 
and  told  them  that  he  shuld  be  mared,^  and  to  dyvers  odur  onest 
pepull  gayfF  nose-gaysse,  and  that  {unfinished) 

The  X  day  of  October  [the]  quen(^s)  grace  dyd  gret  cost  at 
Westmynster  boyth  with-in  here  plase,  and  pavyng  from  the  end 
of  the  Tyltt  rond  abowt  the  sydes,  and  closyd  in  the  tylt. 

The  xij  day  of  October  dyd  pryche  at  Powlles  crosse  (master) 
CroUey,  sum-tyme  a  boke-prynter  dweUing  in  Holborne,  in  the 
byshope  of  Ely('s)  renttes. 

The  xviij  day,  was  sant  Lukes  day,  dyd  pryche  for  *=  the  master 
of  the  Penters  on  {blank)  Gowth/  the  sune  of  on  Gowth  boke- 
prynter,  the  wyche  ded  ^  in  kyng  Henre  the  viijth,  the  wyche  he 
dwelt  in  Lumbarstrett. 

[  The  .  .  .  day  was  the  funeral  of  lady  Dobbes,  late  the]  wyiF  of 
ser  Recherd  Dobes  knyght  and  skynner  late  mayre,  with  a  harold 
of  armes,  and  she  had  a  pennon  of  armes  and  iiij  dosen  and  d^^ 
skochyons ;  [she  was  buried]  in  the  parryche  of  sant  Margat 
Moyses  in  Fryday  stret ;  [she]  gayiF  xx  good  blake  gownes  to  xx 
powre  women ;  she  gayfFe  xl  blake  gownes  to  men  and  women ; 
[master]  Recherdsun  mad  the  sermon,  and  the  clarkes  syngyng, 
[and]  a  dolle  of  money  of  xx  nobulles,  and  a  grett  dener  after,  and 
the  compene  of  the  Skynners  in  ther  leverey. 

The  sam  day  of  October  was  bered  in  Whytyngtun  colege 
master  Alesandur  Karlelle  the  master  of  the  Vyntoners,  the  wyche 
he  mared  the  dowther  of  ser  George  Barnes  knyght,  [late]  mare 
of  the  nobuU  cete  of  London  and  haburdassher ;  and  he  gayfF  a  xx 
blake  gownes,  and  he  gayfF  {blank)  mantyll  [frieze]  gowne(s)  unto 
{blank)  pore  men ;  and  ther  wher  the  Clarkes  of  London  syngyng, 
and  [master]  Crolley  dyd  pryche,  and  then  to  the  plase  to  denner, 

*  pillory.         ''  married.  •=  before.  ''  Gough.  ^  died.  ^half. 


270  DIARY    OF    A  [1561. 

and  a  dolle,  and  a  ij  dozen  of  kochyons  of  armes,  and  the  leverey 
of  the  Vyntonars. 

The  xviij  day  of  October  ther  was  ( a )  fray  be-twyn  my  lord 
Montyguwf  s)  men  and  my  lord  Delaware  (^s)  men,  and  after  the 
ij  lordes  wher  sent  to  the  Flett,  and  the  men  to  the  Masselsay. 

The  xxij  day  of  October  my  lord  Montyguw  and  my  lord  Del- 
aware wher  delevered  owtt  of  the  Flett  home. 

The  xiiij  day  they  wher  a-for  the  consell  at  Westmynster  hall 
the  ij  lordes. 

The  XXV  day  of  October  cam  rydyng  from  Skotland  serten 
Frenche-men  thrugh  London,  my  lord  of  Bedford  and  my  lord 
Monge  and  my  lord  Strange  was  ther  gyd  *  with  a  M.  horse  thrugh 
Fletstreet,  and  so  to  my  lord  of  Bedford ('s.) 

The  sam  tyme  was  delt  thrugh  alle  the  wardes  of  London  xijc?.  a 
howse  for  ser  Rowland  Hylle,  late  mayre  of  London,  behyng  vere 
syke  that  time. 

master  Nowelle,  the  dene  of  PowUes. 

The  sam  day  a-bowtt  iij  at  after-non  cam  [my  lord]  of  Beydford 
and  my  lorde  Monge  and  my  lord  Strange  and  mony  odur  gentyll- 
men,  and  mony  of  the  pensyonars  to  my  lord  of  Bedforth('s)  plase, 
and  browt  the  inbassadurs  of  France  to  the  cowrt  that  lye  there 
at  my  lordes  plase. 

The  xxviij  day  of  October,  the  wyche  was  sant  Symon  and  Jude 
day,  was  at  Whyt-hall  grett  baytyng  of  the  bull  and  here  for  the 
in-bassadurs  of  Franse  that  cam  owtt  of  Scottland,  the  wyche  the 
Quen(^s)  grace  was  ther,  and  her  consell  and  mony  nobuU  men. 

The  xxix  day  of  October  the  nuw  mare  toke  ys  barge  towhard 
Westmynster  my  nuw  lorde  mare  master  Harper,  with  the  alther- 
men  in  ther  skarlett,  and  all  the  craftes  of  London  in  ther  leverey, 
and  ther  barges  with  ther  baners  and  streamers  of  evere  occupa- 
syon(^s)  armes  ;  and  ther  was  a  goodly  foist  mad  with  stremars,  tar- 
gatts,  and  banars,  and  [arms],  and  grett  shutyng  of  gunes  and  trum- 

*  guide. 


1561.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  271 

pettes  blohyng ;  and  at  xij  of  the  cloke  my  lord  mare  and  the  alther- 
men  landyd  at  PowUes  warfFe,  and  so  to  Powlles  chyrche-yarde, 
and  ther  met  ym  a  pagantt  gorgyously  mad,»  with  chylderyn,  with 
dyvers  instrumentes  playng  and  syngyng;  and  after-non  to 
Powlles  with  trumpetes,  and  ther  wher^  a  [blank)  men  in  bluw 
gownes  and  capes  c  and  hose  and  bluw  saten  slevys,  and  with 
targetts  and  shyldes  of  armes. 

The  xxviij  day  of  October  at  xij  of  the  cloke  at  mydnyght  ded  d 
good  ser  Rowland  Hylle  knyght  and  late  mayre  of  this  nobull 
cette  of  London,  and  merser,  the  wyche  he  ded  of  the  strang- 
wyllyon. 

The  XXX  day  of  October  was  mad  for  the  berehyng  of  ser  Rey- 
nold Chamburlayn  knyght  and  capten  of  Garnsey  a  standard  and 
a  pennon  and  a  cote  armur  and  a  target,  sword,  and  mantyll,  hel- 
met and  crest,  and  a  [blank)  dosen  of  skochyons  of  armes,  the 
wyche  he  had  iiij  wyfFes  and  [unfinished) 

The  [blank)  day  of  [blank)  was  be-gone  the  serves  at  Powlles  to 
synge,  and  ther  was  a  grett  comunion  ther  be-gane,  the  byshope 
and  odur. 

[The  j  day  of  November  went  to  saint  PauPs  the  lord  mayor] 
and  the  althermen  at  afternon  [and  all  the  crafts  of]  London  in 
ther  leverey,  and  with  iiij^^  men  all  carehyng  of  torchys,  and  my 
lord  mare  [tarried  until]  nyght,  and  so  whent  home  with  all 
torches  [lighted,]  for  my  lord  mare  tared  the  sermon ;  my  lord  of 
London  mad  the  sermon ;  but  yt  was  latt,  [and  so]  there  torchys 
was  lyght  to  bryng  my  lord  home. 

The  ij  day  of  November  was  a  yonge  [man]  stod  at  Powlles 
crosse  in  the  sermon  tyme  with  a  [sheet]  a-bowtt  hym  for  spyk- 
yng  of  serten  wordes  agaynst  Veron  the  precher. 

The  V  day  of  November  was  bered  in  sant  Stephen's  in  Wal- 
broke  ser  Rowland  Hylle,  latt  mare  and  altherman  and  mercer 
and  knyght,  with  a  standard  and  v  pennons  of  armes,  and  a  cott 

*  made.  ''  were.  •=  caps.  "*  died. 


272  DIARY    OF    A  [1561. 

armur  and  a  helmet,  a  crest,  sword,  and  mantyll,  and  xj  dosen  of 
skochyons  of  armes  ;  and  he  gayfF  a  c.  gownes  and  cottes  to  men 
and  women ;  and  ther  wher  ij  haroldes  of  armes,  master  Claren- 
shux  and  master  Somersett,  and  my  lord  mayre  morner,  the  cheyfF 
morner;  ser  Recherd  Lee,  master  Corbett,  with  dyvers  odur 
morners,  ser  WyUiam  Cordell,  ser  Thomas  OfFeley,  ser  Martens 
Bowes  and  master  Chamburlan  althermen,  and  the  ij  shreyiFes, 
and  master  Chambur  .  .  and  master  Blakewell,  with  mony  mo 
morners,  and  a  1.  pore  men  in  good  blake  gownes,  besyd 
women ;  and  the  dene  of  PowUes  mad  the  sermon ;  and  after 
all  done  my  lord  mayre  and  mony  and  althermen  whent  to  the 
Mercers'*  hall  and  the  craft  to  dener,  and  the  resedu  to  ys  plase 
to  dener,  and  grett  mon  mad  ^  for  ys  deth,  and  he  gayfF  myche  to 
the  pore. 

The  sam  day  was  wypyd  at  Quen-heyfF  at  a  post  a  waterman  for 
opprobryus  wordes  and  sedyssyous  wordes  agaynst  the  magystrates. 

The  sam  day  of  November  dyd  pryche  at  Westmynster  abbay 
master  Alway,  one  of  the  plasse,  and  mad  a  godly  sermon  ther, 
and  grett  audyense. 

The  {blank)  day  of  November  •         .         .  had  master 

Walkenden  a  servand  that         ...      of  the  age  of  xv     . 
and  ther  dyd.     .     . 

The  xiiij  day  of  November  ther  was  a  procla[mation]  of  gold  and 
sylver  that  none  shuld  be  take[n  be]twyn  man  and  man  butt  the 
Frenche  crowne  and  the  Borgo[ndian]  crowne  and  the  Flemyche, 
and  that  phystelars*^  and  Spa[nishJ  ryalles  shuld  not  goo,  butt  to 
cum  to  the  Towre  ther  to  have  wheth  for  wheth,d  gold  and  sylver. 

The  xxiij  day  of  November,  the  iiij  yere  [of]  quen  Elesabeth, 
dyd  pryche  at  Powdles  crosse  Renagir,  yt  was  sant  Clement  day, 
dyd  sy[t  e]  alle  the  sermon  tyme  monser  Henry  de  Machyn,  ^  for 

•  masers  in  MS.  •>  moan  made.  «  pistoles.  ^  weight  for  weight. 

^  t.  e.  in  the  place  of  penance.     Strype. 

'  The  Diarist :  see  some  remarks  on  this  passage  in  the  introductory  memoir  of  him. 


1561.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  2/3 

ij  [words  ?]  the  wyche  was  told  hym,  that  Veron  the  French  [man] 
the  precher  was  taken  with  a  wenche,  by  the  rep[orting]  by  on 
Wylliam  Laurans  clarke  of  sant  Mare  Maudle[n's]  in  My  Ike  strett, 
the  wyche  the  sam  Hare  »  knellyd  down  [be-]for  master  Veron  and 
the  byshope^  and  yett  (they)  would  iiott  for[give]  hym,  for  alle  ys 
fryndes  that  he  had  worshephuUe. 

The  xiij  day  of  Desember  was  bered  at  sant  Katheryns-chryst^ 
chyrche  my  lade  Lyster,  sum-tyme  the  wyfF  of  master  Shelley  of 
Sussex,  and  the  dowther  of  the  erle  of  Sowthamtun  late  lord 
ehanseler  of  Engeland  — Wresseley,  with  a  harord  of  armes  and  a 
ij  dosen  of  skochyons  of  armes. 

The  XV  day  of  Desember  was  bered  in  sant  Donstons  in  the 
whest  master  Norrey,  alleas  Dalton,  kynge  of  armes  of  the  North 
from  Trent  unto  Barwyke. 

•  ■•••••• 

were  hanged  at  Tyb]  ome,  and  on  c  off  them  the  sur[geons  took]  for 
a  notyme  d  in-to  ther  halle. 

The  sam  day  was  a  man  wypyd  at  [a  cart's]  arse  for  (unfinished) 

The  sam  day  was  a  pelere  ^  sett  up  in  PowUes  chyrche-yerd 
agaynst  the  byshope('s)  plase  for  a  man  that  mayd  a  fray  in 
Po wiles  chyrche,  and  ys  ere  ^  nayllyd  to  the  post,  and  after  cutt 
off,  for  a  fray  in  Powlles  chyrche. 

The  XX  day  of  Desember  my  lade  the  contes  of  Bayth  ded  S  at 
here  plase  at  Nuwhyngtun,  late  the  wyff  of  ser  Thomas  Kyttsun 
and  to  ser  Recherd  Longe  and  wyff  to  the  yerle  of  Bayth  latt  dis- 
sessyd,  and  she  had  a  vj  baners-rolles  and  a  gret  baner  of  armes 
and  a  x  dosen  of  skochyons  and  vj  of  sylke. 

The  xxvj  day  of  Desember,  was  sant  Stheyn  ^  day,  was  creatyd 
at  the  cowrte  my  lord  Ambros  Dudley  lord  Lylle  and  after  the 
yerle  of  Warwyke,  with  haroldes  of  armes. 

The  xxvij  day  of  Desember  cam  rydyng  thrugh  London  a  lord 


pillory. 


'  Harry.            ''  St.  Katharine  Cree.            «  one. 

•*  anatomy.           «  \ 

'  ear.                  ?  countess  of  Bath  died. 

•»  Stephen's. 

CAMD.  SOC. 

2  N 

274  DIARY    OF    A  [1561-2. 

of  mysruU,  in  clene  complett  harnes,  gylt,  with  a  hondered  grett 
horse  and  gentyll-men  rydyng  gorgyously  with  chenes  of  gold,  and 
there  horses  godly  trapytt,  unto  the  TempuU,  for  ther  was  grett 
cher  all  Cryustynmas  tyll  (blank),  and  grett  revels  as  ever  was 
for  the  gentyllmen  of  the  Tempull  evere  *  day,  for  mony  of  the 
conselle  was  there, 

of  myssrule 
playhyng  and  syngyng  unto  the  [court  with  my]  lord,  ther  was  grett 
chere  at  the    ....  gorgyusly  aparrell(ed)  with  grett  cheynes. 

The  iiij  day  of  January  cam  to  the  c[ourt  the]  yerle  of  Kyldare, 
and  browth  ^  the  grett  O'Nelle  of  Yrland,  for  he  had  the  charge  of 
hym  [to  bring]  hym  to  the  quen. 

The  iiij  day  dyd  pryche  at  PowUes  crosse  [the]  dene  of  PowUes, 
and  ther  dyd  a  man  pennans ;  he  was  dume,  but  the  masters  of 
Brydwell  mad  ym  [speak],  and  for  that  cause  he  was  there. 

The  xij  day  the  lord  mayre  and  the  althermen  whent  to  Po wiles, 
and  all  the  craftes  in  London  in  ther  leverey,  and  the  bachelars, 
and  after  cam  into  Chepe-syd  a  lord  of  mysruUe  from  Whytt- 
chapell  with  a  grett  compene  with  many  gones  ^  and  halbardes, 
and  trumpettes  blohyng ;  and  ys  men  well  be-sene  \  and  thrugh 
Nuwgatt  and  in  at  Ludgatt  and  so  abowtt  PowUes,  and  so  into 
Chepe-syde,  and  so  hom  to  Algatt. 

The  X  day  ct  January  was  cared  in-to  the  contrey,  to  be  bered 
by  her  hosband  the  yerle  and  her  hosband  ser  Thomas  Kyttsun, 
the  contes  of  Bathe. 

The  (blank)  day  of  {blank)  master  Recherd  Alyngtun,  the  sune 
of  ser  Gylles  Alyngtun  knyght  of  Cambryge-shyre,  the  wyche  he 
ded  ^  of  the  smalle  pokes.^ 

[The  .  .  day  of  January  Thomas  Howard  duke  of  Norfolk  was 
conducted  by]  the  master  and  the  ward  [ens  of  the  Fishmon]gers  and 
all  the  clothyng  in-to  the  [guild-hall  in]  London,  and  ther  he  was 
mad  fre  of  [the  company]  ;  ys  grane-father  was  Thomas  Haward 

■  every.  *  brought.  ^  guns.  *•  died.        *  spokes  in  MS. 


1561-2.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  275 

[duke  of]  Northfoke  the  last,  and  fre  of  the  worshephull  c[ompany 
of]  the  Fyssmongers  ;  and  after  to  my  lord  mare  to  dener.  The 
compene  of  the  Fyssmongers  dynyd  at  the  Kyng('s)  -hed  in  ...  , 
Fysstrett. 

The  xiiij  day  of  January  cam  rydyng  in-to  [Cheap-]  syd  (blank) 
John  Onelle,  the  wyld  Yrys-maUja  and  [went]  and  dynyd  at  the 
sant  John('s)  hed  at  master  Daneell[*s  the]  goldsmyth;  the  wyche 
was  the  sune  of  the  erle  of  (Tyrone). 

The  xj  day  of  January  was  bered  in  SufFoke  my  lade  contes  of 
Bayth  wedow,  and  the  last  wyfF  to  the  sed  erle,  and  late  the  wyff 
of  ser  Thomas  Cutsun,^  and  late  to  ser  Recherd  Longe  knyght; 
with  a  grett  banar  of  armes  and  vj  banar-roUes  of  all  mareges^<^ 
and  a  x  dosen  skochyons  of  armes,  and  vj  of  sylke  wrought  with 
fyne  gold. 

The  XV  day  of  January  the  Quen('s)  grace  cam  to  Beynard 
Castyll  to  the  yerle  of  Penbroke  to  dener,  and  mony  of  here 
consellj  and  tared  soper,  and  at  nyght  there  was  grett  chere  and 
a  grett  bankett,  and  after  a  maske,  and  here  grace  tared  all  nyght. 

The  xviij  day  of  January  was  a  play  in  the  quen('s)  hall  at 
Westmynster  by  the  gentyll-men  of  the  Tempull,  and  after  a  grett 
maske,  for  ther  was  a  grett  skaflFold  in  the  hall,  with  grett  tryhumpe 
as  has  bene  sene ;  and  the  morow  after  the  skaflfold  was  taken  done. 

.     .     .     women  for     ...     . 

The  sam  day  was  ij  sett  on  the  [pillory]  for  conterfetyng  a 
wrytyng  that  serten  ....  had  sett  ther  hand  too  a  lysens  for 
to  [beg?,d  in]  dyvers  sheyrs  and  contreys,  the  wyche  was  fa[lse.] 

The  25  ®  day  of  January  was  created  master  [Robert  Cooke, 
Blanch-]  Rosse  pursewant  at  armes,  my  lord  Robart  [Dudley^s 
servant,]  the  wyche  he  never  servyd  in  no  plase  a-for. 

The  xxvij  day  of  January  was  bered  master  Charlys  Wrys[seley] 
alyas  Wyndsore,  with  all  the  haroldes  of  armes,  master  [Garter,] 

*  Irishman.  ^  Kytson. 

*  marriages,  t.  e.  impalements  of  the  alliances  of  the  family. 

«•  See  again  in  p.  '292.  « In  MS.  27  altered  to  25. 


276  DIARY    OF    A  [1561-2. 

master  Clarenshux,  master  Chaster  aliens  Norrey,  master  Somer- 
sett,*  [master  YorkJ  master  Rychmond,  master  Lankester,  Ruge- 
crosse,  Ruge-dragon,  [Portcullis,]  and  Blumantylle,  with  vj 
skochyons  of  armes,  in  sant  P[ulcher's]  parryche,  bered  in  the 
body  of  the  chyrche ;  and  they  ^  payd  the  ch  [arges] . 

The  xxxj  day  of  January  was  a  proclamasyon  thrughe  London 
that  the  quenf  s)  qwyne  c  shuld  go  styll  from  man  to  man ;  and  that 
Lent  to  be  fastyd,^  with  grett  charge,  penalte,  and  sumes,  and  the 
next  tyme  be  punyssed.^ 

The  sam  day  at  after-none  was  bered  in  sant  Necolas  OleiFe 
parryche  good  masteres  Fanshawe,  the  good  gentyll-woman,  and 
wyfF  unto  master  Phanthawe,  on  of  the  cheycker/  with  no  armes. 
The  furst  day  of  Feybruary  at  nyght  was  the  goodlyest  masket 
cam  owt  of  London  that  ever  was  seen,  of  a  C.  and  d'ff  gorgyously 
be-sene,  and  a  C.  cheynes  of  gold,  and  as  for  trumpettes  and 
drumes,  and  as  for  torche-lyght  a  ij  hundered,  and  so  to  the  cowrt, 
and  dyvers  goodly  men  of  armes  in  gylt  harnes,  and  Julyus  Sesar 
played.^ 

[The  viij  day  of  February  William  Flower,  Chester  herald,  was 
created  Norroy  king  of  arms  from  the]  Trentt  north-ward ;  and 
pursewant  [Blanch-Rose,]  the  servand  unto  my  lord  Robart 
Dudley,  [was  created  Chester  herald]. 

The  X  day  of  February,  was  Shrowse  tuwsday,  [was  a  just]  at 
Westmynster  agaynst  the  qwyne('s)  grase  plase ;  the  chalengers 
the  duke  of  Northfoke  and  the  yerle  of  W[estmorela]nd. 

The  xj  day  of  February,  was  Aswednysday,  dyd  pryche  a-for  the 
quen  master  Nowelle  the  dene  of  [saint  PauFs.] 

The  fryday  after  dyd  pryche  a-for  the  quen  at  the  cowrt  the 
dene  of  Westmynster  master  Goodman. 

The  furst  Sunday  prychyd  a-for  the  quen  master  [Sandys,]  the 
bysshope  of  Wossetur. 

•  Another  hand  has  interlined  the  chefe  mo[urner].  *>  i.  e.  the  heralds. 

«  coin.     •*  i.  e.  kept  with  fasting.     *  punished.     '  one  of  the  Exchequer.     »  i.  e.  160. 

^  The  word  played  has  been  added  in  another  hand,  and,  though  resembling  the  old, 
may  be  an  imitation  and  not  contemporary. 


1561-2.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  2?? 

The  xviij  day  of  Feybruary  dyd  pryche  at  the  cowrt  master 
Nowellj  the  dene  of  Powlles,  Wednysday  the  furst.^ 

The  XV  day  of  February  ded  ^  with-in  the  kynge('s)  bynche  on 
Hare^  Saxsay  merser,  for  he  was  browth^  into  the  star-chambur 
a-for  my  lord  keper  and  dyvers  of  the  consell,  and  he  was  juged 
to  stand  on  the  pelere®  ij  tyme  in  the  weke  for  the  spase  of  {blank) 
and  he  was  condemnyd  the  last  day  of  the  terme^  and  a-pone  that 
he  toke  a  purgasyon  that  he  d     .     .     . 

The  XX  day  of  Feybruary  dyd  pryche  at  the  cowrt  a-for  the  quen's 
grace  (blank) 

The  xiiij  day  of  Feybruary  dyd  rune  at  the  rynge  John  Onelle^ 
be-yond  sant  James  in  the  feld. 

The  viij  day  of  Feybruary  was  crystened  the  dowther  of  master 
{blank)  Crumwelle,  and  she  the  dowther  of  ser  Raff  Warren 
knyghtjS  gohyng  to  the  chyrche  a  fayre  mayd  carehyng  the  chyld 
in  a  whyt  saten  gowne,  and  a-bowt  and  the  mantylle  of  cremesune 
satyn  fryngyd  with  gold  of  iiij  ynchys  brod,  and  the  master  of  the 
roUes  was  the  godfather  and  my  lade  Whytt  godmother  and  (blank), 
and  after  a  grett  bankett  at  home. 

The  xxiij  day  of  Feybruary  ryd  in  v  cares  [.  .  men]  and  iiij 
women  for  dyvers  fellons^  done. 

The  xxvij  day  of  Feybruary  was  a  no[ld^  man  set]  on  the  pelere 
for  falsely  conterfey tyng  in  oder  men  [^s  hands  ?] 

The  sam  day  of  Feybruary  ryd  in  ij  cares  .  .  .  ys  wyif  the 
master (es?)  of  ser  Recherd  Shakfeld^  the  master  ...  for  baldre, 
Logentt  and  ys  wyfF,  and  all  viij  for  baldre. 

The  xvij  day  of  Feybruary  was  bered  in  sant  [Andrew's]  in 
Holborne  master  Culpapare,  on  of  the  gentyll[men  of]  Gray('s)  in, 
with  vj  skochyons  of  armes  of  the  ho  [use]. 

»  i.  e.  in  Lent.  •>  died.  •=  Harry.  <*  brought.         «  pillory.         '  O'Neill. 

8f  The  diarist  probably  means  the  child's  mother ;  or  else  the  fair  maid  who  carried 
the  child  to  the  church.  *»  felonies. 

'  an  old  man  ;  see  xxviij  Feb.  ''  Sackville. 


278  DIARY    OF    A  [1561-2. 

The  xxviij  day  of  Feybruary  the  sam  old  man  was  [set  in  the] 
pelere  *  agayne,  the  last  day  of  Feybruary,  for  the  sam  offense. 

The  furst  day  of  Marche,  the  wyche  was  the  iij  sonday  (in 
Lent,)  dyd  pryche  at  after-none  at  the  cowrte  a-for  the  quen 
master  Allen  the  byshope  of  Exsetur. 

The  sam  day  dyd  pryche  at  PowUes  the  byshope  of  Bayth  and 
Welles,  master  Bartelett. 

The  iiij  day  of  Marche  dyd  pryche  at  the  cowrte  a-for  the  quen's 
grace  [blank) 

The  vj  day  of  Marche  dyd  pryche  at  the  cowrt  a-fore  the  quen(^s) 
grase  [blank) 

The  viij  day  of  Marche  dyd  pryche  a-for  the  quen(^s)  grace,  the 
iiij  sonday  in  Lentt,  called  Mydlent  sonday,  master  Home,  the 
byshope  of  Wynchaster. 

The  ix  day  of  Marche,  behyng  monday,  one  Trestram  a  coke 
with-in  Westmorland  plase  with-in  Selver  strette,  rode  a-pone  a 
coUe-stayfFe  with  a  baskett  of  graynes  be-for  hym,  bycause  that  on 
of  ys  neybur  wyflF  brake  her  husband  hed,  and  cast  graynes  on  the 
pepull, 

»  .  .  .  .  gownes  and  cottes  and  with  a  xx  clarkes  [singing ; 
and  he  gave]  mantyll  fryse  gownes  to  xij  pore  men,  [and  the 
church]  hangyd  with  blake  and  armes  and  a  iiij  dosen  of  [sco- 

cheons  ; and  strod  with  rysses  ^  for  the 

cheyff  mornars ;  [master  Crol]  ley  dyd  pryche,  and  ther  was 
grett  audyens,  and  [there  was]  all  the  clothyng  of  the  masters 
of  the  Skynners,  [and  a]  grett  doUe  of  money,  and  after  hom 
to  dener,  and  [went  to]  ther  hall  to  dener,  and  a-for  all  the 
mornars  offered  .     .     .     the  compene  of  the  Skynars  offered  ther. 

The  xj  day  dyd  pryche  at  the  cowrt  the  dene  of  PowUes  master 
Nowell,  that  was  wedynsday. 

The  sam  day  in  the  mornyng  be-twyn  iij  and  iiij  begane  a  grett 

*  pillory.  "  strewed  with  rushes. 


1561-2.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  279 

tempest  of  wynd,  that  dyd  grett  hurt  of  howses  and  bottes,^  and 
the  quen-yiFe^  stayres  borne  a- way. 

The  xiij  day  of  Marche  was  a  proclamassyon  that  no  man  shuld 
[dare  to]  spyke<^  of  fallyng  of  money,  butt  they  shuld  be  taken  and 
putt  in  pressun  iij  monyth,  and  after  had  to  the  pelere.** 

The  sam  day  dyd  pryche  at  the  cowrte,  that  was  fryday  a-for 
Passyon  son  day,  master  No  well  the  dene  of  Po  wiles. 

The  xij  day  of  Marche  at  after-none  at  iij  yt  flod,  and  at  v  yt 
flod  agayne  the  sam  day. 

The  XV  day  of  Marche  dyd  pryche  at  the  cowrt,  the  wyche  was 
the  V  sonday  and  Passyon  sonday,  master  Nowell  the  dene  of 
Po  wiles,  for  the  byshope  of  London  master  Gryndall ;  he  dyd 
pryche  be-cause  the  byshope  was  syke  ^  that  day. 

The  xviij  day  of  Marche  dyd  pryche  at  the  cowrt  master  {blank) 

The  sam  day  was  mad  for  a  sqwyre,  master  {blank),  a  cott  and 
pennon  of  armes  and  a  ij  dosen  of  skochyons  of  armes  in  metall. 

The  XX  day  of  Marche  dyd  pryche  at  the  cowrt,  that  was  Palm- 
sonday,  master  Juell,  the  byshope  of  (Salisbury.) 

The  xxvij  day  of  Marche  dyd  pryche  at  after-non  a-for  the 
quen,  that  was  Good-fryday,  the  byshope  of  London. 

The  sam  day  prychyd  at  PowUes  crosse  the  parson  of  sant 
Mangnus.f 

The  xxxj  day  of  Marche  dyd  pryche  at  the  [court],  that  was 
Ester  tuwysday,  master  Nowelle  the  dene  of  PowUes. 

The  furst  day  of  Aprell  master  Torner  of  Cantur[bury  preached,] 
the  wedynsday  in  Ester  wekke,  at  sant  Mare  spytty[l,  and  the] 
pepuU  kept  haleday  thrughe  London  do  g  yt  was  n[ight.] 

The  ij  day  of  Aprell  was  bered  in  the  parry che  [of  Allhallows] 
in  Bredstrett  master  Robart  Melys,^  latt  master  of  the  Marchand 
[taylors,]  and  he  gayif  in  gownes  and  cottes  to  the  number  of  iij^^c 


boats.  ^  Queen-bythe.  ^  speak.  •*  pillory.  *  sick. 

^  Miles  Coverdale,  formerly  bishop  of  Exeter.        ^  to.        h  Mellishe.   Epitaph. 


280  DIARY    OF    A  [1562. 

[coats  of]  rattes  coUer*  of  viJ5.  the  yerd  to  the  pore  men,  and 
the  chylderyn  of  the  hospetall  ij  and  ij  together,  and  [masters] 
of  the  hospetall  with  ther  gren  stayfFes  in  ther  [hands ;  and 
master]  Nowelle  the  dene  of  PowUes  dyd  pryche ;  and  after  to 
dener  at  ys  sune^  howse. 

The  V  day  of  Aprell,  behyng  Low-sonday,  [did  preach]  at  PowUes 
master  Samsun,  the  wyche  he  declaryd  c  [the  sermons]  thatt  was 
mad  the  iij  days  at  the  spyttyll  in  [Lent.] 

The  xij  day  of  Aprell  dyd  pryche  at  PowUes  crosse  {blank) 

In  ApreU  was  browth  ^  to  London  a  pyde  calif  with  a  grett  ruffe 
[about]  ys  neke,  a  token  of  grett  ruff  that  bowth  men  and  women. 

The  xiij  day  of  Aprell  was  cared  unto  Tyburne  ix,  vij  men  and 
and  a  boy  and  on  woman,  to  be  hangyd  ther. 

The  xiiij  day  of  Aprell  was  bered  at  sant  Botulffe  with-owtt 
Althergate  mastores  Hunderell/  with  a  dosen  of  skochyons  of 
armes,  and  ther  dyd  pryche  for  here  {blank) 

The  xix  day  of  Aprell  dyd  pryche  at  PowUes  crosse  master 
Nowelle  the  dene  of  PowUes. 

The  XX  day  of  Aprell  was  mared  in  the  parryche  of  sant  Don- 
stones  in  the  est  master  Bacun('s)  dowther,  the  Salter,  and  brodur 
unto  my  lord  keper  of  the  selle  of  England ;  and  ther  was  a  grett 
wedyng  ;  and  after  the  marege  done  home  to  dener,  for  ther  dynyd 
my  lord  keper  and  most  of  the  conselle,  and  mony  lades  and  mony 
of  the  quen*s  maydes  gorgyowsly  aparrell(ed),  and  grett  chere ;  and 
master  Valuntyne  Browne  dyd  mare  ^  here,  the  audetour  of  Bar- 
wyke ;  ther  was  as  gret  chere  as  has  byne  sene  in  thes  days. 

The  xxiij  day  of  Aprell  was  sant  Gorgets  day,  a[nd  at  White- 
h]alle  the  Quen('s)  grase  whentfrom  her  chapell  with  xii  .  knyghtes 
of  the  Garter  in  robes  with  colars  of  gold  with  garters,  [and]  xx  of 
here  chapelle,  in  copes  of  cloth  of  gold,  to  the  of[fering,  s]yngyne 


*  colour.  •*  son's.  '  i.  e.  rehearsed  or  recapitulated  :  as  be/ore  in  p.  231. 

^  brought.  *   Underhill.  '  marry. 


1562.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  281 

the  Englys  presessyon  from  the  chapell  rond  [about  the]  halle  and 
bake  agayne  to  the  chapelle  syngyng ;  and  master  [dean  of]  her 
chapell  bare  a  boke  and  a  robe,  and  master  Norres  [bare  the]  blake 
rod  in  a  robe,  and  master  Garter,  all  iij  in  cremesun  saten ;  [and] 
the  byshope  of  Wynchester  warre  ys  robe  of  red  [blank) ;  and  ser 
William  Peter,  master  Clarenshux,  Somersett,  Yorke,  Lanckaster, 
Rychemond,  and  Chaster,  Ruge-dragon,  and  R[ouge-croix,  Port-] 
colles,  Blumantyll,  Wyndsor. 

The  XXV  day  of  Aprell  where  hangyd  at  Wapyng  at  the  low- 
water  marke  v  for  robere  on  the  se,  and  ther  was  one  that  had 
hys  alter  abowt  ys  neke  and  yett  a  pardon  cam  be  tyme. 

The  XXX  day  of  Aprell  was  mad  for  master  Strange  knyght  a 
standard,  a  cott,  and  pennon  of  armes,  helmett,  targett  and  sword, 
and  crest  and  mantyll,  and  a  vj  dosen  of  skochyons  of  armes,  and 
was  bered  at  {blank) 

The  XX  day  of  Aprell  was  reynyd*  at  Yeld-hall  a  grett  compene 
of  marenars  for  robyng  on  the  see,  and  a  {blank)  wher  cast  to 
be  hangyd  at  a  low-water  mark. 

The  viij  day  of  May  was  a  proclamacion  of  the  aht  ^  of  a-ray, 
and  grett  ruffes  and  grett  brechys,  and  that  no  man  to  have  butt 
a  yerd  and  a  halfF  of  kersey ;  that  no  swerd  to  be  butt  a  yerd  and 
a  quarter  of  lenth  the  blad,  and  dagars  butt  xij  ynche  the  blad, 
and  that  buckelles  shall  not  have  longe  pykes,  but  of  a  sysse.c 

The  ixday  of  May  was  ij  prentes^  was  wypyd^  a-bowt  London 
for  {blank) 

Item,  ther  was  (a)  pyge  brothe^  to  London  in  May  with  ij  alflf 
bodys,  behyng  with  viij  fette,  that  mony  pepuU  dyd  se  ytt ;  and 
after  cam  a  syne  and  token  of  a  monstorous  chyld  that  was  borne 
be-syd  Colchester  at  a  town  callyd  {blank) 

The  xj  day  of  May  was  bered  at  {blank)  master  Swallow  sqwyre, 

•  arraigned.  ''  act.  «  of  assize — or  fixed  torm.  ^  prentices. 

*  whipt.  '  brought. 

CAMD.  see.  2  O 


282  DIARY    OF    A  [1562. 

of  the  chycker,*  with  a     .     .     of  armes,  and  a  iij  dosen  skochyons 
[of  arms,  and]  ther  was  grett  dole  of  money  and  mett.b 

The  sam  day  of  May  was  the  Clarkes  of  [London]  ther  com- 
munion at  the  Gyldhalle  chapell,  and  ther  ....  persuns, 
and  after  to  ther  halle  to  dener,  and  after  a  good[ly  concert  of] 
chylderyn  of  Westmynster  with  wyhalles  ^  and  regalles. 

The  ix  day  of  May  was  a  lade^  and  here  ij  systers  browth®  to 

Yeld-hall,  for  ther  was  a  quest  that  shuld of  them 

for  ther  nostylevyng^  of  baldre  done. 

The  xij  day  of  May  was  a  goodly  wedyng  [at  master]  Whytt('s) 
howse  altherman  be-twyne  master  {blank)  unto  ser Thomas  Whytt('s) 
dowther  of  the  contey  of  (Southampton  ?) 

The  sam  day  at  nyght  ther  was  a  grett  frey,  [and  my]  lord  mare 
and  the  ij  shreyffes  was  send  fore/  and  they  had  a  do  to  pasefy  the 
pepuU,  and  dyvers  wher  hurtt,  and  s[ertain]  cared  to  Nuwgatt 

and  to  the  conturs,  and  ther  was the  best  archers 

of  London  with  the  flethe,^  and  master  Underelle  hu.     .      the 
master  of  the  comen-huntt. 

The  next  nyght  after  my  lord  mare  commondyd  that  serten  con- 
stabuUes  shuld  kepe  all  Smyth-feld  to  stand  in  a-ray  in  harnes  to 
see  wo  ^  wold  be  so  bold  to  com  and  make  any  besenes,3  and  my 
lord  mare  and  the  shreyffes  dyd  walke  abowt  Smyth-feld  to  se 
wether  any  wold  make  any  salt  ^  as  they  dyd  over  nyght. 

The  XV  and  vj  ^  day  of  May  was  sessyons  at  Nuwgatt,  and  so 
many  wher  cast  doys™  ij  days ;  and  the  sam  monyth  were^  dyvers 
token  sene  in  dyvers  placys  in  England,  a  calffe  and  (unfinished) 

[The  xvj  day  of  May  died]  my  [lady]  Chenne,  latt  wyfF  of  ser 

Th[omas  Cheyne,  the]  warden  of  v  porttes,  andded  at  Todyngton. 

The  XX  day  of  May  they  begane  to  make  [for  my  lady]  Chenne, 


Exchequer.         ^  meat.          *=  viols. 

<»  lady. 

«  brought.        '  naughty  living. 

«  were  sent  for.            •»  Fleet  ? 

»  who. 

J  business.              ^  assault. 

»  So  in  MS.  15th  and  16th. 

«»  those. 

»  water  in  MS. 

1562.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  283 

for  here  buryall,  a  grett  baner  of  armes  [of]  nuw  damaske  and 
wroth  a  with  fyne  gold,  and  a  xij  dosen  of  skochyons  of  bokeram, 
ij  dosen  and  vj  of  taiFata  [wrought  with]  fyne  gold ;  and  the  sam 
day  was  Hare  Machyn^  iij^  and  vj  yere,  [the  which]  was  Wedyns- 
day  in  Wytsonwyke. 

The  xxj  day  of  May  was  a  man  was  cared  .  .  .  grett  stayff 
from  Belyngatt  ^  abowt  London  for  takyng  of  money  of  pepull 
for  fysse/  and  whent  away  [with]  ytt. 

The  XXV  day  of  May  was  bered  master  Godderyke  sqwyer,  the 
wyche  he  ded  at  ys  place  with-in  Whyt-freres,  and  cared  unto 
sant  Andrew's  in  Holborne  to  be  bered ;  and  ther  was  the  com- 
pene  of  the  Clarkes  syngyng  pryke-song,  and  then  cam  a  morner 
careng  ys  pennon  of  armes,  and  then  cam  master  Yorke  beyryng 
ys  cott  armur,  and  after  master  Clarenshus ;  and  then  cam  the 
corse  with  a  ryche  palle  of  tynsell  and  ryche  cloth  of  sylver  with 
armes  of  bokeram  ;  and  then  the  morners,  and  after  the  byshope 
of  Canturbere  and  the  byshope  of  Ely  and  the  byshope  of  London, 
and  next  my  lord  keper  and  my  lord  cheyfTe  Justus  of  England  and 
mony  worshephull  men,  and  after  ij  C.  of  the  ines  of  the  cowrt  fo- 
lowd ;  and  the  dene  of  Powlles  dyd  pryche  for  hym. 

The  sam  day  was  sett  up  at  the  cukold  haven  a  grett  May-poUe 
by  bochers  and  fysher-men,  fulle  of  homes ;  and  they  mad  grett 
chere,  for  ther  was  ij  fyrkens  of  fresse  sturgeans,  and  grett  konger, 
and  grett  burttes/  and  grett  plente  of  wyne,  that  yt  cam  to  viij/. 

The  sam  day  was  a  yonge  man  dyd  hang  ym-seylfF  at  the 
Polles  bed,  the  in  in  Carter  lane. 

The  sam  day  was  the  masturs  the  Skynners'  fest,  and  the  master 
was  chosen,  master  Gunter  master,  and  master  (blank)  master 
warden. 

[The  .  .  day  of  May  was  the  funeral  of  lady  Cheyne,  late  wife 
of  ser  Thomas  Cheyne  councillor  to]  kyng  Edward  the  vj  and  unto 
quen  [Mary  and  queen]  Elesabett  tyll  he  ded,  and  she  was  be[ried 

»  wrought.  ^  Harry  Machyn,  the  writer  of  this  Diary. 

«  Billingsgate.  •*  fish.  «  butts,  flounders. 


284  DIARY    OF    A  [1562. 

at  Toddington]  with  mony  mornars ;  master  Garter  and  master 
Norrey  [were]  the  haroldes,  and  (the)  dene  of  Powlles  dyd  pryc[h 
the  sermon.]  for  ther  was  grett  eh  ere,  and  a  grett  dole  [as  ever] 
in  that  contrey  sene — iij  mylles  from  DonstabuU. 

The  sam  day  was  on  «  sett  to  a  p  [ost  at  the]  grett  gatt  to  West- 

mynster-ward,  hys for  stellyng  ^  of  the  quene('s) 

dyssys  ^ in  Chancheler  lane.*^ 

The  XXX  day  of  May  was  a  boye  wypyd  ^  .  .  ,  .  the  stan- 
dard in  Chepe  for  [blank) 

The  furst  day  of  June  was  the  Yrmongers^  fest  keptt  in  Fan- 
chyrche  strett  be-syd  ....  time,  and  ther  dynyd  the  ij 
shreyflfes  and  [blank)  althermen. 

The  iiij  day  of  June  ther  was  a  chyld  browth  f  to  the  cowrte  in 
a  boxe,  of  a  strange  fegur,s  with  a  longe  strynge  commyng  from 
the  navyll, — browth  ^  from  Chechester. 

The  V  day  of  June  the  Quen('s)  grace  removyd  from  West- 
mynster  unto  Grenwyche  by  water,  and  ther  was  grett  shutyng  of 
gones  at  the  Tower  as  her  grace  whentt,  and  in  odur  places. 

The  vj  day  of  June  was  ther  on  ^  Crane  wyfF,  dwellyng  in  Basyng 
lane,  toke  a  kneyfF  and  frust^i  here-seylfF  be-tweyn  the  small  rybes, 
and  she  ded  the  morowe  after,  and  the  vij  day  at  after-none  was 
the  sam  woman  was  bered,  and  serten  clarkes  was  at  her  berehyng, 
and  Veron  the  Frenchman  dyd  pryche  for  here,  and  more-overe 
he  wold  not  the  clarkes  to  brynge  here  to  the  chyrche. 

The  xiij  day  of  June  was  a  man  sett  on  the  pelere  i  at  West- 
mynster,  for  he  toke  money  and  was  hyryd  for  [to]  kylle  on  man, 
and  ys  here  was  cutt  off. 

The  xiiij  day  of  June  whent  unto  the  quen  at  Gr[eenwich]  the 
sam  prophett  that  men  calle  hym  Helyas  Ha  [11 ;]  and  master 
[blank)  dyd  pryche — master  Pylkyntun,  and  declared  of  hym  and 
off  ys  levyng. 

»  one  ^  stealing.  *=  dishes.  ^  Chancellor  or  Chancery  Lane. 

« whipt.  ^  brought.         «  figure.         ^  thrust.  •  pillory. 


1562.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  285 

The  XV  day  of  June  was  the  Grocers'  fest,  and  ther  mony  al- 
thermen  and  worshephuU  men,  and  ther  dyd  pryche  master  [blank) 

The  sam  day  was  the  Goldsmyth(s')  fest,  and  at  sant  Foster's 
ther  prechyd  master  Gowth  ^  the  parsune  of  sant  Peter's  in  Cornhyll, 
and  dynyd  my  lord  mare  and  the  ij  shreyfFes,  ser  Marten  Bowse, 
and  master  Gylbart,  with  dyvers  odur  althermen. 

The  sam  day  a-for  none  was  the  pelere  ^  sett  up  in  Chepe  for  a 
man  that  was  sett  up  on  the  pelere  for  the  takyng  of  money  to 
{blank) 

The  sam  day  was  raynydc  at  Westmynster  hall  on  master  Brutun 
gentyllman  for  {blank) 

The  xvj  day  of  June  was  the  tombe  of  ser  Wyllyam  Walw  [orth] 
knyght  and  fysmonger  of  London  and  mare,  and  mad  knyght  by 
kynge  Recherd  the  ij  for  kyllyng  of  Jake  Kade  and  Wyll  Walle 
that  cam  owt  of  Kent,  yt  ys  nuwe  frest  and  gyld,^  and  ys  armes 
gyltt,  with  the  pyctur  all  in  aleblaster  lyung  in  ys  armur  gyltt,  at  the 
cost  of  Wylliam  Parys  fysmonger,  dwellyng  at  the  Castyll  in  nuw 
Fystrette,  the  wyche  liys  a  goodly  rememborans  for  alle  men  of 
honor  and  worshype ;  he  was  twys  mare,  and  when  he  was  mare 
he  kyld  Jake  Cade  in  Smythfeld  a-for  the  kynge ;  he  lyeng  in  sant 
Myghell  in  Crokyd  lane ;  and  he  mared  ys  master('s)  wyff  that  was 
iiij  tymes  mare  of  London,  master  (Lovekyn). 

The  xvij  day  of  June  on^  Joh[n]  BuUok  [ordered?]  for  to 
make  for  ser  Thomas  Skneworth  ^  knyght  and  late  mare  of  Lon- 
don by  kyng  Henry  the  vij,  and  bered  [in  Guildhall]  chapell,  furst 
a  standard  and  v  pennons  of  armes,  .  .  targe tt  and  sword  and 
crest  and  mantylles  of  welvett,  .  .  and  at  the  cost  of  the  mas- 
turs  the  Fyshmongers,  for  he  [was  oiie  of  the]  benefacturs  to  the 
howse,  and  he  mad  a  conduitt  at  .  .  .  .,  and  at  that  time  was 
nuw  gares  mad  for  hym,  [and  the  old]  taken  away,  and  the  {blank) 
day  of  (unfinished) 

»  Gough.  ^  pillory.  *^  arraigned.  ^  freshed  and  gilt. 

*  one.  '  Kneesworth.  k  gear. 


286  DIARY    OF    A  [1562. 

The  xviij  day  of  June  was  bered  master  Fuw[illiam]*  in  the 
parryche  of  sant  Johns  Sacres,^  the  wyche  [died]  at  master  Kyn- 
dylmarche(^s)  howse  of  the  sam  parryche,  wyche  he  kepyth  atabull 
for  gentyllmen,  [and]  he  had  vj  skochyons  of  armes,  the  wyche 
w[as  son?]  of  the  lord  Fey wylliam  late  lord  of  the  preveshalle^ 
and  (who  died)  be  [fore  New]castyll,  the  wyche  {unfinished) 

The  xix  day  of  June  was  the  sam  man  was  [set]  the  pelere  ^  for 
the  sam  ofFensys  that  he  had  at  Westmynster,  and  the  sam  day 
was  ys  here  ^  cut  of  at  the  standard  in  Chepe. 

The  xxj  day  of  June  dyd  pryche  at  Po wiles  crosse  master  dene 
of  Ettun  colege  be-syd  Wyndsor. 

The  xxij  day  of  June  was  the  masters  the  Salters'  fest,  and  ther 
dynyd  my  lord  keper  of  the  selle  ^  and  my  lord  of  Bedfoord  and 
my  lord  cheyfF  justes. 

The  XX  day  of  June  was  a  gret  shutyng  ff  of  the  compene  of  the 
Barbur-surgeantes  for  a  gret  soper  at  ther  owne  hall  for  a  xxx  mess 
of  mett  of,  for  they  dyd  make  ij  godley  ^  stremars  agaynst  that  day 
of  ther  harmes^i  the  wyche  they  wher  agmentyd  by  the  most  valeant 
kyng  at  armes  master  (blank),  and  they  had  vj  drumes  plahyng 
and  a  flutt ;  and  ij  grett  ansutts,^  and  as  a  shot  was  wone,  downe 
whent  that  and  up  the  thodur,l  and  as  they  whan  the  shut ;  ^  and 
master  Gall  and  ys  syd  wan  the  soper — the  master  of  the  compene. 

The  sam  day  was  a  man  be-syd  Broken-warfFe  frust "  throwgh 
with  a  sword,  he  dwellyng  at  Bra     .     .     . 

The  sam  day  ded  o  docthur  Crom,  a  grett  p  [readier ;]  he  was  par- 
sune  of  Aldermare. 

The  xxvij  day  of  June  whent  to  Tyburne  v  men  and  iiij  women 
for  to  hange  for  thefte. 

The  xxix  day  of  June  was  bered  docthur  Crom,  parsun  of  Al- 
there-Mare,  with  prestes  and  clarkes  syngyng  [unto]  the  chyrche, 
and  bered. 

»  Fitzwilliam.  ^  Zachary's.  "=  privy  seal.         ^  pillory.  "  ear.  '  seal. 

K  shooting — archery.  ''  goodly.         '  arms.  ''  ancients  ? — flags.         '  other. 

°»  won  the  shot.  "  thrust.         "  died. 


1562.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  28? 

The  furst  day  of  July  was  the  Marchand-tayllers'  fest,  and 
dynyd  my  lord  mare,  the  yerle  of  Sussex,  the  yerle  of  Kyldare, 
ser  {blank)  Stanley,  and  ser  Thomas  Whytt,  ser  Thomas  Oflfeley 
and  master  Ro  .  .,  ser  Wyllyam  Huett,  ser  Marten  Bowes,  master 
Cowper,  master  Allen,  master  Gyl  [bert,]  master  Chamburlayn  al- 
therman,  master  Champyon,  master  Avenon,  master  Malere,  and 
master  Baskerfeld,  and  the  master  and  the  iiij  wardens  and  the 
clarkes  and  the  bedyll  of  the  Skynnars,  and  mony  worshephull 
men,  and  mony  lades  and  gentyllwomen,  and  they  had  agaynst 
the  dynner  iij^^  and  [blank)  bukes  *  and  iiij  stages ;  ^  and  master 
Wylliam  Allen  electyd  shreyfF  for  the  quen,  and  master  Whettelle 
the  master,  and  master  RafF  Whytt  hed  warden  and  master  Mar  .  . 
and  master  serjant  Halle  and  master  Browne  wardens ;  and  master 
Garter  and  master  Clarenshux  dynyd  there. 

The  xxviij  day  of  June  grett  wache  ^  at  the  Towre  and  at  Towre- 
hylle  and  sant  Katharyn's,  a  C.  hagabuttes  and  a  C.  in  cossellettes, 
vj  drumes  and  iiij  flages,  on  sant  Peter's  evyn  last  past,  and  a 
castylle  and  sqwybys. 

The  V  day  of  July  ther  wher  at  Westmynster  ij  chylderyn  pla- 
hyng  to-gether,  behyng  son  day  [unfinished) 

The  vij  day  of  July,  Symon  Smyth  browth  d  to  the  gyld-halle 
Kynlure  Machen  for  to  have  lyssens  e  to  have  here  to  have  a  hos- 
band  Edward  Gardener  cowper,  and  they  wher  browth  in-to  the 
consell  chamber  a-for  my  lord  mayre  and  the  althermen  and 
master  recorder  and  master  Surcott  and  master  Marche,  and  they 
wher  examynyd  whether  they  where  sure  or  not,  but  at  the  last 
yee  sayd 

do]wther  of  Cristofer  Machyn. 

The  xiiij  day  of  July  was  a  grett  sh  [ooting  of  the]  parryche 
of  sant  Gregores  in  PowUes  chyrche-yerd,  [the  one]  haliF  agaynst 
the  thodur;^  on»  syd  had  yelow  [scarfs,  and]  thodur  red  skarffes, 

•  bucks.  ''  stags.  *  watch.  ^  brought. 

•  licence.  *  other.  ^  one. 


288  DIARY    OF    A  [1562. 

and  a  vj  drumes  and  iiij  fluttes ;  [and  so]  to  my  lord  of  London('s) 
plase  to  soper,  a  c.  mes[ses.] 

The  XX  day  of  July  was  goodly  weddyng  in  (blank)  parryche,  of 
master  Coke  and  master  Nycolles  dowther ;  for  ther  w[ere  the  lord] 
mare  and  alle  the  althermen,  and  mony  lades  *  and  mony  w[orship- 
ful]  men  and  women,  and  after  the  wedyng  was  done  [they  went] 
home  to  the  Bryghowse  to  dener,  for  ther  w[as  a  great  dinner]  as 
ever  was  sene,  and  all  maner  musyke,  and  d[ancing  all  the]  day 
longe,  and  at  nyght  goodly  soper ;  and  after  a  goodly  [masque  ? 
at]  mydnyght;  at  the  wedyng  master  Becon  dyd  pryche;  for 
[there  were]  no  maner  mettes  ^  nor  drynges  *-'  that  cold  be  had 
for  m  [oney  that  were  wanting] . 

The  sam  day  was  bered  mastores  Wast  in  sant  [Andrew's]  in 
the  Warderobe,  with  aliF  a  dosen  skochyons  of  armes,  now  the 
wyfF  of  [blank) 

The  sam  nyght  was  the  Mercers'  soper,  and  ther  sopy[d  my] 
lord  of  Penbroke  and  {unfinished ) 

The  xxj  day  of  July  was  grett  cher  at  the  Bryghowse,  at  the 
sam  wedyng  at  master  Necolles,  and  after  soper  cam  iij  maskes  ; 
on  was  in  cloth  of  gold,  and  the  next  maske  was  frers,  and  the  iij 
was  nunes ;  and  after  they  dansyd  be-tymes,  and  after  frers  and 
nunes  dansyd  to-gether. 

The  xxij  day  of  July  was  a  grett  shutyng  ^  of  the  paryche  of 
(blank) 

The  xxiij  day  of  July  was  my  lord  Gylles  ^  dowther  cristened  at 
sant  Botulf  with-owtt  Byshope-gatt,  Mare,  the  dowther  of  my 
lade  Powlett ;  the  godfather  master  Smyth  of  the  custum-howse, 
and  master  John  Whytf  s)  wyiF  altherman  and  mastores  (blank) 

[The  .  .  day  of  July  was  christened  the  do]wther  of  Wylliam 
Harve  aleas  Cla[renceux  king  of]  armes,  in  the  parryche  of  sant 
Brydes,  th[e  godfather]  Cordall  master  of  the  rolles  knyght,  and 

*  ladies.  ''  meats.  *=  drinks.  ^  shooting,  i.  e.  archery. 

•  lord  Giles  Powlett. 


1562.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  289 

the  godmothers  my  lade  Bacon  my  lord  keper('s)  wyfF,  and  my 
lade  Sysselle  [wife  of]  ser  Wylliam  Sysselle;*  and  after  unto 
master  Clarenshux('s),  and  ther  was  a  grett  bankett  as  I  have 
sene,  and  wass  [ail,  of]  epocras,  Frenche  wyne,  Gaskyn  wyne,  and 
Reynys  [winej  with  grett  plente,  and  all  ther  servandes  had  a 
banekett  in  the  hall  with  dyvers  dyssys.^ 

The  sam  day  a  commondementt  cam  downe  to  my  lord  mare 
that  evere  craft  in  London  shuld  resortt  to  theyre  [halls]  to  make 
owt  a  yj  C.  men  well  be-sene  in  cosseletts,  gones  and  bowes  and 
pykes,  with  all  sped,  and  to  take  cien     ...     up  and  comely. 

The  XXX  day  of  July  was  bered  in  sant  Talphes  ^  in  CrepuUgatt 
mastores  Parston,  late  the  wyiF  of  master  Howelle  doctur  of  phe- 
syke,  with  a  xij  clarkes  syngyng ;  and  then  cam  the  corse  with  vj 
skochyons  of  bokeram,  and  a  xij  mornars,  and  xvj  pore  women  in 
blake  gownes ;  and  master  Coverdalle  mad  the  sermon  ;  and  after 
to  the  plase  to  dener. 

The  furst  day  of  August  was  bered  mastores  Starke  the  wyfF  of 
master  Starke  skynner,  and  the  docthur^  of  master  Avenon  shreyfF 
of  London,  with  a  xvj  clarkes  syngyng  and  a  x  pore  women  in 
mantyll  fryse  gownes,  master  shreyfF  the  cheyfFe  morner,  and  after 
a  XX  mornars  in  blake,  boyth  men  and  women,  and  master  Busken 
mad  the  sermon. 

The  sam  day  was  bered  a  mayd,  and  the  docthur  of  Thomas 
Grenway,  brodur  unto  master  altherman  Grenway,  dwellyng  in 
Northfoke  at  a  towne  {blank) 

The  sam  day  my  lord  mare  and  the  althermen  and  all  craftes  of 
London  whent  to  Yeld-hall  to  chuse  a  nuw  shreyff,  and  thay  dyd 
chuse  master  Chamburlayn  altherman,  yrmonger,  shreyfF  for  the 
nex(t)  yere. 

The  iiij  day  of  August  the  menysters  wyfF  [of  .  .  .]  parryche 
fell  done  a  stayre  and  brake  here  neke. 

•  Cecil.  ''  dishes.  ^  Saint  Alphage's.  "  daughter. 

CAMD.  see.  2  P 


290  DIARY    OF    A  [1562. 

The  vj  day  of  August  was  reynyd*  at  Yeld-hall  vij,  vj  for 
qwynnyng'';  iiij  was  cast  for  deth,  Thomas  Wylford,  Thomas 
Borow, .  .  .  Maltby,  Phelipe  Furney  gold-smyth,  and  ij  fr[eely] 
qwytt;  and  ther  satt  a-pone  them  my  lord  [justice]  Chamley,  ser 
Recherd  Sakefeld,  the  master  of  the  rolles,  [sir  Martin]  Bowes,  ser 
Wylliam  Garett,  ser  WiUiam  Huett,  master  re[corder],  master 
Surcott,  and  master  Chydley  and  master  Eldertun. 

The  X  day  of  August  was  drane  from  ....  unto  Tyborne 
Phelype  Furney  gold-smyth  d  [weUing  in]  sant  Barthelmuwe  in 
Smythfeld  for  cowyning,c  and  hangyd  after,  and  [blank)  Walker 
was  cared  in  a  care  to  Tyburne,  and  hangyd  for  robere. 

.The  X  day  of  August  was  Barbur-surgyons'  fest,  and  they  capt<i 
ther  communion  at  sant  Alphes  at  Crepull-gatt,  and  master 
Recherdsun  dyd  pryche,  the  Skott ;  ther  was  good  syngyng ;  and 
after  to  ther  halle  to  dener,  and  after  dener  a  play. 

The  xvij  day  of  August  was  the  Waxchandler(s')  fest,  for  ther 
was  good  chere. 

The  xviij  day  of  August  was  a  commondementt  to  my  lord  mare 
and  to  my  masters  the  althermen  that  all  the  compene  of  all  craftes 
that  dyd  dyscharge  e  alle  the  men  that  where  prest  and  taken  up 
to  go  of  the  qwene(*s)  afarerse^  where  her  grace  wold,  that  shuld 
goo  to  grett  charge  to  the  cette  of  London  and  here  grace,  boyth 
corselettes  and  clokes  of  brod  bluw  gardyd  with  red,  and  gones, 
and  bowes,  and  mores  pykes. 

ther  hall ;  and  ther  dynyd  ser  Thomas  Whytt,  ser 

Tho 

The  xxxj  day  of  August  was  bered  in  Essex  the  good  erle  [of 
Oxford,  with]  iij  haroldes  of  armes,  master  Garter,  master  Lan- 
costur,  master  Rych[mond,  with  a  st]andard  and  a  grett  baner  of 
armes,  andviij  baner-rolles,  [helmet,]  crest,  targett,  and  sword,  and 
cott  armur,  and  a  herse  with  velvett  [and  a]  palle  of  velvett,  and 

*  arraigned.  ^  coining.  '  coining.  ^  kept. 

•  Apparently y  that  they  should  despatch.  ^  affairs. 


1562.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  291 

a  X  dosen  of  skochyons,  [and  with]  many  mornars  in  blake,  and 
grett  mone  mad  for  hym. 

The  furst  day  of  September  was  bered  in  the  parryche  [of  saint 
Bjrydes  in  Fletstrett  master  Hulsun  skrevener  of  London  and 
master  Heyword('s)  depute,^  and  on  of  the  masturs  of  Brydwell; 
and  ther  wher  all  the  masturs  of  Brydwell  with  gren  stayffes  in 
ther  handes,  [and]  the  chylderyn  of  the  hospetall,  at  ys  berehyng ; 
and  ther  was  mony  mornars  in  blake,  and  [master]  Crowley  dyd 
pryche ;  [and  there]  was  grett  ryngyng  as  ever  was  hard,^  and  the 
godely  ry  .  .  ;  and  he  had  a  dosen  of  skochyons  of  armes  in 
metalle. 

The  iij  day  of  September  cam  rydyng  owt  of  Essex  from  [the 
funeral]  of  the  yerle  of  Oxford  ys  father  the  yonge  yerle  of  Oxford, 
with  vij-skore  horse  all  in  blake  throughe  London  and  Chepe  and 
Ludgatt,  and  so  to  TempuUe  bare,  and  so  to  (blank),  be-twyn 
V  and  vj  of  the  cloke  at  after-none. 

The  sam  day  be-gane  to  make  rede'^  for  the  good  lade  contest  of 
Bedford  a  grett  baner  of  armes  and  vj  grett  baner-roUes  and  .  . 
skochyons  of  armes  of  sylke,  and  of  paper-ryalle  vij  doshen  sko- 
chyons of  armes. 

The  sam  tyme  they  be-gane  to  make  for  my  lord  Mordant  in  Bed- 
fordshyre  furst  a  standard  and  a  gret  baner  of  armes,  and  {blank) 
banar-rolles  and  vj  skochyons  of  armes  of  [silk,]  and  of  bokeram 
(blank)  dosen,  and  of  paper  {blank)  dosen  skochyons,  and  a  targett, 
sword,  helme,  and  crest,  mantylls  and  {blank)  dosen  of  sylke,  and  a 
cott  armur,  and  grett  skochyons  of  armes  for  the  herse  [of]  past^ 
papur,  and  goodly  bordurs  rond  abowt  the  herse. 

The  ix  day  of  September  was  bered  the  contes  of  Be  [dford]  at 
Chennys  with  iij  haroldes  of  armes,  with  a  f  grett  baners  of  mareges,S 
and  vj  banar-rolles,  and  viij  dosen  of  skochyons,  and  mony  mornars 
in  blake. 

The  viij  day  of  September  whent  thrughe  London  a  prest,^  with 

*  Deputy  to  Rowland  Heyward,  alderman  ?  ^  heard. 

^  ready.         ^  lady  countess.         *  pasted.         ^  So  in  MS.       e  marriages.       ^  priest. 


292  DIARY    OF    A  [1562. 

a  cope,  taken  sayhyng  of  masse  in  Feyter  lane  at  my  lade  {blank), 
and  so  to  my  lord  mare,  and  after  to  the  contur  in  .  .  .  ;  and 
the  thursday  after  he  was  cared  to  the  Masselsay. 

.     .     .     an  for  kyllyng  of  her     .... 

The  xj  day  of  September  was  a  man  sett  on  [the  pillory]  for 
conterfeytyng  a  false  wrytyng  to  bege  in  dyvers  places  in  London, 
and  puttyng  in  mony  honest  men('s)  ha[nds  ^  to]  gyfF  ym  lysens  to 
bege,  butt  yt  was  false,  the  w     .     .     . 

The  xiij  day  of  September  cam  tydynges  to  [London  that] 
(blank)  was  delevered  unto  the  (blank) 

The  XV  day  of  September  cam  from  Mylle[-end  saint]  Antony (^s) 
skolll>  done  Cornnyllc  and  so  to  the  Stokes,  and  so  to  .  .  ,  with 
stremars  and  flages  and  a  viij  drumes  plahy[ng,  with]  C.  chylderyn 
of  the  skoUe  well  be-sene ;  and  after  [they  went]  home  to  ther 
fathers  and  fryndes. 

The  xvj  day  of  September  was  bered  my  [lady]  Mordantt  in  the 
conte  of  (Bedford). 

The  xviij  day  of  September  my  lord  mare  and  my  masters  the 
althermen,  and  mony  worshephull  men,  and  dyvers  of  the  masturs 
and  wardens  of  the  xij  compenys,  red  ^  [to  the]  condutth  hedes 
for  to  se  them,  after  the  old  coustum ;  and  a- [fore]  dener  they 
hundyd  the  hare  and  kyllyd,  and  so  to  dener  to  the  hed  of  the 
condyth,  for  ther  was  a  nombur,  and  had  good  chere  of  the  cham- 
burlayn ;  and  after  dener  to  hontyng  of  the  fox,  and  ther  was  a 
goodly  cry  for  a  mylle,  and  after  the  hondys  kyllyd  the  fox  at 
the  end  of  sant  Gylles,  and  theyr  was  a  grett  cry  at  the  deth,  and 
blohyng  of  homes ;  and  so  rod  thrugh  London,  my  lord  mare 
Harper  with  all  ys  compene  home  to  ys  owne  plase  in  Lumberd 
strett. 

The  xviij  day  of  September  was  my  lord  mare  dyd  warne  all  the 
craftes  to  bryng  in  ther  men  in  harnes  ^  to  Leydynhall  with  pykes 

'^  i.  e.  forging  their  signatures.       ''  school.       «^  down  Cornhill.       ••  rode,       •  harness. 


1562.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  293 

and  gones  and  bowes  and  bylles,  in  bluw  clokes  gardyd  with  red, 
and  ther  to  take  a  wue  »  of  them  tyll  nyght,  and  they  wernyd  ^  to 
muster  in  Morefeld  the  morowe  after,  and  ther  captaynes'  names 
master  Wakham  and  master  (  blanhj 

ard  Brandford,  and  at  vj  captayn  (blank)  .... 

ther  jorney  to  Byshope-gatt,  and  so  to  Sowthwarke,  [and  so  to 
Por]thmowth,  and  ther  harnesc  cared  in  dry  fastes.d 

The  XXX  day  of  September  was  raylles  mad  at  sant  [Giles's 
withjwtt  Crepull-gatte,  andhangyd  with  blake  and  armes,  [for  the] 
gentyll  knyght  ser  Hare  Gray,  and  was  brodur  unto  the  [earl  of 
Ke]nt,  with  ij  haroldes  of  armes,  master  Clarenshux  kynge,  and 
Ruge-crosse  pursewantt  of  armes,  and  he  bare  the  helme  and 
[crest,  master]  Clarenshux  the  cott  of  armes,  and  then  the  standard 
and  [banners  of]  armes  ;  and  the  clarkes  syngyng;  and  then  the 
corse  covered  [with  a  bla]ke  velvett  pall  with  a  whyt  crosse  of  saten 
and  armes  a-p[on  it,]  and  many  mornars  in  blake ;  and  ther  dyd 
pryche  master  (Nowell)  the  [dean  of]  Po wiles;  and  after  he  was 
bered  home  to  the  plase  to  d  [inner,  where]  ther  was  good  chere, 
dener  after  dener  tyll  iiij  of  the  [clock.] 

The  sam  day  the  nuw  shreyfFes  of  London  toke  ther  barges,  and 
yed  to  Westmynster  halle,  and  toke  ther  othe  in  the  checker, 
master  Allen  and  master  Chamburlayn  shreyfFes. 

The  sam  day  at  nyght  be-twyn  viij  and  ix  was  a  grett  fray  in 
Redcrosse  stret  betwyn  ij  gentyllmen  and  ther  men,  for  they  dyd 
mare  ^  one  woman,  and  dyvers  wher  hurtt ;  thes  wher  ther  names, 
master  Boysse  f  and  master  Gaskyn  gentyllmen. 

The  ij  day  of  October  was  bered  in  sant  Austen's  parryche 
master  Robartt  Duckyngtun  marchand-tayller,  and  latt  warden 
of  the  Marchand-tayllers'  compene  ;  and  ther  wher  all  the  masters 
of  the  compene  in  ther  leverey,  and  he  gayiF  mony  gownes  bowth 
to  pore  and  ryche,  and  he  was  the  best  howse-kepar  of  a  com- 
m[oner]  in  London,  and  the  feynest  mett  drest  and  plente. 

*  view.  ^  were  warned.  "  harness.  ^  So  MS.  for  fattes  (vats). 

*  marry.        ^  Bowes  ? 


294  DIARY    OF    A  [1562. 

The  viij  day  of  October  my  lord  the  duke  of  Northfoke  and  the 
duches  my  good  lade  ys  wyflf  cam  rydyng  thrughe  London  and 
thrughe  Byshope-gatt  to  Leydyn-hall,  and  so  to  Chrychyre  »  to  ys 
own  plase,  with  a  C.  horse  in  ys  leverey  was  ys  men  gentyll-men 
a-fore  cottes  gardyd  with  velvett,  and  with  iiij  haroldes  a-for  hym, 
master  Clarenshux  kyng  at  armes^  master  Somersett  and  master 
Ruge-crosse  and  master  Blunmntylle  ryd  a-fore. 

to  be  bered  at  sant  [Dunstan's  in  the  west  ?] 

mastores  Chamley  the  wyfF  of  master  Ch[amley  recorder?    of 

Lo]  ndon,  with  a  palle  of  blake  velvett  and  with 

ther  dyd  pryche  at  her  hereby ng  master  (blank)  .  .  .  mornars, 
and  she  had  a  harold  of  arm  ....  dosen  of  skochyons  of 
armes;  and  after  home  t[o  dinner.] 

The  xxix  day  of  October  the  nuw  mare  ^  [went  by]  water  unto 
Westmynster,  and  all  the  althermen  and  the  craftes  of  London  in 
barges  deckyd  with  stremars,  [and  there]  was  a  goodly  fuste  c 
decked  with  stremars  and  banars,  with  drumes,  trumpetes,  and 
gones  to  Westmynster  playce^d  [where]  he  toke  ys  oythe/  and  so 
home  to  Beynard  castylle,  [and]  with  all  the  artheralthmen ;  ^  and 
in  Powlles  chyrcheyerd  ther  mett  (him)  all  the  bachelars  in 
cremesun  damaske  bodes,  with  drumes  and  flutes  and  trumpettes 
blohyng,  and  a  Ix  powre  men  in  bluw  gownes  and  red  capes,«  and 
with  targettes  and  jafFelyns  [and]  grett  standardes,  and  iiij  grett 
banars  of  armes  and  .  .  .  and  after  a  goodly  pagantt  with 
goodly  musyke  plahyng ;  and  to  Yeld-halle  to  dener,  for  ther 
dynyd  mony  of  the  consell  and  all  the  juges  and  mony  nobull 
men  and  women ;  and  after  dener  the  mare  and  all  the  althermen 
yede  to  Powlles  with  all  musyke. 

The  xxxj  day  of  October  was  bered  good  mastores  Luwen, 
wedowe,  latte  the  wyfF  of  master  Thomas  Luwen  yrmonger  and 
altherman,  and  she  gayfF  a  xxiiij  gownes  to  powre  women,  and  she 


*  Christ's  church.  ''  Sir  Thomas  Lodge.  '  foist.  ^  palace. 

'  oath.  ^  aldermen  s:   caps. 


1562.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  295 

gayfFmony  blake  gownes;  and  ther  was  the  compene  of  the  Clarkes; 
and  a  ij  dosen  of  skochyons  of  amies ;  and  master  Chamburlayn 
the  shreyff  and  John  Dune  here  servand  was  here  sekturs,* 
and  master  Wylliam  Draper  oversear;  and  dyre^  dyd  pryche 
for  here  master  Goodman  the  dene  of  Westmynster;  and  all  the 
crafte  of  the  Yrmongers  ther ;  and  after  to  here  plase,  for  ther  was 
a  grett  dener  for  as  mony  as  wold  cum,  and  after  was  sent  spyse 
bred  to  evere  howse  and  about  the  cette  ^  unto  worshephuUe  men 
and  women. 

The  iiij  day  of  November  dyd  ryd  a  woman  thrugh  London,  she 
dwellyng  in  sant  Necolas  shambuUes,  for  baldre,  or  okuwpyng  of 
here  owne  gayre. 

.  .  .  .  forth  and  shuld  have  bene  ....  as  Blakewelle 
the  sune  of  master  Blakwell     ....  was  cheyfe  mornar  there. 

The  viij  day  of  November  the  Quen(^s)  grace  removyd  from 
Hamtun  cowrt  toward  London,  and  be-twyn  iij  and  [iiij  o'clock] 
cam  by  Charyng-crosse,  and  so  rod  unto  Some[rset  plac]e  with 
mony  nobull  men  and  women,  and  with  har[olds  of  a]rmes  in  ther 
cotte  armurs ;  and  my  lord  Thomas  [Howard  bare]  the  sword 
a-for  the  quen  to  Somersett  plase,  and  the  [Queen  will  abide] 
ther  tyll  Criustynmas,  and  then  to  Whyt-halle. 

The  xiiij  day  of  November  dyd  ryde  in  a  care  a  w[ife] 
dwellyng  in  the  longe  entre  at  the  Stokes  at  the  syne  of  (blank) 
kepyng  a  taverne,  for  okuwpy  here  own 

The  sam  day  at  nyght  cam  a  commondement  [to]  the  masturs 
of  every  parryche  and  mastores  shuld  pray  to  [God]  thys  iij  days 
for  to  helpe  them  that  be  send  d  [be-]  yond  the  see  agaynst  the 
Duke  of  Gwys,  the  wyche  the  prynce  of  Co  [nde]  doys  in-tentt  ^ 
for  to  mett  in  the  feld  on  Tuwsday. 

The  monday  the  xvj  day  of  November  was  mar[ed  at  Bow] 
parryche  master  Allen  the  shreyfF('s)  dowthur  unto  master 
Star[ke]  marchand  and  skynner,  and  ther  was  mony  worshep- 
•  her  executors.  ''  there.  ""  city.  ''  sent.  '  does  intend. 


29G  DIARY    OF    A  [1562. 

[fill]  men  and  women,  and  dyd  pryche  master  Crolley,  and  after 
a  gre[at  dinner.] 

The  xix  day  of  November  at  after-non  was  [a]  fray  with-owtt 
TempuU-bare  agaynst  master  Huntun  ^[^s  house  ?]  that  mared  my 
lady  of  Warwyke,  and  ther  was  sl[ain]  master  Banaster,  servand 
unto  master  Huntun,  by  (blank) 

The  xviij  day  of  November  was  bered  at  Hakenay  master 
Dedycott  sqwyre  and  draper  of  London,  and  ther  he  gayiF  to 
{blank)  pore  men  xxiiij  gownes  of  rattes  coler  of  viJ5.  the  yerd,  and 
had  a  penon  of  armes  and  cott  armur,  and  master  Rychemond  was 
the  harold  ;  and  he  gayff  mony  blake  gownes  a  xx  .  .  .  and 
ij  dosen  of  skochyons  of  armes,  and  ther  was  a  xx  [of  the]  clarkes 
of  London  syngyng,  and  ther  dyd  pryche  master  {blank) ;  and  ther 
was  the  masters  of  the  hospetall  with  gren  stayffes ;  master  Ave- 
non  and  master  Mynors  cheyff  mornars ;  and  after  to  ys  plase 
to  dener. 

.  .  .  .  Dormer]  sqwyre,  [the  son]  of  ser  Myghell  Dormer, 
late  mare  [of  London]. 

The  xxj  day  of  November  was  bered  in  Colm[an  street  ?]     .     . 

om  the  phesyssion,  with  a  dosen  of  skockyons 

[of  arms,  and]  all  the  clothyng  of  the  Penters  in  ther  leveray, 
and there  at  ys  berehyng. 

The  xxij  day  of  November  was  bered  at  Why  [techapel  ?] 
mastores  Typkyn  wedow,  latt  the  wyiF  of  master  Typkyn,  bered 
.  .  .  dosen  of  skochyons  of  armes ;  and  she  gayfF  a  xij  gownes 
[of  frie]  sse  unto  xij  pore  women,  and  she  gayfF  a  xl  blake  [gowns 
and]  cassokes  and  blake  cottes ;  and  ther  was  a  xvj  clarkes,  and 
master  Phylpott  dyd  pryche;  and  after  to  sant  Katheryn^s 
[to  her]  howse  to  dener,  for  ther  was  good  chere. 

The  xxvj  day  of  November  at  nyght  was  slayne  a  carter  by  a 
Frenche-man,  because  that  the  carter  cold  [not  give]  hym  rome 
for  presse  of  cartes  that  was  ther  that  tyme. 

*  Unton. 


1562.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  29? 

The  ij  day  of  Desember  was  bered  mastores  Welles  the  .  .  . 
of  master  Clarenshux  kyng  of  armes^^  ^ith  a  palle  of  blake  v  [elvet, 
and]  with  a  dosen  of  skochyons  of  armes,  and  master  Clarenshux 
and  the  ....  wher  the  mornars,  and  browtt  to  the  chyrche 
of  sant  Brydes ;  and  master  Phylpott  made  the  sermon ;  and  after 
hom  unto  master  Clarenshux  [^s  place,  and]  a  grett  dener  as  cold 
be  had  for  the  tyme. 

The  V  day  of  Desember  ded  ser  Homfrey  Browne  knyght  in  the 
mornyng  and  juge  of  (blank)  and  lord  justes  Browne. 

The  XV  day  of  Desember  was  cared  by  the  Clarkes  of  London 
from  Seypulkurs  unto  sant  Martens  orgaynes  in  Kanwykstrett  ^  to 
be  bered  be  on  of  ys  wyfFes  the  lord  justes  Browne  and  knyght, 
with  ij  haroldes  of  armes,  master  Clarenshux  and  master  Somer- 
sett ;  furst  whent  a-for  xxiiij  pore  men  in  mantyll  fryse  gownes, 
and  after  a  xx  clarkes  carehyng  ther  surples  on  ther  armes,  and 
next  the  standard  borne  by  a  mornar,  and  then  cam  the  ij 
chaplens  and  dyvers  mornars,  and  then  cam  a  harold  bayryng 
the  helme  and  crest,  and  next  cam  master  Clarenshux  beyryng 
the  cott  of  armes,  and  then  cam  the  pennone  of  armes,  and  then 
cam  the  corse  with  a  palle  of  blake  velvett  with  armes  on  yt,  and 
then  the  cheyfF  mornars  and  my  lord  Mordantt  with  odur,  and 
then  came  the  juges  and  sergant(s)  of  the  coyfFe,  and  next  all  the 
ynes  of  the  cowrt  in  a-ray,  a  gret  nombur,  and  thruge  Chepesyd  ; 
and  master  Renakur  mad  the  sermon,  and  after  home  to  a  grett 
dener. 

and  armes  and  after  ys  helmet 

,     .     .     .     .   targett  and  after  ys  sword,  and  after  ys  cott  [armour] 

offered,  and  ys  pennon  offered,  and  after  alle    .     . 

»     .     .     .     .     serj antes  of  the  law  and  servandes  offered. 

The  XX  day  of  Desember  was  bered  my  lord  Gr[ey  of  Wilton] 
knyght  of  the  Garter,  sum-tyme  capten  of  Gynes,  and  bered  [at] 

■  William  Harvey.  *»  Candlewick-street,  now  Cannon-street. 

CAMD.  SOC.  2    Q 


298  DIARY   OF   A  [1562-3. 

(blank)  with  a  herse  garnyssed  with  velvett  and  blake  and  armes, 
[with  four]  haroldes  of  armes,  master  Garter  prensepalle,  and  master 
Norrey  kyng  at  armes,  [Chest]  ur  harold  and  Ruge-dragon,  and  ther 
was  a  XX  dark  [es  syng]  yng  all  the  way,  furst  ij  porters  in  blake  with 
blake  sta[fFs  and]  in  gownes,  and  then  the  standard  borne,  and  then 
mo  ....  the  grett  baner  of  ys  armes,  and  then  the  harold 
[bearing  the]  helmett  and  crest,  and  a-nodur  the  targett  and  the 
sword,  and  a-nodur  [the  coat  armour;]  then  master  Garter,  and 
then  the  corse,  with  a  ryche  palle ;  and  .  .  .  .  of  ys  men 
bayryng  ytt ;  and  iiij  grett  banar-rolles  of  m  [arriages ;]  after  the 
cheyiFe  mornars  and  after  mony  mornars,  and  th  [ere  did  prea]  che 
master  (blank) ;  and  ther  was  iij  dosen  of  bokeram  skochyons  of 
armes,  and  viij  dosen  of  penselles  to  garnys  »  the  herse,  and  .  .  . 
grett  skochyons  of  pastyd  paper,  and  the  chyrche  hangyd  with  blake 
and  armes,  and  a  viij  dosen  of  skochyons  of  armes  ;  and  after  a[ll 
done  at]  the  berehyng  all  they  when(t)  bake  agayne  unto  master 
de[an^s]  plase  to  dener,  for  ther  was  a  nobull  dener  as  [has]  bene 
sene  for  venesun  and  wyld  fuUe.'^ 

The  xxvj  day  of  Desember  cam  tydynges  unto  the  cowrt  thatt 
the  prynse  of  Condutt  ^  and  the  duke  of  Gwys  mett  in  the  [field,] 
and  that  the  prynse  was  taken,  and  mony  taken  and  slayne,  [and 
many]  taken  pressonars. 

The  XXX  day  of  Desember  was  slayne  in  John's  strett  .  Gylbard 
gold-smyth  dwellyng  at  the  sene^  of  the  Blake  Boy  in  the  Ch[eap,] 
by  ys  wyfF('s)  sun  callyd  (blank) 

The  {blank)  day  of  January  ther  was  a  Frenche  mayd  dwellyng 
in  the  Whytt  frerers  in  Fletstrett  she  was  delevered  of  a  pratte  ® 
gyrlle,  and  after  she  brake  the  neke  of  the  chyld,  and  cared  yt  in-to 
Holborn  feld,  and  bered  (it)  undur  a  turffe ;  and  ther  was  a  man  and 
a  woman  dyd  folowe  her,  and  saw  wher  she  layd  yt,  and  toke  her, 
and  browth^  her  thedur,  and  mad  her  take  yt  up,  and  browth 
here  to  the  altherman's  depute,  and  he  send  s  her  to  the  conter. 

•  garnish.  ^  fowl.  '  Cond^.  ^  sign.  «  pretty. 

'  brought.  8  sent. 


1562-3.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  299 

[The  xij  day  of  January  the  Queen's  second  Parliament  began 
to  sit  at  Westminster^  and  the]  lordes  and  byshopes  rod  in  ther 
[parliament  robes,  and]  the  Quenf  s)  grase  in  cremesun  welvett, 
[and  the  earl  of  ]  Northumburland  *  bare  the  sword  a-for  the  quen  ; 
[all  the]  haroldes  of  armes  in  ther  cotte  armurs,  and  all  the  trum- 
pettes  [blowing],  and  lythe^  at  owre  lade  of  Grace  chapell,  and 
they  [went  in]to  the  abbay,  and  ther  was  a  sermon  (by  Nowell, 
dean  of  Saint  Paul's.*^) 

The  xxix  day  of  January  was  bered  in  sant  [Olave's  ?]  in  the  Jury 
my  lade  Dormer,  late  the  wyfF  of  ser  Myghell  Dormer  [knyght], 
latt  mare  of  London  and  merser  and  stapuUer,  ....  and 
master  doctur  Dalle  and  ser  Thomas  her  chaplen  her  sekturs/  and 
ther  [were  four]  haroldes  of  armes,  master  Somersett,  master  Cla- 
renshux,  Marshalle  and  Ry  [chmond,]  and  the  qwyre  hangyd  with 
blake  and  armes,  and  ther  was  ....  the  corse  and  hangyd 
with  blake  and  armes,  and  then  cam  the  corse  [covered  with  a]  palle 
of  blake  velvett  with  armes  a-pon  bokeram  skochyons ;  [and  there 
were]  iij  pennons  of  armes  borne  a-boutt  the  corse ;  and  xxvj  roset 
gownes  for  so  many  pore  women,  and  a  Ix  blake  gownes  and 
cottes  ;  [and  there]  dyd  pryche  the  vekar,  callyd  Busken,  of  the 
parryche ;  and  a  v  dosen  of  skochyons  of  armes,  and  after  to  here 
plase  to  dener. 

The  XXX  day  of  January  dyd  ij  women  ryd  a-bowtt  London  in 
a  care  ;  on  for  a  common  skold,  with  a  dystafFe  in  her  hand  ;  the 
thodur  with  a  whyt  rod  in  here  hand,  with  bluw  hodes  on  ther 
hedes,  for  okuw-pye  her  owne  gayre. 

The  ij  day  of  Feybruary  callyd  Candyllmasse  day  ther  was 
serten  men  whent  to  Duram  plase  and  to  sant  Mare  spyttyll  to 
here  masse,  and  ther  was  serten  of  them  cared  by  the  gard  and 
othur  men  to  the  contur  and  odur  plases. 

The  vij  day  of  Feybruary  dyd  pryche  at  Po wiles  crosse  the 
byshope  of  Durram,  the  sonday  callyd  Septuagesyma. 

^  D'Ewes  says  the  Earl  of  Worcester.  Strype.  ^  alighted. 

^  D^Ewes.  "^  executors. 


300  DIARY    OF    A  [1562-3. 

The  X  day  of  Feybruary  was  browth  a-bed  within  [the]  Towre 
with  a  sune  my  lade  Katheryn  HarfFord,*  wyfF  to  the  yerle  of 
HarfFord^  and  the  god-fathers  wher  ij  warders  of  the  Towre,  and 
ys  name  was  callyd  Thomas. 

The  {blank)  day  of  Feybruary  was  crystened  at  sant  Androwes 
in  the  warderobe  Gorge  Bacun  the  sune  of  master  Bacun  sqwyre, 
sum-tyme  serjant  of  the  catre  ^  by  quen  Mare  days ;  ys  god-fathers 
wher  yonge  master  Gorge  Blakewelle  and  master  WalpoUe  ;  god- 
modur  mastores  Sens  Draper  of  Cammerell*^  be-yond  Nuw- 
hyngtun  j  and  after  grett  chere. 

The  .  .  day  of  Feybruary  was  mared  ^  at  AUalows  .  .  . 
Davenett  marchand-tayller  unto  master  Sparke('s)  dowther;  .  . 
.  .  of  Wynchester  mad  the  sermon  at  the  marege,  and  after  a 
grett  dener,  and  at  nyght  a  maske. 

The  XV  day  of  Feybruary  cam  rydyng  to  London  phrough  Ch]epe 
unto  Cold  Harbard  my  yonge  lord  Talbott  with  iij  skore  [horse]. 

The  xvj  day  of  Feybruary  were  ij  men  sett  on  the  pelere  e  at 
Westmynster,  one  master  Thymbulbere  and  on  (blank)  Charnok 
for     .     .     . 

The  xvij  day  of  Feybruary  was  a  dobull  marege  at  [Baynard^s] 
Castyll  at  the  yerle  of  Pembroke ('s)  plase,  my  lord  Talbot  unto  my 
lade  (Anne)  Harbard^  and  my  lord  Harbard  of  CardyfF  unto  my 
lade  the  [eldest]  syster  unto  my  lord  Talbot ;  and  after  was  a  grett 
denner  as  [has]  bene  sene,  for  iiij  days,  and  evere  nyght  gret  mum- 
meres  ^  and  m[asks.] 

The  XX  day  of  Feybruary  was  bered  at  sant  Brydes  in  Flett- 
strett  master  Denham  sqwyre,  and  the  chyrche  ther  was  mads 
ray  [led]  and  hangyd  with  blake  and  armes,  and  he  was  cared  to 
the  chyrche,  a-for  him  a  mornar  bayryng  a  pennon  of  armes^ 
and  after  cam  a  harold  of  armes  bayryng  ys  cott  armur,  and 
then  cam  the  corse  with   a   palle   of  blake  velvett  with   armes 

"  Hertford.  ^  Acatry.  "  Camberwell.  '•  married.  «  pillory. 

'  mummeries.  »  made. 


156'2-3.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  301 

on  yt,  and  iiij  of  ys  men  bare  hym ;  and  then  the  mornars,  the 
cheyfFe  was  ser  Recherd  Sakfeld,  and  a  xx  mo  mornars ;  and  the 
dene  of  Westmynster  mad  the  sermon  ;  and  after  ther  was  a  grett 
dener  of  all  maner  of  fysse ;  and  a  ij  dosen  of  skochyons. 

The  sam  day  was  bered  at  my  lord  of  Bedford fs)  one  master 
Sant  John,  with  vj  skochyons  of  armes  of  bokerara. 

The  xxij  day  of  Feybruary,  was  ShroyfF-monday,  at  Charyng- 
crosse  ther  was  a  man  cared  of  iiij  men,  and  a-for  hym  a  bagpype 
playng,  a  shame  *  and  a  drum  playhyng,  and  a  xx  lynkes  bornyng 
a-bowtt  hym,  because  ys  next  neybor('s)  wyiF  ded  bett^  here  hos- 
band  >  ther-for  yt  (is)  ordered  that  ys  next  naybor  shall  ryd  a-bowtt 
the  plase. 

g^yff  xxiiij  good  gownes     .     .     .     .     «     gayfF  a  Ix 

gowne  and  cottes  of  blake  and worshephull  men 

and  women  to  bryng  her ;  [and  the]  cheyrche  was  hangyd  with 
blake  and  armes,  .  .  .  skochyons  of  armes;  and  master 
Beycun  mad  the  sermon ;   [and  so]  home  to  ys  plase  to  dener. 

The  .  .  day  of  Feybruary  was  cared  by  water  unto  [the 
.     .     .     .     vj  on  master  Foskue  <=     .     .     .     of  the  Poolles. 

The  iiij  day  (of)  Marche  ther  was  a  man^s  dowther  dwellyng  in 
sant  James  in  Garlyke  heyfF,^  in  the  plase  that  w[as  the]  yerle  of 
Wosetur(^s)  plase,  she  was  delevered  with  a  chyld,  and  after  caste 
yt  owt  of  a  wyndow  in-to  Temes,  and  after  Daker  co     .     ,     . 

The  viij  day  of  Marche  wher  hangyd  at  Tybume  x  men  ;  [one] 
was  Brutun,  and  [blank)  after  browth  ^  bake  to  sant  Pulkurs  ther  to 
be  bered,  and  ther  master  Veron  the  vecar  mad  a  sermon  for  them. 

The  sam  (day)  mastores  Bacun  was  chyrched  at  sant  Androw^s 
in  warderobe,  the  wyfF  of  master  Bacun  sergantt  of  the  catre  unto 
quen  Mare,  and  after  she  whent  home  unto  here  father's  howse 
master  Blakwelle,  and  so  she  and  a  grett  compene  of  gentyll 
women  had  a  grett  dener  as  cold  be  had  as  for  lentt,  as  for  fysse. 

The  xvij  day  of  Marche  dyd  on  master  Lynsey  armorer  dwellyng 

»  shawm.  ^  beat.  •=  Fortescue?  ^  hithe.  •  brought. 


302  DIARY    OF    A  [1562-3. 

in  Byshope-gatt  strett  dyd  hang  hym-seylfF  in  a  preve  howse 
with-in  ys  hone  howse/  for  he  had  ys  offes  taken  away  from  hym 
by  on  that  he  had  browth  ^  up. 

The  sam  day  ther  was  a  mad^  dwellyng  in  Hay  lane  with 
master  Campyon  berbruar  ^  in  grett  AUalowes  in  Temes-strett  dyd 
falle  owt  of  a  wyndow  and  brake  her  neke. 

The  sam  day  at  the  Well  with  ij  bokettes  in  sant  Martens  ther 
was  (a)  woman  dwellyng  ther  toke  a  pere  of  sherers  ®  for  to  have  cutt 
here  throwtt^  butt  she  myssyd  the  pype  in  here  syknes  and  madnes, 
and  with  a  day  after  she  ded  ^  and  was  bered  ther  in  the  parryche. 

ana  to  the  Masselsay  to  the    ....    that  he 

had  a  lysens  for  to  kyll  fl[esh.] 

[The  .  ,  ]  day  of  Marche  ther  stod  a  man  at  PowUes  [with  a 
white]  shett  ^  a-bowtt  hym  for  gettyng  ys  owne  dowther  .  .  , 
that  after  she  ded. 

The  xxj  day  of  Marche  dyd  pryche  at  PowUes  crosse  the  by- 
shope  of  Wynchastur,  and  mad  a  godly  sermon. 

The  xxij  day  of  Marche  was  mad  ^^  for  ser  Wylliam  Fuw[illiam »] 
that  dedJ  in  the  tym  of  kyng  Henre  the  viij^^^  and  was  bered  [in 
the  county]  of  Northamtun^  furst  a  nuw  standard  and  a  penon 
and  armes,  [coat]  armur,  elmett  and  mantyll,  crest,  targett,  and 
sword ;  and  the  old  tak[en  away ;  the]  crest  a  busse  of  fethers 
standyng  with-in  a  crown  of  gold. 

The  xxj  day  of  Marche  tydynges  cam  to  the  cowrt  that  on  off 
the  quen's  shypes  callyd  the  Grahond  was  lost  gohyng  to  Nuw- 
havyn  ;  the  captayn  was  ser  Thomas  Fynche  knyghtt  of  Kent,  and 
ys  brodur  and  on  of  my  lord  Cobbamf  s)  brodur  and  ij  of  my  lord 
Whentforth^fs)  bredurne  and  mony  gentyll  men  and  mynstorels; 
[one]  of  my  lord  of  Warwyke('s)  newys,  ^  and  a  good  mastur ;  and 
mony  [good]  marenars  and  sawgears  ™  to  the  nombur  of  {blank) 

*  own  house.         **  brought.         *"  maid.         ^  beer  brewer.         «  pair  of  shears. 

^  died.  K  sheet.  ''  made.  '  FitzWilliam.  i  died. 

^  Wentworth.  '  nephews.  "'  soldiers. 


1563.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  303 

The  xxvj  day  Marche  was  bered  the  good  lade  Chastur  [at] 
Rayston,  the  wyflf  of  ser  Robartt  Chastur  knyght,  with  a  pennon  of 
armes  and  a  iiij  dosen  of  skochyons  and  a  vj  of  bokeram,  and  the 
chyrche  hangyd  with  blake  and  armes,  and  master  Somersett  was 
the  harold ;  and  ther  was  mony  mornars  in  blake,  and  grett  mon  » 
mad  for  her,  and  a  sarmon,  and  a  grett  doUe  of  money,  and  mett  ^ 
and  drynke,  and  after  a  grett  dener. 

The  xxix  day  of  Marche  was  browthe  ^  from  sant  Savyour's 
late  abbay  in  Barmsey-strett  d  to  be  bered  my  good  lade  Lane 
the  wyff  of  ser  Robart  Lane  of  Northamtunshyre,  and  was  bered 
in  sant  Towllys^  in  Sowthwarke,  and  ded^  in  chyld-bede;  and 
with  XX  clarkes,  and  a-for  the  corse  a  xij  of  her  servandes  in 
blake  cottes  a-for  here,  and  then  cam  serten  gentyll-men  mornars, 
and  then  cam  the  penon  of  armes  borne  by  a  gentyll-man,  and 
then  cam  master  Clarenshux,  and  next  the  corse  borne  by  yj 
women,  and  iiij  gentyll-men  mornars  beyryng  the  iiij  corners  of  the 
palle  of  blake  velvett,  and  with  armes,  and  after  to  the  chyrche, 
and  syngyng  the  clarkes  ;  andt  her  dyd  pryche  master  Coverdalle. 

[The    .     .    day  of  March  was  buried  master  David  Woodroflfe, 

alderman  and  haberdjasher  [of  London,] 

and  1  blake  gownes  and  cottes  and 

whent  a-for  hym  and  after  a  xx  clarkes  [with  their 

surplices]  a-pon  ther  armes,  and  next  iiij  althermen  in  [violet]  ; 
then  cam  a  morner,  beyryng  hys  pennon  of  ys  [arms],  a  harold 
beyryng  ys  cotte  armur,  and  next  master  Clarenshux  [in  his]  cott 
armur  kyng  of  armes,  and  next  cam  the  corse  covered  with  a  pall 
of  blake  velvett  and  with  armes  hangyng  of  ytt,  and  vj  [mourners] 
beyreng  the  corse,  and  next  ij  pennons  borne  on  evere  syd ;  [the 
chief]  momar  master  VoderoiFys  eldest  (son),  and  next  master  Ston- 
howse  ys  sune  [in  law,  and  a]  nodur  sune  and  a-nodur  sune-elaw  s, 
and  mony  odur  mornars,  [to  the]  chyrche,  and  then  mony  women 
mornars ;  the  iiij  althermen  [sir  William]  Garrett,  ser  Thomas  Oflfe- 

<•  moan.  •»  meat.  "  brought.  ^  Bermondsey-street. 

*  St.  01ave*s.  '  died.  »  son-in.law» 


304  DIARY   OP   A  [1563. 

ley,  ser  Wylliam  Chastur  and  master  CristoiFer  D[raper]  ;  and 
(the)  chyrche  hangyd  with  blake  and  armes  rond  a-bowtt,  andin 
.  .  .  .  the  chyrche  was  raylles  mad  ^  and  hangyd  with  blake, 
[and]  the  strett  hangyd  with  blake  and  armes,  and  the  howse ; 
and  ....  dyd  pryche  ;  and  after  they  oflfered  ys  cott  and 
pennon  of  armes,  and  all  the  mornars  and  the  craft  offered ,  and 
after  [to  his  place]  to  dener. 

The  XXX  day  of  Marche  in  Kent  master  Marlow,  a  marchand 
[living]  at  Crayford,  dyd  ryd  to  ys  farme  a  mylle  off  to  loke  [over 
it],  and  after  ryd  in-to  the  marche  ^  a-pon  the  walle,  and  by  mys- 
f [ortune]  fell  of  on  ys  horse,  and  ded  '^  for  lake  of  help,  for  ther 
[was  no]  body  with  hym  to  help  ym. 

The  furst  day  of  Aprell  ther  was  a  man  dwellyng  at  the  Bryg- 
howse,  on  Chalenger  a  baker  of  the  Bryg-howse ;  he  was  send  for 
to  the  yeld-hall  a-for  my  lord  mayre  and  the  althermen,  and  he 
was  juged  to  go  be-twyne  ij  of  the  off-ffesars  of  the  hospetall  to 
the  bryg-howse,  and  a-for  him  was  cared  a  fyne  pelere  ^  by  on  of 
the  hospetalle. 

The  vii  day  of  Aprell  at  sant  Katheryns  be-yond  the  Towre  the 
wyff  of  the  syne  of  the  Rose  a  tavarne  was  set  on  the  pelere  ®  for 
ettyng  of  rowe  flesse  ^  and  rostyd  boyth,?  and  iiij  women  was  sett 
in  the  stokes  all  nyght  tyll  ther  hosbandes  dyd  feyche  them  horn. 

The  {blank)  day  of  Aprell  cam  serten  of  the  consell  to  the  By- 
shopef  s)  hed  in  Lumbardstrett. 

ys  fase  toward  the  hors  taylle 

hym  and  that  he  was  taken  for  tellyng     .... 

honest  men  of  talle  pellettes.^ 

The  xij  day  of  Aprell,  was  Ester  monday,  dyd  pryche  at  sant 
Mare  spyttyll  master  Home  the  byshope  of  Wynchastur,  and 
ther  was  my  lord  mare  and  the  althermen  in  skarlett,  and  certen 
juges  and  serj antes  of  the  law,  and  mony  worshephuUe  men  and 

•  made.  marsh.  ^  died.  ^  pillory.  «  pillory. 

<  raw  flesh.  s  both,  i.  e.  also.  ^  billets  ? 


1563.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  305 

women,  and  the  masturs  of  the  hospetall  with  ther  gren  stayffes 
in  ther  handes,  [and  the]  chylderyne  of  the  hospetall  boyth  boysse 
and  wenchys  in  bluw  [coats  and]  red  capes*  to  the  nombur  of  a 
(blank),  and  ther  was  geydered  at  the  sermon  for  the  Frenche  men 
[refugees]  in-to  England  women  and  chylderyn  the  sum  of  j^lv  IL 

The  xiij  day  of  Aprell  dyd  pryche  at  sant  Mare  spyttyll  tuwys- 
day  in  Ester  weeke  master  Colle  parsun  of  Hehenger  ^  in  Essex 
and  (dean  elect)  of  Norwyche,  and  my  lord  mare  and  ij  juges  and 
the  althermen  and  byshopes,  with  all  the  masturs  of  the  hospetall 
and  the  chylderyn. 

The  xiiij  day  of  Aprell  dyd  pryche  at  the  spyttylle  the  wedyns- 
day  the  dene  of  Powlles  in  Ester  wyke. 

The  xviij  day  of  Aprell  dyd  pryche  at  Powlles  crosse  master 
Bradley,  and  he  declaryd  ^  the  iij  sermons  that  was  prychyd  at  the 
spyttylle. 

The  sam  day  at  after- none  was  cristenyd  my  lord  mayre[^s 
son ;]  the  godfathers  wher,  on  ^  the  yerle  of  Penbroke,  and  [un^ 
finished) 

The  sam  day  in  Sowthwarke  was  cristenyd  the  dowther  of 
master  NecoUes,  the  god-father  master  Spryngham,  the  god- 
modurs  my  [lady]  Garrett  and  my  lade  Bowyes,  and  after  to 
the  bryghe-howse  to  her  father('s),  and  ther  was  a  grett  bankett 
at  master  Necolles  plase. 

The  xxij  day  of  Aprell,  was  sant  Gorge's  evyn,  at  v  of  the  cloke 
the  knyghtes  of  the  Garter  cam  downe  from  the  quenf  s)  chambur 
thrugh  the  halle  to  here  ^  chapell,  and  yt  was  strod  with  gren 
ryssysjf  [and  all]  the  haroldes  in  ther  cott  armurs,  master  PerkuUys, 
master  Ruges-dragon,  master  Lanckaster,  master  Rychmond,  and 
master  Somersett,  and  master  Norray  and  master  Clarenshux, 
master  Garter,  and  master  dene,  my  lord  of  Hunsdon,  my  lord 
Montyguw,  my  lord  Robartt,  my  lord  of  Lughborow,  the  yerle  of 
Shrowsbere,  my  lord  admeralle,  my  lord  chamburlayn,  the  yerle 

»  caps.         •»  High  Ongar.        *  t.  e.  recapitulated  ;  see  before,  pp.  231,  280, 
^  one.  •  her,  t,  e,  the  Queen's.  ^  rushes. 

CAMD,  soc.  2  a 


306  DIARY    OF    A  [1563. 

of  Ruttland,  the  yerle  of  Darbe,  the  marques  of  Northamtun^ 
the  duke  of  Northfoke,  (the)  yerle  of  Arundell,  and  the  yerle  of 
Penbroke,  and  so  evere  man  to  ys  own  plase  in  the  chapell  of  ther 
owne  sett.» 

,     .     .     ,     cam  a  prosessyon  up  thrugh  the  halle  to 

furst  the  serjant  of  the  vestre  with  a  sylver  rod,  [then  the]  chyl- 
deryn  in  ther  surples,  and  then  the  qwyre  sy[nging  the  English] 
prosessyon  in  copes  of  cloth  of  gold  to  the  nombur  of  ...  . 
haroldes  of  armes  and  sergantes  of  armes,  furst  Ruges  [croix  and] 
Ruge-dragon,  and  then  cam  master  Lonkastur  and  master  Rych- 
mond  and  master  [Somerset;]  furst''  my  lord  of  Hunsdon,  my 
lord  Montyguw,  my  lord  Robartt,^  my  lord  of  Lowthborow,  my 
lord  admeralle,  my  lord  chamburlayn,  the  yerle  of  Rutland,  the 
yerle  of  [Shrewsbury,]  the  yerle  of  Darbe,  the  yerle  of  Penbroke, 
the  marques  of  [Northampton,]  the  yerle  of  Arundell,  the  duke  of 
Northfoke ;  and  then  [master  Garter,]  master  Norres,  the  dene  of 
the  chapell,  they  iij  in  cremesun  saten  v[elvet;]  and  next  the 
byshope  of  Wynchestur  and  ser  Wylliam  Peter  in  [robes  of] 
cremesun  velvett  with  red  crosses  on  ther  robes,  and  ser  .  .  . 
and  the  yerle  of  Northumberland  bare  the  sword,  and  the(n)  the 
[Queen]  in  her  robe,  and  master  KnoUes  bare  the  quen('s)  trayn, 
and  after     .... 

The  xxiiij  day  of  Aprell  was  a  proclamasyon  by  my  [lord 
mayor]  that  no  mylle-man  shuld  bryng  nodur  melle  ^  nor  whet 
[from]  May-day  unto  Myghellmas  next,  a-pon  pene  e  of  (blank), 
tyll  they  had  spentt  the  whett  and  rye  that  the  cete  ^  [had  made] 
provessyon  for. 

The  sam  day  was  elected  knyghtes  of  the  Garter  the  yerle  of 
Northumberland  and  the  yerle  of  Warwyke. 

The  XXV  day  of  Aprell  ded  8  master  Chamley  the  recorder  of 
Lo[ndon.] 

»  seat,  or  stall.  •*  Two  lines  of  repetition  in  the  MS.  are  here  omitted. 

*  Lord  Robert  Dudley.  **  meal.  *  pain,  or  penalty.  '  city.  f  died. 


1563.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  307 

The  XXX  day  of  Aprelle  was  cared  to  berehyng  from  sant  Margett 
in  Lothbere  unto  sant  Donstones  in  Whest  master  Chamley  the 
recorder,  and  ther  was  a  C.  mornars  in  blake,  and  the  sward- 
bayrer,  and  my  lord  mare  and  dyvers  althermen  and  the  reseduw 
vyolett,  and  a  Ix  gowne  to  pore  men ;  and  sant  Donstones 
cherche  hangyd  with  blake  and  armes,  and  raylles  mad  for  the 
body ;  and  so  they  whentt  throughe  Chep-syd,  and  so  to  Nuwgat, 
and  so  up  Flett  strett  to  sant  Donstones,  furst  ij  porters  in  blake, 
and  then  the  pore  men,  and  then  serten  mornars,  and  on  bayryng 
ys  baner  of  armes,  and  then  ij  haroldes  of  armes,  and  on  ys  cot 
beyryng,  and  then  cam  the  corse  with  a  pall  of  blake  velvett  and 
with  armes,  and  then  cam  ij  mornars  baryng  ij  pennons  of  armes, 
and  then  the  mornars  cam,  ser  Thomas  Lee,  ser  Wylliam  Garrett, 
ser  Thomas  OfFeley,  master  John  Whytt,  and  after  my  lord  mayre ; 
and  after  ij  C.  of  the  yn  of  the  cortes*  to  the  chyrche,  and  a  xx  of 
clarkes  syngyng ;  and  master  Goodman  mad  the  sermon  ;  and  after 
to  the  plase  to  dener,  for  ther  was  the  grettyst  dener  that  ever 
I  sawe. 

.     .     .     .     strett,  and  he  gayff  for  ys of  rattes 

coUer  unto  xxx  pore  men,  and chyrche  was 

hangyd  with  blake  and  armes  .  .  .  the  mornars  and  the  corse 
hangyd  with  blake  and  armes  .  .  .  furst  whent  the  pore  men, 
then  cam  a  mornar  beyryng  a  pennon  of  armes,  and  next  a  harold 
beyryng  ys  cote  armur,  and  then  cam  the  corse  with  a  pall  of  blake 
velvett  and  with  [arms,  and]  then  the  clarkes  metyng  the  corse,  and 
then  cam  master  .  .  .  cheyfF  mornar,  and  dyvers  odur  mornars ; 
and  the  dene  of  Westmynster  mad  the  sermon. 

The  V  day  of  May  was  bered  at  PowUes  ser  Peter  .... 
sum-tym  Popes  coUectur  and  prebendare  of  PowUes ;  master  Ser- 
cotte  was  ys  sectur  ;**  with  a  ij  dosen  of  skochyons,     .  ♦ 

■  inns  of  court.  ''  executor. 


308  DIARY    OF    A  [1563. 

master  {blank)  mad  the  sermon,  and  bered  a-for  wher  that  the 
postulles  mas  *  was  keptt  and  songe. 

The  X  day  of  May  was  cared  to  be  bered  from  Chanell  row 
unto  sant  Margattes  at  Westmynster  ser  James  Stumpe  knyght, 
with  ij  haroldes  of  armes,  one  beyryng  ys  helmet  and  crest,  and 
master  Somersett  beyryng  ys  cote  armur ;  furst  pore  men  whent 
a-for  a  mornars,  and  then  a  clarke  syngyng,  and  next  a  mornar 
beyryng  ys  standard  and  anodur  ys  pennon  of  armes,  and  then  the 
haroldes,  and  then  cam  the  corse  with  a  pall  of  blake  velvett  a-pon 
hym,  and  with  armes_,  and  a  herse  for  the  body  hangyd  with  blake 
and  armes,  and  the  chyrche  hangyd. 

The  (blank)  day  of  May  was  mad  for  on  master  GyfFord  of 
Northamtunshyre  sqwyre  a  pennon  and  a  cote  of  armur  and  a  ij 
dosen  of  armes. 

The  (blank)  day  of  May  was  mayd  for  a  gentyllman  of  Dovre  ys 
nam  (blank)  the  wyche  he  was  drownyd  at  Rye  [going]  with  ser 
Thomas  Fynche ;  ^  he  had  a  pennon  of  armes  and  a  cote  armur 
and  a  dosen  of  skochyons. 

The  xj  day  of  May  was  a  fyre  in  Barbykan  at  my  lade  SufFoke's 
plase  be-syd  the  Red-crosse  strett,  by  a  Frenche  man  that  kept  the 
plase — a  part  bornyd. 

The  xxiij  day  of  May lord  the  duke  of 

Northfoke  was vycont  Montyguw  and  my  lord 

of  Luthborow and  the  yerle  of  Northumberland 

and  the  yerle  of  [Warwick]  stallyd  knyghtes  of  the  Garter ;  and  ser 
Henry  Sy[dney  was]  depute  for  the  yerle  of  Warwyke,  and  he  bare 
ys  hode  and  ys  coUer  of  the  garter  a-pone  ys  arme. 

The  xxix  day  of  May  be-twyn  iij  and  iiij  a[fter  noon]  came  a 
grett  clape  of  thondur  and  after  a  grett  [rain]  that  yt  rane  in-to 
many  men's  bowses,  [and  lasted]  tylle  nyght. 

»  apostles'  mass.  **  In  the  Greyhound  t  seep,  302. 


1563.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  309 

The  iij  day  of  June  was  bered  in  sant  James  [Garlick-hithe  ?] 
master   Coldwell  gentyllman   and  a  laer^  with  halfF  a  [dozen] 

skochyons  of  bokeram,  and  ther  was  a  x  mornars 

and  women,  and  ther  was  a  xij  clarkes  syngyng ded 

of  a  laskeb ;  and  master  Beycon  mad  the  sermon. 

The  X  day  of  June  was  a  degre  *^  mayd  a-for  my  lord  [the  duke] 
of  Northfoke,  and  master  Garter  and  master  Clarenshux  and  master 
Norrey,  that  master  Garter  have  the  berehyng^  of  all  knyghtes  of  the 
Garter  and  all  yerles  and  ther  [wives]  and  all  lordes  and  ther  wyiFes 
and  vyconttes. 

The  sam  day  ded  my  lord  Pagett  at  Draytun. 

The  xiij  day  of  June  by  a  stylle  the  fyre  had  taken  hold  of  a 
pese  of  tymber ;  yf  that  ther  had  not  bene  good  helpe  yt  had  done 
myche  hurt,  for  yt  was  a-monge  the  drapers  in  Watlyngstrett 
be-syd  Bowe  lane. 

The  xiiij  day  of  June  the  Quen(^s)  grace  removyd  from  Whyt- 
hall  by  water  toward  Grenwyche,  and  a-bowt  RatclyfF  and  Lym- 
howse  capten  Stukely  dyd  shuwe  here  grace  the  pleysur  that  cold  be 
on  the  water  with  shuttyng  of  gones  after  lyke  warle  «  with  plahhyng 
of  drumes  and  trum[pets.] 

[The     .     day   of   June   was   the   funeral   of   the  lord  Paget] 

with  a  standard  and  a  grett  banar     .... 

banar-roUes  of  armes  and  a  cott  armur     .... 

garter,  helme,  and  crest,  and  mantylles  and  sword 

dosen  of  skochyons,  and  a  iiij  dosen  of  penselles 

[about  the]  herse. 

The  xvj  day  of  June  dyd  ryd  in  a  care  [to  the]  yeld-hall  docthur 
Langton  the  phesyssyon  in  a  g[own]  of  damaske  lynyd  with  velvett 
and  a  cott  of  velvett  ....  and  a  cape  ^  of  velvett,  and  he 
had  pynd  a  bluwho[od  on]  ys  cape,  and  so  cam  thrugh  Chepe-syd 
on  the  market  [day,]  and  so  a-bowtt  London,  for  was  taken 
with  ij  wenchys  yonge  a-tones.s 

'  lawyer.     ''  died  of  a    .     .      ?     «  decree.     **  burying.      «  war  ?      '  caj).     «  at  once. 


310  DIARY    OF    A  [1563. 

The  xix  day  of  June  yt  raynyd  swett  showrs  tyll  x  of  the  cloke. 

The  sam  day  in  the  mornyng  ther  was  sett  on  dyvers  chyrche 
dorres,  be-cause  that  he  *  sayd  that  they  dyd  not  ryng  when  that 
the  quen  whent  to  Grenwyche,  and  that  they  shuld  not  open  the 
chyrche  dors  tyll  that  he  had  a  nobull  on  evere  chyrche  by  the 
water  syde  from  TempuU  bare  unto  the  Towre,  but  he  cold  gett 
no  thyng  yett. 

The  sam  day  was  browth  ^  to  the  Towre  serten 

for  ther  was  cap  ten  callyd conveyed  them 

away  for  they  [were  gone  to]  Grayff-ende  ^  and  browth  bake  to 
the  Towre  agayne. 

The  xxvj   day  of  June  ther  was  taken  in  Dystaffe  lane  the 

persun  of  Abchyrche  be-syd  London  stone he 

havyng  a  wyfF,  and  wher  that  he  la  a-bowtt  ....  have  hys 
pleasur  on  her,  and  offered  her  serten  money,  and  the  plase  [ap-] 
ponted,  and  she  mad  her  fryndes  [aware]  of  yt,  and  so  they  stod 

in  a  plases  tyll  he  had  mad off  with  gowne  and 

jakett,  and  downe  with  hosse 

whether  that  any that  the  curett 

and  the  chyrche  wardens howse  wher  the  plage^ 

shall  hapen they     ....     that  they  shall  not 

come  to  the  chyrche  for  the  spase next  folohyng 

after  that  the  plage  has  bene,  and  so  [a  cross  was]  sett  at  evere 
dore  of  bluw  and  a  wrytyng  un[der] 

The  V  day  of  July  ded  master  Ellys  OggrafFe  of  Lan  .... 
Harfordshyre  sqwyre,  and  bered  the  x  day  of  July. 

The  ix  day  of  July  cam  a  commondementt 

that  evere  man  in  evere  strett  and  lane  for  toma[ke  fires]  iij  tymes 
in  the  weke  for  to  have  the  ere  «  opon  ....  sese  the  plage 
in  the  cete,  and  yfF  ytt  plese  God  so  ....  so  to  contenew 
the  fyre  in  evere  strett  and  lane  [every]  Wedynsday  and  Fryday. 

•  So  in  MS.  ^  brought.  •=  Gravesend.  '^  plague.         "  air  ? 


1563.]  RESIDENT    IN    LONDON.  311 

The  viij  day  of  July  cam  a  commondementt  that  [all]  halles  of 
craftes  in  London  shuld  fynd  to  the  iiij  ....  in  alle  the  hast 
that  may  be,  for  to  goo  to  Porthm  [outh]  in  all  the  sped  that  may. 

The  xiij  day  of  July  master  Clarenshux  rod  toward  SuiFoke 
a-pon  ys  vesytassyon  of  ys  ofFes. 

The  xvj  day  of  July  was  bered  in  the  parryche  of  saynt  Ste- 
p  [hen's  by]  London  stone  master  Berre  sqwyre  and  draper  and 
marchand  of  the  stapuU,  [with  a]  harold  of  armes,  and  he  had  a  cott 
armur  and  a  penon     ....     of  skochyonsof  armes,  andys  plase 

was  hangyd  with  blake the  cherche  hangyd  with 

blake  and  armes,  and  [there  were]  all  the  craft  in  ther  leverey ;  ser 
Wylliam  Ch [ester]  cheyfF  mornar,  and  master  Argall  next,  and 
master  John  Bere,  [and  then  the]  corse  with  a  pall  of  blake  velvett 

and  mony mad  the  sermon,  and  all  dune  to  the 

plase  [to  dinner,  for  there  was  a]  grett  dener. 

bered  in   lytyl  AUalows 

.     .     .     master  CroUey  mad  the  [sermon] 


The  .  .  day  of  July  was  on  {blank)  Penred  [that  had  a] 
chyld  to  lerne,  and  for  a  sm  [all  fault  did]  bett  a  hym  so  [severely] 
with  a  leden  ^  gyrdyll  with  bu  [ckles,  that  he  left]   no  skyne   [on 

his]   body  and almost  pu ys 

master  was  sett  on  the  pelere  <=  and  wypyd  ^  with  [.  .  .  that  his] 
blude  ran  downe,  and  with  that  my  lord  mare  [passed]  thrughe 
Chepe-syd  the  boye  was  sett  on  the  pelere,^  [and  his  c]oatt  was 
taken  of  ys  body  that  my  lord  and  all  the  [people]  myght  see  how 
that  he  was  beyten,  the  petest  ^  [sight  to]  se  at  any  tyme. 

The  sam  tym  was  a  proclamassyon  mad  that  [no]  Englys  man 
so-mever  he  was  had  lyberte  to  take  [no]  Frenche  man  by  water 
and  by  lande,  and  to  take  shyp[s,  mon]aye  and  goodes,  and  the 
men  to  ransum ;  and  at  after-none  wen  .  .  .  e  that  cold  take 
one,  they  that  wold  myght  have  hym. 

•  beat.  •*  leathern.         «  pillory.  •*  whipt.  «  pillory.        '  most  piteous. 


312 


DIARY    OF    A    RESIDENT    IN    LONDON, 


[1563. 


The  xxxj  day  of  July  was  a-nodur  proclamassyon  that  no  man 
shuldmedyll  with  no  Frenchman,  nodur  with  no  in-bas  [sador]  nor 
ys  servandes,  nor  fre-denesun.» 

The  iij  day  of  August  was  a-nodur  proclamassyon  .  .  .  . 
who  shuld  not  medyll  with  no  Frenche  man. 

The  iiij  day  of  August  was  a-nodur  proclamassyon  [from]  my 
lord  mare  that  ther  ys  on  ^  man  hyred  [to  kill]  doges  as  many  as  he 
cane  fynd  in  the  stretts,  and  has  a  fee  for  loke  ^  every  day  and 
nyght. 

The  xxviij  day  of  July  was  the  gr[eat  news  that  New]haveyn  by 

owr  men  and  the  F[renchmen 

mony  a  man  slayne  ther. 

The  iij  day  of  August  owr 
Porthmowth  and  so  evere  da 

The  viij  day 
mares  ^  of  London 
late  shreyfF 
Palmer  la    . 
late 


free  denizen. 


one. 


So  in  MS.  read  looking. 


mayoress. 


NOTES. 


Page  1.  Thomas  Wriothesley,  earl  of  Southampton.  The  first  person  noticed  by  our 
funereal  chronicler  was  one  of  the  most  remarkable  men  of  his  age  :  one  who  had  attained 
the  summit  of  the  law,  and  who  was  aspiring  to  the  summit  of  the  state.  The  historian 
Carte  attributes  his  death  to  mortified  ambition,  and  so  does  Lord  Campbell  in  his 
recent  Lives  of  the  Chancellors  :  on  this  part  of  his  history  see  the  Archaeologia,  vol.  xxx. 
p.  468. 

It  should  be  remarked  that,  though  the  body  of  the  earl  of  Southampton  was  at  first 
buried  in  Saint  Andrew's  Holbom,  it  was  afterwards  removed  to  Tichfield  in  Hampshire, 
where  a  sumptuous  monument  with  his  effigy  still  exists.  There  is  a  fine  portrait  of  him 
in  Chamberlain's  Holbein  Heads. 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  alderman  sir  William  Locke.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Mercers' 
company,  and  sheriff  of  London  in  1548.  Not  living  to  be  lord  mayor,  he  died  "in  his 
howsse  in  Bow  lane  the  xxiiij***  of  August  in  the  4.  of  Edward  the  6,  and  buryed  27.  day 
of  the  same  mounth  in  the  Mercers'  cherche  St.  Thomas  of  Acres."  MS.  Harl.  897,  f.  15. 
Stowe  notes  "  Locke  his  armes  in  the  windowes  "  of  that  church.  Lady  Locke  died  on 
the  5th  Dec.  1551  ;  and  the  imperfect  funeral  in  p.  12  perhaps  belongs  to  her.  See  an 
historical  account  of  the  Locke  family  in  the  Gentleman's  Magazine  for  1792,  vol.  LX. 
p.  799  ;  also  Lord  King's  Life  of  Locke,  and  the  Autobiography  of  sir  John  Bramston, 
where  at  p.  9  are  some  traditional  anecdotes  of  sir  William  Locke  (but  for  1530  read 
1533). 

P.  2.  Funeral  of  the  countess  of  Hampton.  Mabel  daughter  of  Henry  lord  Clifford, 
and  sister  to  Henry  first  earl  of  Cumberland.  Her  husband  William  Fitz William,  earl  of 
Southampton,  K.G.  died  without  issue  in  1543,  and  was  buried  at  Midhurst  in  Sussex. 
Strype,  Mem.  vol.  ii.  p.  283,  has  appended  this  lady's  funeral  to  the  particulars  he 
had  taken  from  our  Diary  of  the  funeral  of  the  first  earl  of  Southampton  of  the  Wrio- 
thesleys  (as  mentioned  in  p.  1).  "And  Sept.  1,"  he  says,  "his  Lady  and  Widow  was 
buried  at  Farnham  :  Who  had  sometime  been  the  wife  of  sir  William  Fitz- Williams,  Lord 
Privy  Seal  to  King  Henry  VIII." — evidently  unaware  that  sir  William  Fitz  William  had 
also  been  earl  of  Southampton,  and  that  it  was  from  the  lady's  union  with  him  that  she 
acquired  the  title  of  countess,  and  not  from  sir  Thomas  Wriothesley,  to  whom  she  was  not 
related. 

CAMD.  SOC.  2  S 


3J4  DIARY  OF  A  RESIDENT  IN   LONDON. 

P.  2.  Funeral  of  judge  Hynde.  Sir  John  Hynde,  made  a  serjeant  at  law  1535,  a  judge 
of  the  Common  Pleas  1546.  When  Nicholas  Charles  surveyed  the  church  of  St.  Dun- 
stan's  in  the  West,  the  armorial  insignia  of  sir  John  Hynde  (made  by  our  diarist)  were 
remaining  over  his  tomb  :  see  them  described  in  Collectanea  Topogr.  et  Geneal.  1837, 
vol.  iv.  p.  100.  Nicholas  Charles  was  wrong  in  styling  him  "  Chief  Justice  of  the 
Common  Pleas." 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  the  coimtess  of  Derby,  Anne,  daughter  of  Edward  lord  Hastings  and 
Hungerford,  and  sister  to  George  first  earl  of  Huntingdon  of  that  name,  was  married 
(before  1503,  when  her  eldest  son  John  was  buried,  at  St.  James's,  Garlick  Hill)  to 
Thomas  Stanley,  second  earl  of  Derby,  who  died  at  his  house  at  Colham  in  the  parish  of 
Hillingdon,  Middlesex,  May  23,  1521,  and  was  buried  in  the  neighbouring  monastery  of 
Syon.  She  was  the  mother  of  Edward  third  earl  of  Derby.  It  is  stated  in  CoUins's 
Peerage  (edit.  1812,  iii.  69)  that  she  was  married  secondly  to  John  Ratcliffe,  lord  Fitz- 
walter,  but  that  is  impossible,  for  he  died  in  1495.  Sir  Edward  Hastings,  who  attended 
her  funeral,  afterwards  lord  Hastings  of  Loughborough  and  K.G.,  was  her  nephew.  The 
The  word  se left  imperfect  fp.  2)  was  probably  sectur  (executor). 

P.  3.  Funeral  of  sir  James  Wylford.  The  blank  in  this  passage  may  be  filled  up  with 
"  Scotland."  See  the  Memoirs  of  Lord  Grey  of  Wilton,  by  Sir  Philip  Egerton,  p.  47. 
Sir  James  Wilford  was  knighted  by  the  duke  of  Somerset  after  the  taking  of  Leith,  Sept. 
28, 1547.  Holinshed  also  mentions  the  circumstance  of  his  being  taken  prisoner  at  Dunbar 
in  1549,  by  a  Gascoigne  of  the  country  of  Basque  called  Pellicque,  "that  won  no  smal 
commendation  for  that  his  good  happe,  in  taking  such  a  prisoner,  whose  name  for  his 
often  approved  prowes  was  so  famous  among  the  enimies."  This  noble  captain  was  of  a  city 
family,  which  had  buried  for  some  generations  at  St.  Bartholomew  the  Little.  James 
Wilford,  taylor,  one  of  the  sheriffs  1499,  founded  by  will  a  sermon  there  on  Good  Friday 
for  ever.     John  Wilford,  merchant-taylor,  alderman,  was  buried  there  1544.  (Stowe.) 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  sir  Richard  Manners.  The  paragraph  of  the  diary  partly  defaced 
belongs  to  the  funeral  of  an  uncle  of  the  earl  of  Rutland,  whom  we  find  thus  noticed  in 
another  place  :  "  Sir  Rychard  Manners  knight  dyed  the  ix*''  of  February  a°.  r.  E.  vj.  v*<*. 
and  was  beryed  at  Kateren  Cryst  churche  the  14.  of  the  same  mounth  ;  and  the  right 
honorable  Henry  erl  of  Rutland  was  his  hole  executer  and  over-syer  of  his  last  wyll,  to 
whom  he  gave  all  his  goodes  and  landes."  (MS.  Harl.  897,  f.  14.)  Sir  Richard  Manners 
was  twice  married,  as  may  be  seen  in  the  peerages. 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  lord  Wentworth.  "  March  3.  The  lord  Wentworth  lord  chambar- 
laine  died  about  tenne  of  the  cloke  at  night,  leaving  behind  him  16  children."  (King 
Edward's  Diary.)  "  Thomas  lord  Wentworth,  lord  chamberlan  of  the  kinges  majesties 
most  honerable  houshold,  dyed  in  the  kinges  majesties  paleys  at  Westmynster  on  tewsday 
the  3.  of  Marche  in  the  5  yere  of  E.  the  6.  and  from  thence  broughte  to  his  house  at 
Westmynster  and  was    buryed   in  the  mynster   there   on    Saterday   the   7.    of  Marche 


NOTES.  315 

folowing."  (MS.  Harl.  897,  f.  7S^.)  A  longer  account  of  his  funeral  is  preserved  in  the 
College  of  Arms,  I.  11,  f.  115.  He  was  buried  in  the  chapel  of  St.  John  the  Evangelist  (Dart 
ii.  60),  but  has  no  monument.  There  is  a  portrait  of  him  among  Chamberlain's  Holbein 
Heads. 

P.  4.  Proclamation  for  keeping  Lent.  A  printed  copy  of  this  proclamation  is  preserved 
in  the  valuable  collection  of  proclamations,  &c.  in  the  library  of  the  Society  of  Antiquaries. 
The  word  printed  "  co[ndemned  ?]  "  in  the  text  of  our  Diary  should  be  altered  to  "  com- 
monly accepted  or  reputed  as  a  fishe  day.'' 

Ibid.  The  murder  of  master  Arden  of  Feversham.  The  particulars  of  this  memorable 
domestic  tragedy  will  be  found  very  fully  narrated  in  Holinshed's  Chronicle  ;  and  from  the 
Wardmote  Book  of  Feversham  in  Jacob's  History  of  that  town,  8vo.  1774,  p.  197.  See 
also  a  long  narrative  among  Stowe's  transcripts,  MS.  Harl.  542,  ff.  34-37.  It  created  so 
great  a  public  interest  that  it  became  the  subject  not  only  of  a  Ballad  which  will  be  found 
in  Evans's  collection,  1810,  vol.  iii.  pp.  217-225  ;  but  also  of  a  Play  published  in  4to. 
1592,  again  in  1599  and  1633,  and  lastly  in  1770,  when  the  editor,  Edward  Jacob,  esq. 
who  afterwards  published  the  History  of  Feversham  above  mentioned,  in  his  preface  offered 
"  some  reasons  in  favour  of  its  being  the  earliest  dramatic  work  of  Shakspeare  now  remain- 
ing." Mr.  Collier's  remarks  on  this  subject  will  be  found  in  his  History  of  the  Stage  and 
of  Dramatic  Poetry,  iii.  52.  Lillo  also  began  a  tragedy  founded  on  the  same  story,  which 
was  finished  by  Dr.  John  Hoadly,  and  printed  in  12mo.  1762. 

The  concern  taken  by  the  government  in  the  prosecution  of  the  parties  guilty  of  this 
murder,  is  shown  by  the  following  extracts  from  the  Privy  Council  book : — 

"  1551,  5*^  Marche.  A  Lettere  to  the  Justyces  of  Peace  in  Kente,  advertesinge  them  the 
order  taken  for  the  punishmente  of  those  that  murdered  Mr.  Ardeyrn  ;  Videliset,  Sicely 
Pounder,  widowe,  and  Thomas  Mosbye,  to  be  hanged  in  Smithfield,  in  London  ;  Alice 
Ardeyrn,  to  be  burned  at  Canterburye,  and  Bradshawe,  to  be  hanged  there  in  cheanes  ; 
Michaell  Saunderson,  to  be  hanged,  drawne,  and  quartered,  at  Feversham,  and  Elizabeth 
Stafford  to  be  burned  there."  (MS.  Harl.  352,  fol.  156''.)  On  the  same  day,  "A  Letter 
to  the  Sherifes  of  London,  to  receave  of  the  Sherife  of  Kent,  Cicelye  Poundere,  widowe, 
and  Thomas  Mosbye,  to  be  hanged  in  Smithfield,  for  the  Murder  of  Thomas  Ardeine  of 
Fevershame  ;  and  a  Letter  to  the  Maiore  of  Canterburye,  to  receave  of  the  Sherife  of  Kente 
Alice  Ardeine,  to  be  burned  at  Canterburye,  and  Bradshawe,  to  be  hanged  there,  for  the 
Murder  of  Mr.  Ardeine."     (lb.  fol.  157.) 

The  actual  murderer,  and  also  one  Greene,  a  confederate,  had  escaped.  The  following 
entries  will  be  found  to  correct  and  explain  Holinshed's  account  of  their  capture. 

*'  1551,  28*^  May.  A  Lettere  to  Mr.  North,  to  enlarge  one  Bate  out  of  thecountere,  who 
convayed  away  one  Greene,  of  Fevershame,  after  the  Murdere  of  Mr.  Ardeine  was  ther 
don,  and  undertaketh  to  brynge  forthe  Greene  again,  yf  he  may  have  libertie  ;  providinge 
that  he  take  sufficient  sureties,  either  to  become  prisonere  againe,  or  else  to  bringe  forthe 
the  said  Greene."     (lb.  fol.  174.) 

"1551,  15"'  June.     A  Letter  to  S^  William  Godolphine  knighte,  of  thankcs  for  his 


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dilligence  in  the  apprehencione  of  Blacke  Will,  that  killed  Mr.  Arderne  of  Feversham, 
and  to  send  him  in  saufe  garde,  with  promise  of  paymente  for  the  charges  of  the  bringeres." 
It  appears  from  Holinshed  and  from  our  Diary  (in  which  this  person  is  called  Black  Tom,) 
that  he  was  not  sent  home,  according  to  this  request,  but  was  "  burnt  on  a  scaffold,  at 
Flushing,  in  Zealand." 

"1551,  20"'  June.  A  Lettere  to  the  Lord  Chancellor,  to  directe  out  a  Comission  for 
gaoll  delivery  unto  the  Maiore  of  Feversham  and  otheres,  for  the  attaynder  of  Greene, 
alredie  indicted  for  the  Murder  of  Mr.  Ardeine."     (lb.  fol.  180.) 

"A  Warranto  to  the  receiver  of  the  Wardes,  to  pay  unto  them  that  apprehended  Greene 
of  Feversham,  xx  markes,  for  their  costes  in  bringing  him  hether,  and  conveying  him  to 
Feversham,  to  be  hanged. 

"A  Lettere  to  the  Maiore  of  Feversham,  and  certain  otheres,  upon  the  attainder  of  Greene, 
to  see  him  hanged  in  chaynes."  (lb.  fol.  1  SO**.)  This  direction  was  complied  with,  Greene 
being  hanged  in  chaines,  according  to  Holinshed,  "  in  the  high  waie  betwixt  Ospring  and 
Boughton  against  Feversham."     (Holinshed,  iii.  1030.  edit.  1808.) 

P.  4.  The  lady  Mary  rode  to  St.  John's,  her  place.  That  is,  to  the  house  of  the  late 
knights  hospitallers  at  Clerkenwell.  On  the  circumstances  of  the  princess's  visit  to  court 
at  this  time  see  her  brother's  diary  in  Burnet. 

P.  5.     A  great  trmmph  at  Greenwich.     Thus  noticed  in  the  King's  diary  : 
"  March  31.  A  chaleng  made  by  me  that  I,  with  16  of  my  chaumbre,  shuld  runne  at 
base,  shote,  and  rune  at  ring,  with  any  17  of  my  servauntes,  gentlemen  in  the  court." — 

"  May  3.  The  chaleng  at  running  at  ringe  performed,  at  the  wich  first  came  the  kinge, 
16  footmen,  and  10  hor[seJmen,  in  blake  silk  cootes  pulled  out  with  wight  tafeta  ;  then 
al  lordes,  having  three  {sic.  qu.  their]  men  likewise  appareled,  and  al  gentlemen,  ther 
footmen  in  whit  fustian  pulled  out  with  blake  taveta.  The  tother  side  came  al  in  yelow 
tafta.  At  lenght  the  yelow  band  toke  it  thrise  in  120  courses,  and  my  band  tainted  often, 
wich  was  counted  as  nothing,  and  toke  never,  wich  seemed  very  straunge,  and  so  the  price 
was  of  my  side  lost.     After  that  turnay  folowed.  betwen  6  of  my  band  and  sixe  ofthers." 

Ibid.  Chester  the  receiver  tooTc  possession  of  the  hall  of  the  company  of  Clerks  of 
London.  Sir  Robert  Chester  was  receiver  of  the  court  of  augmentations.  This  proceed- 
ing is  notified  a  few  months  before  in  the  minutes  of  the  Privy  Council :  "16  March, 
1550.  A  lettere  to  the  Chauncelor  of  the  augmentacion  to  put  the  kinges  majestic  in  posses- 
sion agayne  of  the  Clerkes  hall  in  London,  if  the  law  will  suffer  it  ;  yf  not,  to  repaire  to 
the  Lordes  to  shewe  cause  of  the  impedimente  therof."  The  company  of  Clerks  seems  to 
have  been  more  liable  to  this  attack  than  the  other  city  companies,  from  being  regarded 
as  a  religious  foundation.  Their  hall  stood  in  Bishopsgate  street,  and  Stowe  has  related 
the  story  of  its  subsequent  fate,  sir  Robert  Chester  pulling  it  down,  when  the  fraternity 
had  commenced  a  suit  for  its  recovery  in  the  reign  of  queen  Mary. 

P.  6.     luiieral  of  lady  Morict.     Stowe  mentions  the  interment  at  St.  Peter's  Coruhill 


NOTES.  317 

of  sir  Christopher  Morice,  master  gunner  of  England,  temp.  Henry  VIII.  His  lady  appears 
to  have  had  a  previous  husband,  and,  though  she  lived  and  died  in  that  parish,  was 
removed  to  the  church  of  St.  Olave's  to  be  laid  by  his  side.  There  was  a  family  connec- 
tion between  sir  Christopher  Morice  and  Arthur  Plantagenet,  viscount  Lisle  :  see  Miss 
Wood's  Letters  of  Royal  and  Illustrious  Ladies,  ii.  76,  iii.  35.  "  The  Skoti  the  curate  " 
was  of  St.  Peter's  in  Cornhill  ;  see  p.  13,  and  note  hereafter. 

P.  6.  Earthquake.  "  The  25.  daye  of  May,  beyng  Monday,  betwene  the  howers  of 
eleven  and  one  of  the  clock  at  afternoone,  was  an  earthquake  of  halfe  a  quarter  of  a 
howre  long  at  Blechynglye,  at  Godstone,  at  Croydon,  at  Albery,  and  at  divers  other  places 
in  Southery  and  Myddlesexe."     Stowe's  Summarie. 

P.  7.  The  Icing  supped  at  Deptford.  Machyn  has  dated  this  event  two  days  too  late. 
It  is  thus  recorded  in  the  king's  own  diary  :  "  4.  I  was  banketted  by  the  lord  Clinton  at 
Detford,  where  I  saw  the  Primrose  and  the  Marie  Willoughby  launched." 

Ibid.  Death  of  lord  Crormvell.  Gregory  lord  Cromwell  died  on  the  4th  of  July  1551, 
and  was  buried  at  Laund  in  Leicestershire :  his  mural  monument  there  is  engraved  in 
Nichols's  History  of  that  County,  vol.  iii.  pi.  xlv. 

Ibid.  Death  of  lord  Powis.  Edward  third  lord  Grey  of  Powis.  The  funeral  of  his 
widow,  a  daughter  of  Charles  Brandon,  duke  of  Suffolk,  occurs  in  p.  163. 

Ibid.  Sir  John  Luttrell,  of  Dunster  castle,  co.  Somerset,  knighted  at  the  taking  of 
Leith  in  1547,  and  made  a  knight  banneret  soon  after,  at  the  taking  of  Yester. 
Just  before  his  death  he  had  been  divorced  from  his  wife,  for  Strype  notices  **  A  Com- 
mission to  sir  William  Petre,  secretary,  sir  Richard  Read,  &c.  upon  due  proof  of  the 
manifest  adultery  of  the  lady  Mary  Luttrel,  to  separate  and  divorce  her  from  sir  John 
Luttrel  her  husband.  Dated  in  June,  1551."  (Memorials,  Book  ii.  chap.  29.)  She 
was  the  daughter  of  sir  John  Griffith,  K.B.  and  was  remarried  to  James  Godolphin,  of 
Cornwall. 

Ibid.  Proclamations  for  depreciation  of  the  coinage.  Printed  copies  of  these  procla- 
mations are  in  the  collection  in  the  library  of  the  Society  of  Antiquaries,  and  their 
substance  is  stated  in  Ruding's  Annals  of  the  Coinage,  4to.  1817,  ii.  107.  Mr.  Ruding, 
in  a  note  in  that  page,  throws  some  discredit  on  king  Edward's  accuracy  as  to  dates  in  his 
Diary ;  but  on  that  point  it  may  be  remarked  that  the  proclamations  were  clearly  prepared 
by  the  privy  council  some  days  before  it  was  thought  proper  to  make  them  public.  The 
proclamation  which  according  to  the  present  diary  was  made  known  in  London  on  the 
8th  of  July,  is  printed  with  a  blank  date,  "  the  of  June." 

A  remarkable  example  of  the  effect  produced  by  this  depreciation  of  the  currency 
is  given  in  the  account  of  Arden's  murder  in  the  Wardmote  book  of  Feversham.  The 
proceeds  of  the  murderers'  effects,  after  the  payment  of  expenses,  amounted  "  after  the  old 


318  DIARY  OF  A  RESIDENT  IN  LONDON. 

rate,"  to  120^.  "  whereof  there  was  lost  by  abasing  or  fall  of  the  said  money  60^."  In 
consequence  of  this  act  of  government  rumours  were  current  that  further  abasements  were 
contemplated  ;  and  "  By  the  letteres  from  London''  it  was  reported  '*  that  on  the  25. 
daye  of  July,  or  on  St.  James'  daye,  was  a  proclamation  declaringe  it  was  not  the  kinge 
nor  his  counseles  intente  to  altere  or  abase  any  more  his  coynes  yet  ;  for  heare  wee  greate 
rumors  that  in  all  haste,  and  that  prively,  the  kinge  and  counsell  was  busye  aboute  the 
alteringe  thearof,  to  be  done  out  of  hand,  whearuppon  many  men  wane  their  debts,  which 
else  would  not  have  byn  payde  this  vij.  yeares."     (MS.  Harl.  353,  f.  107.) 

In  the  journals  of  the  Privy  Council  are  frequent  entries  relative  to  the  prosecution  of 
persons  guilty  of  predicting  further  depreciations. 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  sir  Thomas  SpeJce.  Sir  Thomas  Speke  was  an  eminent  lawyer  :  he 
was  steward  of  the  royal  manore  of  Greenwich,  &c.  and  keeper  of  Eltham  palace.  His 
funeral  achievements  were  remaining  in  St.  Dunstan's  church  in  the  time  of  Nicholas 
Charles,  as  described  in  the  Collectanea  Topogr.  et  Genealog.  iv.  98  ;  and  from  them  it 
appears  that  he  married  a  Berkeley. 

P.  8.  Death  of  sir  John  Wallop,  K.G.  He  died  and  was  buried  at  Guisnes.  Full 
particulars  of  him  will  be  found  in  Collins's  Peerage,  edit.  1779,  v.  64,  with  an  abstract 
of  his  will,  dated  May  22,  1551,  in  which  he  styled  himself  "  lievtenant  of  the  castill  and 
countye  of  Guysnes."     See  "  The  Chronicle  of  Calais,"  p.  203. 

Ibid.  Death  of  the  ttoo  young  cluJces  of  Suffolk.  Henry  and  Charles  Brandon,  the  only 
sons  of  Charles  Brandon,  duke  of  Suffolk.  Their  mother  was  his  second  wife,  Katharine, 
daughter  and  sole  heir  of  William  lord  Willoughby  de  Eresby.  (See  some  excellent 
letters  of  hers  in  Miss  Wood's  collection,  vol.  iii.)  The  report  which  reached  our  diarist  is 
incorrect  in  two  respects :  the  noble  youths  did  not  die  "  in  one  bed  "  nor  "  in  Cam- 
bridgeshire." Their  deaths  took  place  at  the  bishop  of  Lincoln's  palace  at  Bugden,  in  the 
county  of  Huntingdon.  A  narrative,  entitled  **  Epistola  de  vita  et  obitu  duorum  fratrum 
Suffolciensium,  Henrici  et  Caroli  Brandon,"  written  by  sir  Thomas  Wilson,  was  shortly 
after  printed.  Two  interesting  extracts  from  this  rare  volume  will  be  found  in  the 
Gentleman's  Magazine  for  Sept.  1825,  vol.  xcv.  ii.  206.  The  young  men,  accompanied 
by  their  mother,  had  just  arrived  at  Bugden,  when  the  duke  was  suddenly  taken  ill  of 
the  fatal  sweat,  which  in  five  hours  deprived  him  of  life.  The  younger  brother  Charles, 
though  placed  in  a  distant  chamber,  immediately  learned  what  had  happened,  and  being 
asked  by  the  physician  upon  Avhat  he  was  meditating,  replied,  "  I  am  thinking  how  hard 
it  is  to  be  deprived  of  one's  dearest  friend."  "  Why  do  you  say  so  ?  "  said  he.  He  answered, 
"  How  can  you  ask  me  ?  My  brother  is  dead.  However,  it  is  of  little  matter,  I  shall  soon 
follow  him."  And  so  he  did,  in  half  an  hour.  Sir  Thomas  Wilson  admits  the  title  of 
duke  to  the  younger  brother  immediately  on  the  elder's  demise,  and  so  we  find  from  our 
Diary  "  the  ij.  dukes  "  were  so  called  in  London.  The  other  extract  given  in  the  Gentle- 
man's Magazine  is  a  very  high  character  (in  Latin)  of  the  young  duke  Henry,  written  by 
Dr.  Walter  Haddon,  regius  professor  of  civil  law  in  the  university  of  Cambridge :  of  this 


NOTES.  319 

Strype  (Memorials,  Book  ii.  c.  4,)  has  given  the  substance  in  a  translated  form.  Sir 
Thomas  Wilson,  in  his  Arte  of  Rhetorique,  has  also  an  interesting  passage  describing  the 
characters  of  these  young  noblemen  ;  and  some  Latin  verses  on  their  death,  "  Carmina 
in  Mortem,"  &c.  were  written  by  Michael  Reniger,  and  printed  in  1552,  4to.  The 
circumstance  that  their  mother  the  duchess  was  the  great  patroness  of  the  reforming 
divines  accounts  for  the  extraordinary  interest  excited  by  their  death.  An  engraving  in 
Chamberlain's  Holbein  Heads  is  taken  from  two  miniatures,  supposed  to  represent  these 
brothers:  but  if  the  dates  given  in  the  inscriptions  are  compared,  they  will  be  found  both 
to  belong  to  the  elder  boy. 

Ibid.  Mortality  from  the  sweating  sickness.  Two  other  reports  of  this  have  come  down 
to  us,  and,  though  the  figures  do  not  exactly  correspond,  yet  they  seem  all  to  have  been 
derived  from  official  returns,  and  there  is  also  some  difference  in  the  periods  of  time. 
**  Letteres  from  London  reporte  there  died  in  London  of  the  sweatynge  sicknes  from  the 
7.  of  July  till  the  20.  of  the  same  938  persons,  but  howe  many  have  died  since  to  this  daye, 
beinge  the  23.,  I  knowe  not.  I  truste  it  is  nowe  cleane  gone."  (MS.  Harl.  353,  f.  107.) 
Shortly  after  the  disease  had  terminated,  the  celebrated  Dr.  Caius  wrote  a  treatise  upon 
it,  which  was  printed  in  the  following  year,  under  the  title  of  "  A  boke  or  counseill 
against  the  disease  commonly  called  the  sweate,  or  sweatyng  sicknesse.  Made  by  John 
Caius,  doctour  in  physicke.  1552."  Printed  by  Richard  Grafton  in  black  letter,  40  leaves, 
12mo.  The  Dedication  to  the  earl  of  Pembroke  is  dated  1st  April,  1552.  (Caius  also 
wrote  a  Latin  treatise  on  the  same  subject,  of  which  a  late  edition,  entitled  *'  Johannis 
Caii  de  Ephemera  Britannica  liber  unus,"  was  printed  in  London,  8vo.  1721.)  From 
this  curious  volume  we  learn  that  the  disease  first  appeared  with  the  army  of  Henry  the 
Seventh,  which  arrived  at  Milford,  out  of  France,  the  7  Aug.  1485  ;  next  in  1506  ;  again 
in  1517  ;  a  fourth  time  in  1528  ;  and  a  fifth  in  1551,  shortly  before  the  composition  of 
his  treatise.  On  this  occasion,  "  Beginning  at  Shrewesbury  in  the  middest  of  April, 
proceadinge  with  greate  mortalitie  to  Ludlowe,  Prestene,  and  other  places  in  Wales,  then 
to  Westchestre,  Coventre,  Oxenfoorde,  and  other  tounes  in  the  Southe,  and  suche  as  were 
in  and  aboute  the  way  to  London,  whether  it  came  notablie  the  seventh  of  July,  and  there 
continuing  sore,  with  the  loss  of  vijC.lxi.  from  the  ix.  day  until  the  xvi.  daye,  besides 
those  that  died  in  the  vii.  and  viii.  dayes,  of  whom  no  registre  was  kept,  from  that  it 
abated  until  the  xxx.  day  of  the  same,  with  the  loss  of  C.xlii.  more.  Then  ceasing  there, 
it  wente  from  thence  throughe  al  the  east  partes  of  England  into  the  northe,  untill  the 
ende  of  Auguste,  at  which  tyme  it  diminished,  and  in  the  ende  of  Septembre  fully  ceassed." 
The  following  singular  passage  relating  to  this  disease  occurs  in  a  report  of  the  preaching 

of  Thomas  Hancocke,  minister  of  Poole  in  Dorsetshire.    " in  his  doctrine  he  taught 

them  that  God  had  plagued  this  Realme  most  justly  for  their  sins  with  three  notable 
plagues.  The  first  plague  was  a  warning  to  England,  which  was  the  Posting  Sweat,  that 
posted  from  town  to  town  thorow  England,  and  was  named  Stop-Gallant :  for  it  spared 
none.  For  there  were  some  dauncing  in  the  Court  at  nine  a'clock  that  were  dead  at 
eleven.     In  the  same  sweat  also  at  Cambridge  dyed  two  worthy  imps,  the  duke  of  Suf- 


320  DIARY  OF  A  RESIDENT  IN   LONDON. 

folk  his  song,  Charles  and  his  brother."  (Strype,  Memor.  iii.  chap,  vii.)  The  singular 
name  here  noticed  occurs  also  in  the  register  of  Uffculme,  Devonshire,  where  the  disease 
prevailed  in  the  month  following  its  devastation  in  London.  "  Out  of  38  burials  entered 
in  that  year,  27  were  in  the  first  11  days  of  August,  and  16  of  them  in  three  days.  The 
disease  of  which  these  persons  died  is  called,  in  the  parish-register,  the  hole  sickness  or 
stup-gallant.'^  Magna  Britannia,  by  Lysons,  who  adds  that  he  had  not  been  able  to 
find  the  term  elsewhere. 

P.  8.  Funeral  of  sir  Peter  Negro.  "  Sir  Pyter  Negro  knight  dysseased  the  xiiij'^  day 
of  July  in  the  yere  of  our  Lord  1551,  in  the  v***  yere  of  the  raigne  of  our  soveraigne  lord 
kyng  Edward  the  6.  His  crest  is  a  castell  broken,  and  upon  the  castell  a  man  with  a 
shert  of  male  and  a  sword  in  his  hand."  (MS.  Harl.  897,  f.  14^.)  He  was  one  of  the 
knights  made  by  the  duke  of  Somerset  after  the  taking  of  Leith,  Sept.  28,  1547. 

Ibid.     The  xxvij  of  July  was  the  new  hishop  of  W divorced  from  the  lutcher 

wife  with  shame  enough.  Though  the  name  is  burnt,  this  appears  to  belong  to  John  Ponet, 
bishop  of  Winchester,  who  had  been  translated  to  that  see  on  the  23*^  March  preceding. 
He  had  published  "A  Defence  of  the  Marriage  of  Priests"  in  1549,  which  is  noticed 
in  Strype,  Memorials,  Book  ii.  chap.  18.  And  it  seems  that  he  married  again  very 
shortly  after  this  divorce,  the  following  entry  occurring  in  the  register  of  Croydon  :  "  1551, 
Oct.  25.  Reverendus  pater  Johannes  episcopus  Wynton'  duxit  Mariam  Haymond 
generosam  in  ista  ecclesia  coram  multitudine  parochianorum,  presente  reverendissimo 
patre  Thoma  Cantuar' archiepiscopo  cum  multis."  (Collectanea  Topogr.  et  Geneal.iv.  91.) 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  master  Harry  Williams.  Sir  John  Williams,  his  father,  was  master 
of  the  jewel-house  ;  and  by  queen  Mary  was  created  lord  Williams  of  Thame,  and  made 
lord  chamberlain  of  the  household.  The  son  had  married  Anne,  daughter  of  Henry  lord 
Stafford,  but  died  childless,  leaving  his  father  without  male  heirs. 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  master  Sandys.  Henry  Sandys  esquire,  eldest  son  of  Thomas  second 
lord  Sandys,  and  father  of  William  third  lord  Sandys  :  see  Dugdale's  Baronage,  ii.  303. 
There  is  a  portrait  of  a  master  Sands  in  Chamberlain's  Holbein  Heads  which  perhaps 
represents  this  person. 

P.  9.  Tlie  French  Icing  installed  at  Windsor.  This  was  of  course  by  deputy.  He  had 
been  elected  of  the  Garter  on  the  St.  George's  day  preceding,  and  the  marquess  of  North- 
ampton had  conveyed  the  insignia  to  France.  See  various  documents  relating  to  his 
election  described  by  Strype,  Memorials,  1721,  ii.  512. 

Ibid.  Death  of  the  lord  admiraVs  wife.  This  lady  was  the  mother  of  the  duke  of 
Richmond,  the  natural  son  of  king  Henry  the  Eighth:  to  whom  she  gave  birth  at 
Jericho,  a  manor  near  the  priory  of  Blackmore  in  Essex,  in  the  year  1519.     She  was 


NOTES.  321 

married  shortly  after  to  sir  Gilbert  Talboys,  who  was  summoned  to  Parliament  as  lord 
Talboys  in  1529,  died  15  April,  1530,  and  was  buried  at  Kyme  in  Lincolnshire.  She 
became  secondly  the  wife  of  Edward  lord  Clinton,  lord  admiral  of  England,  who  after 
her  death  was  in  1572  created  earl  of  Lincoln.  She  had  issue  by  her  first  husband  two 
sons,  Robert  and  George,  who  both  died  without  issue,  and  one  daughter,  Elizabeth,  who 
became  his  heir,  and  was,  first,  the  wife  of  Thomas  Wymbish  (who  claimed  the  barony  of 
Talboys  jure  uxorisj,  and,  secondly,  of  Ambrose  Dudley,  earl  of  Warwick.  By  lord 
Clinton  she  had  issue  three  daughters  ;  viz.  Bridget  wife  of  Robert  Dymoke  of  Scrivelsby 
CO.  Line,  esquire,  Katharine  wife  of  William  lord  Burgh  of  Gainsborough,  and  Margaret 
wife  of  lord  Willoughby  of  Parham.  Her  royal  offspring  the  duke  of  Richmond  died  on 
the  24th  July,  1536,  at  the  age  of  seventeen  years. 

P.  9.  Price  of  provisions.  The  imperfect  lines  in  this  page  refer  to  this  subject,  thus 
noticed  by  the  king  under  "  Sept.  9.  A  proclamation  set  furth  touching  the  prises  of 
cattel,  of  hogges,  pegges,  befs,  oxen,  muttons,  buttyr  and  chese,  after  a  reasonable  price, 
not  fully  so  good-cheap  as  it  was  when  the  coyne  was  at  the  perfeictest,  but  within  a  fift 
part  of  it,  or  ther  abouts." 

Ibid.  The  king  wearing  the  order  of  St.  Michael.  "The  fest  of  Michelmas  was  kept  by 
me  in  the  robes  of  th'ordre."  (King  Edward's  Diary.)  The  following  minutes  are  from 
the  register  of  the  privy  council : 

"  14  June,  1551.  This  daye  the  French  ambassador  had  accesse  to  the  lordes,  to  whom 
he  declared  that  the  kinge  his  master  and  the  company  of  the  ordere  of  Saint  Michael  had 
appointed  the  kinges  majestic  to  be  of  the  same  order,  for  which  purpose  the  marshall  St. 
Androwe  was  enjoyned  to  bringe  the  same  order  to  his  majestic,  prainge  his  majestic  that 
he  would  accepte  the  same  accordinglye."     (MS.  Harl.  352,  f.  160''.) 

"June  22, 1551.  A  Letter  of  apparance  to  the  deane  of  Windsore,  that  for  asmuch  as 
there  shall  arive  here  shortely  a  nobleman  sente  from  the  French  kinge  w"'  the  order  of  St. 
Michalle  to  bee  presented  to  the  kinges  Ma*'«,  and  to  bringe  w***  him  such  recordes  as 
remayne  in  his  custodie,  as  well  for  the  acceptacion  of  the  said  order  by  his  majesties  behalfe, 
or  for  any  other  thinge  by  ceremony  concerning  the  said  order  ;  and  that  all  thinges  there 
may  be  put  in  good  order  for  the  celebracione  of  St.  George's  feaste,  and  to  bringe  w'^  him 
also  a  note  of  so  muche  money  of  the  poore  knights  as  he  hathe  in  his  custodie."  (Ibid.  f. 
161''.)  King  Edward  was  invested  by  the  ambassador  at  Hampton  Court  on  the  16th  of 
July,  as  detailed  by  himself  in  his  diary,  and  more  fully  in  Ashmole's  History  of  the 
Garter,  pp.  368,  369.  The  documentary  instruments  brought  to  England  on  this  occasion 
are  still  preserved  in  the  Chapter  House  at  Westminster. 

P.  10.  Creation  of  new  peerages.  The  intended  creation  of  the  dukes  of  Northumber- 
land and  Suffolk,  the  marquess  of  Winchester,  and  the  earl  of  Pembroke,  was  made  known 
to  the  Privy  Council  on  the  4"*  Oct.  1551,  as  thus  recorded  in  their  minutes  :  "  This  daye 
the  lord  chamberlen  together  w'**  the  lord  chamberlen  (sic) ,  beinge  sente  from  the  kinge  to 
the  lordes,  declared  on  his  majesties  behalfe,  that,  for  asmuch  as  the  lord  marques  of 
CAMD.  SOC.  2  T 


322  DIARY  OF  A  RESIDENT  IN  LONDON. 

Dorset  hath  lately  opened  to  his  highness  the  occasyones  of  his  inhabilletie  to  serve  in  the 
place  of  generall  warden  of  the  marches  towardes  Scotlande,  and  therefore  besought  his 
majestie  to  call  him  from  that  place  ;  his  majestic,  thinkinge  the  same  lord  marques* 
suite  reasonable,  and  mindinge  not  to  leave  such  a  rowme  of  importance  unfurneshed  of 
an  able  personage,  hath  resolved  both  to  revoke  the  said  marques  from  that  offyce,  and  to 
appointethe  earleof  Warwicke  in  his  steed,  who  for  his  greate  experience,  and  namly  in  those 
partes,  his  highnes  taketh  to  be  moste  meeteste  for  that  rowme.  And  hath  further 
determyned,  as  well  to  th'ende  that  the  said  earle  of  Warwicke  may  the  rather  be  had  in 
the  estymacione  he  deserveth  for  his  digneties  sake,  as  for  that  also  his  majestie  thinketh 
necessarye,  the  noble  houses  of  this  his  realme  being  of  late  much  decayed,  to  erect  other 
in  their  stead  by  rewardinge  such  as  have  alredye  well  served,  and  maye  be  therby  the 
rather  encowraged  to  contynewe  the  same,  to  call  both  his  lordship  and  other  noble 
personages  to  hier  estates  and  digneties  ;  and  therfore  hath  appointed  to  advaunce  firste 
the  said  earle  of  Warwicke  to  the  degree  of  a  duke  ;  the  lorde  marques  Dorsett,  as  well 
for  his  service  sacke  as  for  that  he  is  lyke  by  waye  of  maryage  to  have  claime  to  the  tytle 
of  duke  of  Suffolke,  his  highnes  is  pleased  to  call  to  that  degree  ;  the  lord  treasurer  nowe 
earl  of  Wiltesheir  to  the  degree  of  a  marques  ;  the  master  of  the  horse  [sir  William 
Herbert]  to  the  degree  of  an  earle  ;  which  his  majesties  mynd  and  determenacion  his  highnes 
pleasure  is  shalbe  gon  through  with  all,  and  these  personages  to  be  created  on  Sondaye 
nexte  ;  to  the  assistance  whereof  his  majestie  willeth  that  such  of  the  lordes  and  nobles  as 
shalbe  thought  needfuU,  to  be  presente,"  &c.     (MS.  Harl.  352,  f.  188''.) 

P.  10.  The  three  new  knights.  Mr.  Sidney  and  Mr.  Neville  had  been  made  gentlemen 
of  the  privy  chamber  on  the  18th  April  1550,  and  Mr.  Cheke  held  the  same  appointment. 
(King  Edward's  Diary.)  Sir  Henry  Neville  was  the  first  settler  at  Billingbere  of  his 
name  and  family.  He  married  Frances,  only  daughter  and  heir  of  sir  John  Gresham, 
and  died  July  13,  1593. 

Ibid.  The  duke  of  Somerset,  d;c.  sent  to  the  Tower.  On  the  particulars  of  these  state 
trials  it  is  only  necessary  to  refer  to  several  passages  in  the  King's  diary,  and  to  Strype  and 
our  general  historians. 

P.  11.  Visit  of  the  old  queen  of  Scots.  The  queen  dowager  of  Scotland  (Mary  of 
Guise)  embarked  at  Edinburgh  to  visit  her  daughter  in  France,  Sept.  7,  1550.  On  her 
return  she  landed  at  Portsmouth  on  the  2d  Nov.  1551.  (Lettres  de  Marie  Stuart,  edited 
by  the  Prince  Alexandre  Labanoff,  8vo.  1844,  vol.  i.  5.)  The  privy  council  addressed, 
"  25  Sept.  1551.  A  Letter  to  the  lord  chauncelor  requiring  him  to  passe  under  the 
greate  seal  a  saulf-conduct  graunted  by  the  kinges  majestie  to  the  dowager  of  Scotlande, 
and  to  retayne  with  him  for  a  record  the  originall  thereof  sent  him  signed  by  his  highnes." 
The  saulf-conduct  itself  is  printed  in  Rymer's  Collection,  xv.  290  :  it  bears  an  earlier 
date,  viz.  17  Sept.  Some  subsequent  minutes  of  the  Privy  Council  relating  to  prepara- 
tions for  this  visit  are  given  by  Strype.  There  are  many  particulars  of  it  in  king  Edward's 
Diary,  and  a  narrative  of  the  queen's  reception  is  in  MS.  Harl.  290,  art.  2. 


NOTES.  323 

p.  1 1 .  Funeral  of  sir  Michml  Lyster.  The  name  of  the  lord  chief  justice  of  the  king's 
bench  was  sir  Richard  Lyster,  but  that  of  his  eldest  son,  here  recorded,  was  sir 
Michael.  See  the  memoir  on  the  monument  of  sir  Richard  Lyster  at  St.  Michael's  church, 
Southampton,  by  Sir  F.  Madden,  in  the  Winchester  volume  of  the  Archaeological 
Institute.  There  is  a  portrait  of  a  lady  Lyster  among  the  Holbein  Heads  :  it  may  be 
doubtful  to  which  lady  of  the  name  it  belongs  (see  the  pedigree  given  by  Sir  F.  Madden)  ; 
but  Mr.  Lodge,  in  his  accompanying  memoir,  supposed  it  to  be  that  of  lady  Mary,  daughter 
of  the  earl  of  Southampton,  wife  of  sir  Richard,  grandson  of  the  chief  justice.  (See  her 
funeral  afterwards,  p.  273.) 

P.  12.  Funeral  of  lady  Locke.  The  imperfect  funeral  in  this  page  probably  belongs 
to  the  widow  of  sir  William  Locke,  who  has  been  noticed  in  p.  313.  She  was  buried  by 
his  side  on  the  5th  Dec.  1551.  (Malcolm,  ii,  156.)  "Lady  Elyzabeth  Locke,  latte  wyf 
of  sir  William  Locke  knyght,  decesyd  on  saynt  Androwes  daye  at  iij .  of  the  cloke  at  after- 
none  in  good  memory,  the  v.  yere  of  the  rayne  of  kyng  Edward  the  vj.  executors  Rycharde 
Spreyngham  and  Thomas  Nycolles  the  elder :  and  buryed  in  the  churche  of  our  laydy  of 
Bowe  within  the  quyre.  Cheffe  morner,  Mary  Spryngened  (sic)  ;  [other  mourners,] 
Elyzabeth  Nycolles,  Elyzabeth  Fyld,  Ellen  Meredyth,  Jone  Rawlyns."  (MS.  I.  3.  in  Coll. 
Arm.  f.  846.) 

Ibid.  Muster  in  Hyde  Park.  This  is  described  nearly  in  the  same  terms  in  the 
King's  diary.     Burnet  has  misprinted  the  date  Dec.  4  instead  of  7. 

P.  13.  The  Scot  of  St.  Peter''s  in  Cornhill.  This  preacher  has  been  before  mentioned 
in  p.  6  as  "the  Skott  thecurett"  of  St.  Peter's.  Whether  he  was  the  same  as  Richardson, 
whose  popularity  as  a  preacher  is  mentioned  in  p.  91,  has  not  been  ascertained. 

P.  14.  The  duke  of  SomerseVs  execution.  A  narrative  of  this,  with  the  last  speech 
delivered  by  the  duke,  somewhat  different  from  that  in  Stowe,  has  been  printed  from  the 
Gottonian  charters,  by  Sir  Henry  Ellis,  in  his  Second  Series  of  Original  I  ettefs,  vi«.  ii. 
p.  215. 

P.  15.  Execution  of  sir  Thomas  Arundell.  One  of  the  "  metrical  visions  "  of  George 
Cavendish,  the  gentleman  usher  of  Cardinal  Wolsey,  furnishes  some  biographical  par- 
ticulars of  sir  Thomas  Arundell :  viz.  that  he  was  educated  with  Cardinal  Wolsey,  and 
was  chancellor  to  queen  Katharine  Howard.  He  is  also  made  to  confess  that  "  I  was 
cheaf  councellor  in  the  first  overthrowe  of  the  duke  of  Somerset,  which  few  men  did 
know."  (See  Singer's  edition  of  Cavendish's  Life  of  Wolsey,  1825,  vol.  ii.  p.  125.)  A 
letter  of  the  earl  of  Northumberland  in  1527,  directed  "  To  his  beloved  cosyn  Thomas 
Arundel,  one  of  the  gentleman  of  my  lord  legates  prevy  chambre,"  and  at  its  foot  '*  To 
my  bedfellow  Arundel,"  with  which  term  he  also  commences,  is  printed  from  the  duke 
of  Northumberland's  archives,  ibid.  p.  246.  With  regard  to  his  fate  there  is  a  curious 
passage  in  a  very  rare  book,   bishop  Ponet's  "  Short  Treatise  of  Politic  Power,"  which 


324  DIARY  OF  A  RESIDENT  IN  LONDON. 

Strype  has  quoted  in  his  Memorials,  vol.  ii.  306  :  but  with  an  interpolation  which,  as  it 
is  made  silently,  is  perfectly  inexcusable.     Writing  of  the  earl  of  Warwick,  Ponet  states, 
"  at  th'erles  sute  Arundel  hathe  his  head  with  the  axe  divided  from  the  shoulders." 

But  Strype,  imagining  that  the  earl  of  Arundel  (who  was  also  involved  in  trouble  at 
this  period,  having  been  fined  12,000/.  in  Jan.  1549-50,)  was  the  suffering  party  named 
by  the  bishop,  altered  this  passage  thus  : — 

"at  the  earl's  suit,  Arundel  escaped,  otherwise  had  his  head  with  the  axe  leen  divided 

from  his  shoulders." 

See  the  "  Life  of  Henry  Earl  of  Arundel,  K.G."  edited  by  J.  G.  Nichols,  1834,  p.  7  ; 
or  the  Gentleman's  Magazine  for  July  1833,  p.  16,  and  for  Feb.  1848. 

P.  15.  Sir  Michael  Stanhope  also  makes  a  poetical  lament  in  Cavendish's  Metrical 
Visions.  He  states  that  he  had  been  dubbed  knight  by  king  Edward,  and  had  been  of  his 
privy  chamber.  He  was  half-brother  of  the  duchess  of  Somerset  (as  sir  Thomas  Arundell 
was  half-brother  of  the  countess  of  Arundel),  and  was  great-grandfather  of  the  first  earl 
of  Chesterfield.  See  a  curious  letter  regarding  his  widow's  funeral  written  by  their  son 
sir  Thomas  Stanhope  in  1588,  in  the  Archaeologia,  vol.  xxxi.  p.  212. 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  the  countess  of  Pemhrolce.  King  Edward  in  his  Diary  records  the 
death  of  the  countess  of  Pembroke  on  the  20th  Feb.  1551-2.  As  sister  to  queen  Katharine 
Parr,  she  was  a  person  of  high  consideration.  A  magnificent  canopied  monument  to 
William  Herbert,  earl  of  Pembroke,  and  his  countess  Anne,  with  their  recumbent  effigies, 
and  kneeling  effigies  of  their  three  children,  Henry  earl  of  Pembroke,  sir  Edward  Herbert 
knt.  and  Anne  lady  Talbot,  was  erected  in  St.  Paul's  cathedral,  next  the  monument  of 
John  of  Ghent,  duke  of  Lancaster,  and  is  represented  in  a  plate  of  Dugdale's  History  of 
St.  Paul's. 

P.  16.  Fxmeral  of  sir  Humphrey  Style.  The  name  deficient  in  our  MS.  from  the  fire 
is  supplied  by  the  valuable  MS.  Harl.  897,  f.  16  :  "  Sir  Humfrey  Style  dysseased  the  7th 
of  Apryll  1552  in  A".  R.  E.  vj*'.  vj*".  and  beryed  in  the  parish  churche  of  Bekenham  in 
the  county  of  Kent."  His  monument  with  effigies  on  brass  plate  is  remaining  in  that 
church:  see  Lysons's  Environs  of  London,  1811,  i.  412,  and  the  epitaph  printed  in 
Thorpe's  Registrum  Roffense,  p.  816. 

P.  17.  Election  of  the  earl  of  Westmerland  of  the  garter.  In  the  privy  council  10  May 
1552.  A  warrante  to  the  Exchequer  to  paye  unto  sir  Gilberte  Dethicke  knighte,  alias 
Garter  principall  kinge  at  armes,  beinge  presently  to  be  sente  by  the  kingcs  majestie  to 
the  earle  of  Westemerlande  with  the  order  of  the  Garter,  the  some  of  twentye  poundes. 

"  A  comissyon  for  the  said  sir  Gylberte  Dethicke  to  take  upe  v.  poste  horses  for  himselfe, 
his  servantes,  and  guide."     (MS.  Harl.  352,  f.  228  b.) 

The  following  entry  may  here  also  be  added  : 

"  22  Ap^  1553.  A  warrante  to  sir  John  Williames  to  pay  unto  sir  Gilberte  Dethicke 
kiiight,  alias  Garter  principall  kinge  at  armes,  the  some  of  xxj.  poundes  for  schucheones  by 


NOTES.  325 

him  sett  upp  in  an",  i^  et  5"  of  the  kinges  [and  queenes]  majesties  raigne  at  Grenewich,  at 
the  feaste  of  the  order  of  the  Garter,  accordinge  to  a  bill  therof  included  in  the  same 
letter."  (f.  250.) 

Ibid.     Line  20,  for  earl  read  duke. 

Ibid.  Proclamations.  The  two  remaining  blanks  may  perhaps  be  filled  up,  "  un[der 
act  of]  parlementt,"  and  "  that  [same  d]ay." 

Ibid.  Proclamation  against  figlding  in  churches  or  churchyards.  An  undated  procla- 
mation to  this  purpose  is  transcribed  in  the  Society  of  Antiquaries'  collection,  vol.  ii. 
p.  104.  It  prohibits  all  persons  from  "  henceforth  to  quarrell,  fray  or  fight,  shoote  any 
hande-gonne,  bring  any  horse  or  mule,  into  or  through  any  cathedrall  or  other  church,  or 
by  any  other  waies  or  meanes  irreverently  use  the  said  churches  or  any  of  them." 

P.  21.  Duke  of  Northumberland  took  horse  towards  Scotland.  He  had  been  appointed 
lord  warden  of  the  Scotish  Marches  some  months  before :  "  11th  Oct.  1551.  A  letter  to 
the  lord  chauncelor  to  make  out  for  the  duke  of  Northumberlande  a  pattente  of  the  lord 
wardenshippe  generall  in  the  north  partes  foranempste  Scotland,  with  asmuch  fee,  pre- 
heminence,  and  authoritie  as  any  his  predecessores  in  that  ofiyce  have  had  heretofore,  with 
power  also  to  substytute  and  make  deputy  wardenes  under  him,  with  such  fees  as  any 
in  that  rowme  heretofore  have  had,  and  further  the  allowance  of  C.  lighte  horsemen  at 
xd.  by  the  daye."     (Privy  Council  Book,  MS.  Harl.  352,  f.  191.) 

Ibid.  The  king  took  horse  on  his  progress.  King  Edward's  Diary,  (May  23,  1551) 
gives  the  following  enumeration  of  the  bands  of  men  of  arras  appointed  at  this  time  to 
accompany  him  on  his  progress  : 


Lord  Treasurer  .  30 

Lord  Great  Master  .  25 

Lord  Privy  Seal  .  30 

Duke  of  Suffolk  .  25 

Earl  of  Warwick  .  25 


15 

Lord  Cobham 

20 

25 

Lord  Warden 

20 

50 

Mr.  Vice-chamberlain 

15 

15 

Mr.  Sadler    . 

15 

30 

Mr.  Sydney 

15 

Earl  of  Rutland 

Earl  of  Huntingdon 

Earl  of  Pembroke 

Lord  Admiral 

Lord  Darcy  . 

Afterwards,  on  the  22d  of  June,  it  was  agreed  that  the  bands  appointed  to  Mr.  Sidney, 
Mr.  Vice-chamberlain,  Mr.  Hobby,  and  Mr.  Sadler,  should  not  be  furnished,  but  left  off. 
Again,  when  the  king  was  in  Sussex,  on  the  24th  July,  "because  the  number  of  bands  that 
went  with  me  this  progress  made  the  train  great,  it  was  thought  good  they  should  be  sent 
home,  save  only  150  which  were  picked  out  of  all  the  bands.  This  was  because  the  train 
was  thought  to  be  near  4000  horse,  which  were  enough  to  eat  up  the  country,  for  there 
was  little  meadow  or  hay  all  the  way  as  I  went." 

P.  22.  Funeral  of  sir  Robert  Dormer.  Sir  Robert  Dormer,  knighted  in  1537,  was 
grandfather  of  Robert  first  lord  Dormer.  His  will  is  dated  June  20,  1552,  a  few  days 
before  his  death.     **  A°  D""'  1552  the  ix"^''of  July  sir  Robert  Dormer  knight  of  Bokyngam- 


326  DIARY  OF  A  RESIDENT  IN  LONDON. 

shire  dysseased  at  his  manner  howsse  of  Aston  in  the  lordship  of  Wynge,  and  was  buryed 
the  xv^^  of  the  same  mounth."  (MS.  Harl.  897.  f.  12''.)  He  is  termed  in  our  Diary  "  a 
great  sheep-master  in  Oxfordshire  ;"  the  will  of  sir  Edward  Unton,  in  1581,  printed  in 
the  "  Unton  Inventories  "  (a  publication  of  the  Berkshire  Ashmolean  Society),  is  a  remark- 
able illustration  of  that  description  of  property  in  the  same  county. 

P.  23.  Three  great  fishes.  "  The  viij.  daye  of  August,  there  were  taken  about  Quyn- 
borough  three  great  fyshes  called  dolphins,  or  by  some  called  rygges :  and  the  weke 
folowyng,  at  Black  wall,  were  syxe  more  taken  and  brought  to  London,  and  there  sold  ; 
the  least  of  them  was  greater  then  any  horse."     Stowe's  Summarie,  1566. 

P.  24.  3f aster  Maynard  chosen  sheriff .  John  Maynard.  Stowe  relates  this  anecdote 
of  his  provision  for  serving  the  office :  *'  whiche,  about  .ix.  or  .x.  yeares  before  had  geven 
out  wares  and  jewelles,  as  it  was  thought,  to  the  summe  of  .2000.  markes,  to  be  payde 
hym  when  he  were  sherife  of  London."     Summarie,  1566. 

Ibid.  Ftmeral  of  sir  Anthony  Wingfield,  knight  of  the  garter.  Biographical  particulars 
of  this  distinguished  person  will  be  found  in  Lodge's  Peerage  of  Ireland,  1789,  vol.  v.  p. 
262,  The  place  of  his  burial  is  not  there  recorded  ;  and  if  his  body  was  left  to  rest  at 
Stepney,  the  fact  is  now  forgotten  there,  as  no  monument  exists,  and  the  register  does 
not  commence  until  1568. 

Ibid.  The  vicar  of  Shoreditch,  a  Scot.  John  Macbray,  presented  to  the  vicarage  on 
the  15th  May  preceding  (Ellis's  Shoreditch,  p.  21)  ;  deprived  in  1554,  and  afterwards  an 
exile.     (Strype,  Mem.  ii.  341.) 

Ibid.  Death  of  sir  Clement  Smith.  Sir  Clement  married  Dorothy  Seymour,  sister 
of  queen  Jane,  and  of  Edward  duke  of  Somerset.  King  Edward,  in  his  Diary,  under 
the  24th  March  1550-1,  records  his  being  "chidden"  for  having  a  year  before  heard 


Ibid.  Proclamation  on  the  price  of  meat.  This  was  apparently  a  proclamation  of  the 
lord  mayor,  applicable  to  the  city  of  London  only :  but  similar  regulations  were  made  by 
the  privy  council,  for  the  control  of  the  markets  in  the  country  at  large,  or  in  such  places 
as  they  chose  to  extend  them  to.  A  proclamation  "  set  furthe  by  the  kinges  majestic,  in 
the  V.  yere  of  his  reigne,"  and  referring  to  resolutions  of  the  council  made  at  Windsor  on 
the  30th  Aug.  preceding,  was  printed  by  Grafton  in  the  year  1551,  (which  would  there- 
fore be  one  year  earlier  than  that  noticed  in  the  Diary,)  and  will  be  found  in  the  collec- 
tion in  the  possession  of  the  Society  of  Antiquaries.  It  seems  difficult  to  conceive  how 
such  regulations  could  be  generally  enforced :  but  no  limitation  of  place  is  mentioned  in 
the  proclamation. 

Ibid.     Sir  John  Jocelijn  is  probably  the  person  whose  name  is  imperfect,  of  the  family 


NOTES.  327 

seated  at  Sawbridgeworth,  near  Hunsdon,  in  Hertfordshire  (not  Essex).     See  a  John, 
stated  to  have  died  in  1553,  in  the  pedigree  in  Clutterbuck,  iii.  204. 

P.  25.  Three  great  fishes.  Strype  calls  these  "  porpus's."  In  the  third  line  of  the 
passage  read  "  m[orice-pikes.]  " 

Ibid.  Whalley  the  receiver  of  Yorkshire.  Richard  Whalley  of  Screaton,  co.  Notts, 
esquire.  The  charges  preferred  against  him  are  stated  in  the  king's  diary,  under  the  7th 
of  June,  and  thence  in  Strype,  Mem.  ii.  381.  Strype,  p.  (249),  states  that  he  had  been 
politically  active  in  endeavouring  to  procure  the  restoration  of  the  duke  of  Somerset ;  he 
was,  therefore,  the  same  person  who  has  been  mentioned  in  p.  10  as  among  the  protector's 
adherents  then  sent  to  the  Tower.  He  died  Nov.  23,  1583,  aged  84  ;  and  further  par- 
ticulars respecting  him  will  be  found  in  Thoroton's  Nottinghamshire,  p.  130,  together 
with  an  engraving  of  his  monument  and  effigy. 

Ibid.  Two  sons  of  the  Icing  of  Scots.  King  James  the  Fifth  had  several  natural  sons, 
who  are  enumerated  in  Douglas's  Peerage  of  Scotland,  by  Wood,  i.  52.  It  does  not 
appear  which  were  the  two  who  visited  London  in  1552  ;  but  James,  afterwards  the 
regent  Murray,  was  at  Paris  in  that  year.  (Ibid.  ii.  255.)  Another  notice  of  their  visit 
occurs  in  the  form  of  "  a  passport  for  two  of  the  late  Scotch  king's  bastard  sons,  to  trans- 
port out  of  the  realm  four  dozen  of  bows,  twenty  dozen  of  arrows,  and  four  gross  of  strings, 
and  two  geldings.     Dated  Oct.  1552."     Strype,  Mem.  vol.  ii.  p.  517. 

P.  26.  if  great  fishes.  These  are  also  mentioned  by  Stowe,  and  with  a  very  strange 
name :  "  The  vii.  daye  of  October  were  two  great  fishes  taken  at  Gravesend,  which  were 
called  whirlepooles.     They  wer  afterward  drawen  up  above  the  bridge."    Summarie,  1566. 

Ibid.  Seven  Serjeants  of  the  coif.  The  king's  warrant  to  the  lord  chancellor  to  make 
out  writs  to  these  new  Serjeants,  was  dated  in  June  preceding.  Their  names  were,  Robert 
Brook,  James  Dyer,  John  Caryll,  Thomas  Gawdy,  Richard  Catlyn,  Ralph  Rokeby,  William 
Stamford,  and  William  Dallison. — In  line  6  of  this  paragraph  fill  up  the  blank  with  the 
word  [council],  that  is,  privy  councillors. 

P.  27.  Funeral  of  master  Davenet.  This  name  was  not  Davenant,  as  might  be 
imagined  from  our  author's  usual  cacography.  A  later  member  of  the  family,  John  Daven- 
net,  was  warden  of  the  Merchant-taylors  in  1592-3.  Wilson's  Merchant-taylors'  School, 
p.  1151. 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  master  John  Seymour.  His  will,  dated  Dec.  7,  1552,  and  proved 
April  26,  1553,  is  recorded  in  the  prerogative  court  of  Canterbury,  and  briefly  quoted  in 
CoUins's  Peerage.  He  died  unmarried,  making  his  whole  brother  sir  Edward  Seymour, 
the  ancestor  of  the  present  duke  of  Somerset,  his  heir. 

P.  28.     The  king''s  lord  of  misrule.     This  important  officer  was  "a  gentleman,  wise  and 


328  DIARY  OF  A  RESIDENT  IN  LONDON. 

learned,  named  George  Ferrers."  (Holinshed,  1st  edit.  p.  1709.)  He  was  a  member 
of  Lincoln's  Inn.  (Stowe's  Chronicle,  p.  608.)  Many  curious  documents  respecting  his 
revels  in  this  and  subsequent  years  are  printed  in  Kempe's  Loseley  Manuscripts,  8vo. 
1835,  pp.  24,  et  seq.  George  Ferrers  was  probably  the  same  person  who,  being  member 
of  Parliament  for  Plymouth  in  1542,  was  arrested  for  debt  in  the  city  of  London,  and 
committed  to  the  counter :  whereupon  he  was  reclaimed  by  the  house  of  commons,  and 
the  sheriffs  committed  to  the  Tower :  see  a  long  narrative  in  the  histories  of  London. 

The  procession  of  the  lord  of  misrule,  or  "  lord  of  merry  disports  "  (as  he  was  also  called), 
into  London,  which  occurs  subsequently  in  this  page,  is  also  described  in  Stowe's  Chro- 
nicle, p.  608  :  "  hee  was  received  by  sergeant  Vawce,  lord  of  misrule  to  John  Mainard 
one  of  the  sheriffes  of  London." 

Ibid.  Children  of  hospital.  This  passage,  when  perfect,  seems  to  have  described  the 
Christmas  treatment  of  the  children  of  Christ's  Hospital,  which,  together  with  the  two 
sister  hospitals  of  St.  Thomas  and  Bridewell,  had  just  been  founded  by  the  city  with  the 
assistance  of  the  crown.  Its  original  object  was  to  serve  for  all  the  fatherless  children  of 
London, — "to  take  the  childe  out  of  the  strete,  which  was  the  seede  and  increase  of 
beggary,  by  reason  of  ydle  bringing-up,  and  to  noryshe  the  same  chylde  in  some  good 
learning  and  exercise  profitable  to  the  common  weale." — It  was  only  on  the  21st  of  the 
preceding  month  (Nov.  1552)  that  the  children  had  been  first  taken  into  the  hospital,  "to 
the  numbre  of  fower  hundred."     Stowe's  Summarie,  1566. 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  alderman  Rohinson,  Not  "  Robyn,"  as  our  diarist  has  the  name. 
"  Hereunder  lyeth  Master  William  Robinson,  alderman  of  London,  citizen  and  mercer, 
and  merchant  of  the  staple  at  Callis,  and  Elizabeth  his  wife.  He  deceased  the  thirtieth  of 
December,  1552."     Epitaph  in  AUhallows  Barking. 

P.  29.  Month's  mind  of  sir  Thomas  Windsor.  Son  and  heir  apparent  of  William 
second  lord  Windsor.  He  was  made  a  knight  of  the  Bath  at  the  coronation  of  Edward  VI.; 
and  married  Dorothy,  daughter  of  William  lord  Dacre,  of  Gillesland  ;  but,  as  he  had  no 
issue  male,  the  peerage  went  to  a  younger  brother.  Collins  in  his  Peerage  gives  some 
extracts  from  his  will,  dated  Nov.  8,  1552,  and  proved  by  his  widow  Jan.  16  following. 
His  funeral  probably  took  place  at  Bradenham  in  Buckinghamshire. 

P.  30.  Killing  of  a  gentyllman  {of]  ser  Edward  North  Icnyght  in  Charterhowse 
cheyr^chyard].  Sir  Edward  North  occupied  the  Charterhouse  at  this  time,  and  was  made 
a  baron  about  a  year  after  this  occurrence.  Machyn  must  have  omitted  the  word  "of," 
and  the  party  murdered  would  be  a  gentleman  attached  to  the  household  of  sir  Edward 
North. 

Ibid.  Fall  of  the  great  steeple  at  Waltham.  The  tower  stood  in  the  centre  of  the 
cross.  After  the  downfall  recorded  by  our  diarist,  the  nave  was  converted  into  the  parish 
church,  a  wall  being  run  up  at  its  east  end :  and  a  new  tower  was  built  at  the  west  end, 
which  bears  the  date  1558.     Moranfs  Essex,  i.  45. 


NOTES.  329 

p.  31.  Funeral  of  sir  William  Sidney.  Sir  William  was  father  of  sir  Henry  Sydney, 
K.G.  and  grandfather  of  the  illustrious  sir  Philip.  The  ceremonial  of  his  funeral  occurs 
in  I.  13.  in  Coll.  Arm.  f.  272.  His  epitaph  at  Penshurst  is  printed  in  Thorpe's  Registrum 
Roffense,  p.  918  :  it  describes  him  as  "  knight  and  banneret,  sometyme  chamberlen  and 
after  steward  to  the  most  mighte  and  famous  prynce  Kynge  Edward  the  Vlth,  in  the 
tyme  of  his  being  prynce."  See  also  further  of  him  in  CoUins's  Memoirs  of  the  Sidneys, 
&c.  prefixed  to  the  Sidney  Papers,  fol.  1746,  p.  81. 

P.  32.  Parson  Whyt  here  wife  of  St.  AlpTie''s.  John  Veron  the  Frenchman  was  insti- 
tuted to  the  rectory  of  Saint  Alphage,  Jan.  3,  1552.  As  elsewhere  noticed,  our  author 
was  prejudiced  against  him,  and  perhaps  means  him  here  by  a  nickname, — White-hair. 

Ibid.  Commencement  of  the  parliament. — "  Anno  7  Ed.  sexti  the  first  day  of  Marche 
the  king  kept  his  parliament  within  his  pallace  at  Westminster.  The(y)  proceded  from 
the  gallery  next  into  the  closet,  thorough  the  closett  into  the  chapell  to  service,  every  man 
in  their  robes  as  at  this  day.  Therle  of  Oxford  bare  the  sword,  and  the  marquis  of 
Northampton  as  great  chamberleyn  went  jointly  with  him  on  the  right  hand.  The  lord 
Darcy  beinge  lord  chamberleyn  bore  the  king's  trayne,  and  was  assisted  by  sir  Andrew 
Dudley,  chief  gentleman  of  the  privy  chamber."  (From  a  paper  of  precedents  in  MS. 
L.  15,  in  Coll.  Arm.  p.  130.) 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  Henry  Webhe  esquire. — "  In  the  north-east  of  the  chancell  [of  St. 
Katharine  Coleman]  an  ancient  tomb :  Here  lyeth  the  body  of  Henry  Webbe  esquire. 
Gentleman  Usher  to  king  Henry  the  Eighth.  And  here  lyeth  also  Barbara  his  wife.  She 
dyed  the  5.  day  of  Februarie,  An.  Dom.  1552.  And  he  the  last  day  [this  date  disagrees 
with  our  diary]  of  March  1553."     Stowe's  Survey,  edit.  1633. 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  Richard  Cecil  esquire.  This  was  the  father  of  the  great  lord  Burgh- 
ley,  whom  our  diarist  on  this  occasion  erroneously  calls  "  sir  Harry  *'  instead  of  sir  William 
Cecil.  There  is  a  monument  to  him,  with  kneeling  effigies  of  himself,  wife,  and  three 
daughters,  (recently  very  carefully  repaired,)  in  the  church  of  Saint  Martin  at  Stamford  : 
an  engraving  of  which  is  in  Peck's  History  of  that  town,  fol.  1727,  p.  69,  and  in  Peck's 
Desiderata  Curiosa,  vol.  i.  p.  4.  In  the  inscription  he  is  said  to  have  died  on  19th  Mayj 
1552.  Lord  Burghley  in  his  Diary  states  the  date  on  the  19th  March  1553,  with  which 
Machyn's  entry  agrees. 

P.  33.  The  king  removed  from  Westminster.  Strype,  Memorials,  ii.  397,  has  incorrectly 
placed  this  paragraph  in  a  chapter  dated  1552. 

P.  35.  The  proclamation  of  queen  Jane  is  printed  in  Nicolas's  Lady  Jane  Grey,  p.  xl. 
from  MS.  Lansd.  198.  An  original  printed  copy  exists  .in  the  collection  of  the  Society  of 
Antiquaries. 

CAMD.  SOC.  2  U 


830  DIARY   OF  A  RESIDENT  IN   LONDON. 

P.  36.  Droiv7iing  of  Ninion  Smtnders.  Stowe  has  noticed  more  particularly  the  two 
incidents  which  happened  to  the  young  man  and  his  master.  "  The  11.  of  July,  Gilbert 
Pot,  drawer  to  Ninion  Saunders,  vintner,  dwelling  at  S.  John's  head  within  Ludgate, 
who  was  accused  by  the  said  Saunders  his  maister,  was  set  on  the  pillory  in  Cheape  with 
both  his  eares  nailed  and  cleane  cut  off,  for  words-speaking  at  the  tyme  of  the  proclama- 
tion of  ladie  Jane  ;  at  which  execution  was  a  trumpet  blowne,  and  a  herault  in  his  coat 
of  armes  read  his  offence,  in  presence  of  William  Garrard,  one  of  the  sheriflfes  of  London. 
About  5.  of  the  clocke  the  same  day,  in  the  afternoone,  Ninion  Saunders,  master  to  the 
sayd  Gilbert  Pot,  and  John  Owen,  a  gunmaker,  both  gunners  of  the  Tower,  comming 
from  the  Tower  of  London  by  water  in  a  whirrie,  and  shooting  London  bridge  towards  the 
Blacke  Fryers,  were  drowned  at  S.  Mary  Lock,  and  the  whirrymen  saved  by  their  ores." 

Ibid.  Political  placard.  The  paragraph  now  imperfect  seems  to  have  been  that  which 
furnished  the  following  in  Strype  :  "On  the  same  16th  day,  in  the  morning,  some,  to 
shew  their  good  will  to  the  lady  Mary,  ventured  to  fasten  up  upon  Queenhithe  church 
wall,  a  writing  in  way  of  a  declaration,  importing  that  the  lady  Mary  was  proclaimed 
in  every  country  '  Queen  of  England,  France,  and  Ireland,'  (being  an  officious  lye  to 
do  her  service,)  and  likewise  treating  of  divers  matters  relating  to  the  present  state 
of  affairs.'' 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  alderman  sir  Ralfh  Warren.  Son  of  Thomas  Warren,  fuller,  son 
of  William  Warren  of  Fering  in  Essex  ;  sheriff  in  1528,  mayor  in  1537,  and  again  in 
1544  (in  the  place  of  sir  William  Bowyer).  On  a  fair  marble  tomb  in  the  chancel  of  St. 
Osythe's,  alias  St.  Benet  Sherehog  :  "  Here  lyeth  buried  the  right  worshipfuU  sir  Ralph 
Warren  knight,  alderman  and  twice  lord  mayor  of  London,  mercer,  merchant  of  the  staple 
at  Callis  ;  with  his  two  wives,  dame  Christian  and  dame  Joane,  which  said  sir  Ralph 
departed  this  life  the  11.  day  of  July,  An.  Dom.  1553."  He  was  buried  on  the  16th. 
By  his  second  wife  Joan,  daughter  and  coheir  of  John  Lake,  of  London,  sir  Ralph  left 
issue  Richard  Warren  esquire,  who  married  Elizabeth,  dau.  of  sir  Roland  Lee  knt.  alder- 
man and  lord  mayor,  and  Joan,  married  to  sir  Henry  Williams  alias  Cromwell,  by  whom 
she  had  issue  Oliver,  Robert,  Henry,  Richard,  and  Johanna.  "  Lady  Jone  Waren,  afore- 
said, one  of  the  doters  and  heyrs  of  John  Lake,  dysseassed  at  the  howse  of  sir  Henry 
W^illiams  alias  Cromwell  knight,  her  son  in  lawe,  called  Hynchyngbroke,  in  the  county  of 
Huntyngton,  on  Wensday  8.  of  October,  1572,  and  the  14.  yere  of  our  most  gracious 
soveraigne  lady  queue  Elizabeth,  and  was  beryed  in  the  parish  churche  of  St.  Benedicke 

Sherehogge  in  London,  on  tewsday  the vember,  in  the  yere  aforesaid."     Her 

second  husband  was  sir  Thomas  White,  another  lord  mayor,  and  who  is  immortalized  by 
his  foundation  of  St.  John's  college,  Oxford.  Our  diarist  records  their  marriage,  in  p.  179. 
A  remarkable  instance  of  the  simplifying  of  arms  is  afforded  by  what  was  done  in  regard 
to  sir  Ralph  Warren's  monument  at  St.  Osith's.  It  originally  bore  this  crowded  coat : 
Azure,  on  a  chevron  between  three  lozenges  argent,  three  eagle's  heads  erased  of  the  first, 
on  a  chief  cheeky  or  and  gules  a  greyhound  courant  ermine.  "  These  armes  were  taken 
downe  by  his  sonne  Ric.  Warren,   and  these  sett  upp  in  place  thereof:    Or,  a  chevron 


NOTES.  331 

engrailed  between   three  eagle's  heads  erased  sable."     Arms  of  the  Lord  Mayors,  by 
William  Smith,  Rouge-dragon. 

P.  36.  the  iiij  sqyre(s)  attendant  at  the  same  funeral  were  the  four  esquires  of  the 
Lord  Mayor's  house,  namely,  the  swordbearer,  the  common  hunt,  the  common  crier,  and 
the  water-bailiff. 

P.  37.  Proclamation  of  queen  Mary.  A  printed  copy  of  the  proclamation  making 
known  the  title  of  queen  Mary,  is  at  the  Society  of  Antiquaries. 

Ibid.  Arrival  of  the  lady  Elizabeth.  In  this  passage  read,  "  and  odur  [weapons,]" 
and  add  to  it,  "  and  cloth,  according  to  their  qualities."  (Strype.)  The  "  green  garded 
with  white  "  was  then  the  royal  livery. 

P.  38.  The  lord  Montapie.  The  person  intended  by  this  designation  was  sir  Edward 
Montague,  who  was  lord  chief  justice  of  the  common  pleas,  as  sir  Roger  Cholmley  was  of 
the  king's  bench.  The  new  queen  appointed  sir  Richard  Morgan  and  sir  Thomas  Brom- 
ley in  their  places. 

Ibid.  Sir  John  Yorke  had  been  under-treasurer  of  the  mint.  Together  with  other 
officers  of  the  same  he  had  a  pardon  for  all  manner  of  trangressions,  &c.  July  21,  1552. 
(Strype.) 

Ibid.  Rode  through  London  my  lady  Elizabeth.  Stowe  relates  that  the  lady  Elizabeth 
went  to  meet  the  queen  on  the  30th,  the  day  after  her  arrival  in  London  :  he  states  that 
she  was  accompanied  with  a  thousand  horse,  as  says  our  diarist,  but  "  Camden  500,  and 
so  I  have  heard  my  mother  from  her  grandmother,  who  was  one  of  them,  relate,  and  that 
queen  Mary  then  kissed  every  gentlewoeman  [that]  came  with  her  sister.''  MS.  note  by 
the  Rev.  John  Lynge,  vicar  of  Yalding  in  Kent,  in  a  copy  of  Stowe's  Annals  ;  Retro- 
spective Review,  2d  Series,  i.  341. 

P.  39.  Funeral  of  lady  Browne.  Lady  Jane  Ratcliffe,  daughter  of  Robert  earl  of 
Sussex,  the  first  wife  of  sir  Anthony  Browne,  afterwards  first  viscount  Montague,  died  at 
Cowdray  on  the  22d  July,  1552,  aged  20  :  having  had  issue,  Anthony  father  of  the  second 
viscount,  and  Mary  afterwards  countess  of  Southampton.  There  is  a  kneeling  effigy  of 
her  on  her  husband's  monument  at  Midhurst :  see  the  inscriptions  in  Dalla way's  Rape 
of  Chichester,  p.  291  (where  for  1552  read  1553). 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  king  Edivard  the  Sixth.  The  ceremonial  of  this  funeral  is  preserved 
in  the  College  of  Arms,  I.  11,  f.  117  b,  and  an  abstract  is  given  by  Strype,  Memorials, 
vol.  ii.  p.  431.  The  painters'  charges  are  preserved  in  a  paper  bound  in  I.  10,  in  Coll. 
Arm.  f.  117,  of  which  Sandford  has  given  the  heads  in  his  Genealogical  History  of  the 
Kings  of  England,  1677,  p.  472.     Archbishop  Cranmer  and  bishop  Day  were  permitted 


332  DIARY  OF   A   RESIDENT  IN   LONDON. 

to  perform  the  service  and  a  communion  in  English  (see  Burnet,  vol.  ii.  p.  244).  "The 
Funeralles  of  king  Edward  the  Sixt,"  a  poem,  by  William  Baldwin,  was  reprinted  by  the 
Rev.  J.  W.  Dodd,  for  the  Roxburghe  club,  in  1817.  Extracts  had  been  given  in  the 
British  Bibliographer. 

P.  41.  Droivning  of  master  Thomas  a  Bruges.  Sir  John  a  Bruges,  soon  after  created 
lord  Chandos  of  Sudeley,  had  seven  sons,  who  are  enumerated  in  the  Peerage,  not 
including  this  Thomas. 

Ibid.  Riot  at  the  PaiiVs  Cross  sermon.  This  incident  is  noticed  in  the  public  chroni- 
cles. Bourne,  the  preacher,  offended  the  audience  by  speaking  vehemently  in  the  defence 
of  bishop  Bonner,  and  extremely  against  bishop  Ridley.  One  of  the  populace  threw  a 
dagger  at  Bourne,  which  struck  one  of  the  sideposts  of  the  pulpit.  Maister  Bradford,  the 
celebrated  Reformer,  came  forward  to  persuade  the  people  to  quietness,  and  by  the  help 
of  that  worthy  man  and  of  maister  Rogers,  (both  of  whom  were  afterwards  sacrificed  in 
cold  blood  by  their  religious  adversaries,)  Bourne  was  conveyed  safely  away  into  Paul's 
School.     Grafton's  Abridgement,  1566,  and  Stowe's  Summarie  of  the  same  date. 

The  privy  council,  which  was  sitting  at  the  Tower,  took  immediate  alarm  at  this  dif- 
turbance.  The  "  order  taken  "  on  the  same  day,  in  concert  with  the  lord  mayor,  will  be 
found  in  their  Register,  (transcript  in  MS.  Harl.  643,  f.  1.)  On  the  16th  Homfrey 
Palden  was  "  committed  to  the  counter  for  seditious  wordes  uttered  by  him  againste  the 
preacher  Mr.  Burne  for  his  sermon  at  Panic's  crosse  on  Sunday  last  ;"  and  the  same  day 
the  celebrated  Bradford  and  Veron,  "two  seditious  preachers,'  were  committed  to  the 
Tower,  as  was  "Theodore  Basill,  alias  Thomas  Beacon,  another  seditious  preacher.'' 
Ibid.  pp.  2b,  3. 

Ibid.  Sir  John  Gates  and  sir  Thomas  Palmer.  These  two  knights  were  beheaded 
with  the  duke  of  Northumberland  on  the  22d  August.  Stowe  in  his  Summarie  preserves 
a  soubriquet  of  the  latter  :  he  was  called,  "  buskin  Palmer."  See  a  note  regarding  him 
in  the  Life  of  Lord  Grey  of  Wilton,  p.  3.  He  had  received  a  pardon  for  all  treasons,  &c. 
Feb.  1551-2. 

Ibid.  Dr.  Watson^ s  sermon  at  PauVs  cross.  **  By  a  letter  writtene  in  London  August  22 
by  William  Dalby  is  signified,  on  sondaye  laste  was  a  Sermone  at  Pole's  crosse,  made  by 
one  doctor  Watsone  ;  theare  was  at  his  sermone  the  marques  of  Winchester,  the  earle  of 
Ledforde,  the  earle  of  Penbrocke,  the  lord  Wentworth,  the  lord  Riche.  They  did  sitte  wheare 
my  lord  mayer  and  the  aldermen  wear  wont  to  site,  my  lord  maiore  [marques  ?J  sittinge 
uppermoste.  Thear  was  also  in  the  windowe  over  the  mayor  (sic.)  the  ould  bushope  of 
London,  [Bonner  the  late  bishop,]  and  divers  othurs  ;  thear  was  120  of  the  garde  that 
stoode  round  aboute  the  crosse,  w^**  their  holberdes,  to  gard  the  preacher,  and  to  apprehend 
them  that  would  stirre.  His  sermon  was  no  more  eloquent  than  edifieinge  ;  I  mean  it 
-was  nether  eloquent  or  edefieinge  in  my  opinione,  for  he  medled  not  withe  the  gospelle 
nor  epistle,  nor  noe  parte  of  scripture.     After  he  had  red  his  theame,  he  entred  into  a 


NOTES.  333 

by  mattere,  and  so  spente  his  tyme  ;  4  or  5  of  the  cheefe  poynts  of  his  sermone  that  I  cane 
remember  I  will  as  breefly  as  I  can  reporte  unto  you,  viz. :  he  requirede  the  people  not  to 
beleeve  the  preacheres,  but  that  ther  faithe  should  be  firme  and  sure,  because  theare  is 
suche  vaneties  amongeste  them,  and  yf  any  mane  doubte  of  his  faithe,  let  him  goe  to  the 
scriptures,  and  also  to  the  interpreteres  of  the  doctores,  and  interprit  it  not  after  thier 
owne  brayne  :  he  wished  the  people  to  have  no  newe  faithe,  nor  to  buld  no  newe  temple, 
but  to  keepe  the  ould  faythe,  and  edifye  the  ould  temple  againe.  He  blamed  the  people 
in  a  manner  for  that  heartofore  they  would  have  nothing  that  was  manes  tradissyone,  and 
nowe  they  be  contented  to  have  manes  tradissyone,  shewinge  that  in  the  firste  yeare  of  the 
raigne  of  our  soveraigne  lorde  king  Edward  the  6.  theare  was  a  la  we  established  that  in 
the  sacrament  thear  was  the  bodie  and  bloode  of  Christe  not  really  but  speritually  ;  and 
the  nexte  yeare  aftere  they  established  another  lawe  that  thear  was  the  body  of  Christe 
nether  speritually  or  really.  Thes  2  in  themselves  are  contraryes,  thearfor  they  cannot  be 
bothe  trewe.  He  showed  that  we  should  ground  o""  faithe  uppon  God's  word,  w'^''  is 
scripture,  and  scripture  is  the  byble,  w'^''  wee  have  in  Hebrue,  Greeke,  and  Lattine,  and 
nowe  translated  into  Englishe  ;  but  he  doubtethe  the  translatyon  was  not  true.  Also  he 
said  theare  hathe  byne  in  his  tyme  that  he  bathe  seene  xx.  catechesmes,  and  every  one 
varinge  from  other  in  some  points,  and  well  he  said  they  might  be  all  false,  but  they  could 
not  be  all  true  ;  and  thus  pers wading  the  people  that  they  had  followed  menes  tradissyones, 
and  had  gone  astraye,  wishing  them  to  come  home  agayne  and  reedefy  the  ould  temple. 
Thus,  w'**  many  other  perswsiones,  he  spente  the  tyme  tyll  xi.  of  the  clocke,  and  ended." 
(MS.  Harl.  353,  f.  141.) 

P.  42.  Tlie  parson  of  St.  Mhelburga,  whose  sermon  had  offended,  was  John  Dey,  who 
was  deprived  in  1554. 

Ibid.  By  "  sant  Necolas  Willyns  "  or  Wyllyms,  (the  MS.  is  uncertain)  must  be  meant, 
it  is  presumed,  the  church  of  Saint  Nicholas  Olave's,  on  Bread-street-hill,  destroyed  at 
the  great  fire  of  1666. 

P.  43.  Burning  of  the  Great  Harry.  This  famous  ship  had  been  built  by  Henry  the 
Eighth  upon  the  loss  of  the  Regent  in  1512  (some  account  of  which  calamity  will  be 
found  in  the  Chronicle  of  Calais,  p.  9.)  The  Great  Harry  was  at  Woolwich  (where  it  was 
afterwards  burnt),  in  the  1st  year  of  Edward  VI.  and  its  equipment  was  then  returned 
thus: 

**  The  Henry  Grace  a  Dieu,  1000  tons.  Souldiers  349.  Marryners  301.  Gonners 
60.     Brass  pieces  19.     Iron  pieces  102." 

See  the  Archaeologia,  vol.  vi.  p.  218,  and  at  p.  216  a  fuller  return  of  its  "furniture" 
and  ammunition.  A  view  of  this  ship,  made  in  1546  by  Anthony  Anthony,  one  of  the 
officers  of  ordnance,  is  preserved  in  the  Pepysian  library,  and  engraved  in  the  Archaeo- 
logia, vol.  vi.  pi.  XXII.  It  is  also  one  of  the  ships  represented  in  the  picture  of  the 
embarkation  of  Henry  VIII.  at  Dover,  May  31,  1520,  now  at  Hampton  Court,  and  en- 
graved in  a  large  size  by  the  Society  of  Antiquaries  in  1781.     Another  print,  purporting 


334 


DIARY  OF  A  RESIDENT  IN  LONDON. 


to  represent  the  Great  Harry,  published  by  T.  Allen  in  1756  from  a  supposed  drawing 
by  Hans  Holbein,  is  pronounced  by  Mr.  Topham,  in  Archaeol.  vi.  208,  209,  to  be  the 
figure  of  a  different  ship,  and  supposed  to  be  the  Prince,  built  by  James  I.  in  1610. 

P.  43.  Funeral  of  sir  John  Harington.  Sheriff  of  Rutland  the  year  before  his  death, 
and  grandfather  of  John,  created  lord  Harington  of  Exton  in  1603.  See  Wright's  His- 
tory of  Rutland,  p.  148. 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  John  lord  Dudley.  This  nobleman  sold  the  castle  of  Dudley  to  his 
cousin  John  duke  of  Northumberland,  and  was  never  summoned  to  Parliament.  (Nico- 
las's  Synopsis  of  the  Peerage.)  His  pecuniary  distresses  are  noticed  by  Dugdale,  Baronage, 
ii.  216  ;  and  it  is  added  that  he  "  was  commonly  called  the  Lord  Quondam.''''  [See  this 
term  used  to  bishop  Latimer  in  p.  57  of  this  Diary.]  His  son  and  successor  was  restored 
to  Dudley  castle,  which  was  forfeited  by  the  duke's  attainder. — See  the  funeral  of  the 
widowed  baroness  in  p.  61. 

P.  45.  The  hnights  of  the  Bath  made  at  the  coronation  of  queen  Mary  were,  Edward 
earl  of  Devonshire,  Thomas  earl  of  Surrey,  William  lord  Herbert  of  Cardiff,  Henry  lord 
Bergavenny,  Henry  lord  Berkeley,  John  lord  Lumley,  James  lord  Mountjoy,  sir  Robert 
Rochester,  controller  of  the  queen's  house,  sir  Henry  Jerningham,  sir  William  Powlett, 
sir  Henry  Clinton,  sir  Hugh  Rich,  sir  Henry  Paget,  sir  Henry  Parker,  and  sir  William 
Dormer.  The  arms  of  these  knights  are  beautifully  tricked  in  the  Cottonian  MS.  Claudius 
C.  III. 

Ibid.  Coronation  of  queen  Mary.  A  document  respecting  the  claims  at  this  coronation 
has  been  printed  in  the  Society's  volume  of  Rutland  Papers,  p.  118  :  and,  as  there  men- 
tioned, a  formulary  of  the  ceremonial  is  in  the  library  of  the  Society  of  Antiquaries. 


P.  46.  Knights  made  the  morroto  after  the  Coronation.  Their  names  were  as  follow, 
according  to  a  list  in  the  MS.  Coll.  Arm.  I.  7.  f.  74. 

*'  The  morowe  after  the  day  of  Coronation,  beinge  the  seconde  day  of  October,  at  the 
palys  of  Wystmister,  were  dobyd  the  knightes  of  the  carpet  foloinge  in  the  presence  of  the 
queues  majestic  in  her  chamber  of  presens  under  the  clothe  of  estate  by  therl  of  Arundell, 
lord  stuarde  of  the  queues  housse,  who  had  of  her  highnes  commission  to  execute  the 


The  lord  Garratte, 
The  lord  Borough, 
The  lord  Dudley, 
Sir  Thomas  Stanley, 
Sir  Edmond  Wyndsor, 
Sir  Henry  Ratclyff, 
Sir  Thomas  Hastings, 


Sir  Edward  Walgrave, 
Sir  John  Bourne,  secretary, 
Sir  Raff  Chamberlen, 
Sir  John  Tyrell, 
Sir  John  Hodlestone, 
Sir  Robert  Peckham, 
Sir  Harry  Lea, 


Sir  Christofer  Allen, 
Sir  Richard  Freston, 
Sir  William  Kelloway, 
Sir  Henry  Garton, 
Sir  John  Tregonell, 
Sir  Ambrose  Jermyn, 
Sir  Leonard  Chamberlen, 


NOTES. 


335 


Sir  Thomas  Gerard e, 
The  lord  chef  baron,* 
The  lord  chef  justyce,+ 
Sir  George  Gefforde, 
Sir  Thomas  Packington, 
Sir  Thomas  Lovell, 
Sir  John  Spencer, 
Sir  William  Fitzwilliam, 
Sir  Thomas  Androus, 
Sir  William  Courtney, 
Sir  William  Gresley, 
Sir  Thomas  Cave, 
Sir  Edward  Lytelton, 
Sir  Philip  Parreys, 
Sir  Thomas  White, 
Sir  Thomas  Metham, 
Sir  Ry chard  Lasen, 
Sir  Thomas  Dawney, 
Sir  Robart  Wyngfelde, 
Sir  Thomas  Knyvett, 
Sir  Roger  Woodhouse, 
Sir  Francis  Stoner, 
Sir  John  a  Lye, 


Sir  Rychard  Tate, 
Sir  Edmond  Grene, 
Sir  Robart  Lane, 
Sir  Rychard  Stapleton, 
Sir  William  Damsell, 
Sir  John  Chichester, 
Sir  Harry  Crypes, 
Sir  Thomas  Palmer, 
Sir  Henry  Ashley, 
Sir  Rychard  Stranguishe, 
Sir  George  Mathwe, 
Sir  John  Cotton, 
Sir  John  PoUarde, 
Sir  John  Warburton, 
Sir  John  Fermer, 
Sir  Thomas  Berenger, 
Sir  John  Constable, 
Sir  George  Stanley, 
Sir  Rouland  Stanley, 
Sir  Rauf  Egerton, 
Sir  Rychard  Molineux, 
Sir  Thomas  Heskett, 
Sir  Thomas  Wayman, 


Sir  John  Croftes, 
Sir  Edmond  Mauleverer, 
Sir  Rychard  Bruges, 
Sir  James  FytzJames, 
Sir  Thomas  Verney, 
Sir  James  Williams, 
Sir  William  Meringe, 
Sir  Edward  Pylson, 
Sir  Edward  Fytton, 
Sir  William  Warham, 
Sir  Thomas  Whyte,   lord 

mayor. 
Sir  Thomas  Throgmerton, 
Sir  Edward  Grevell, 
Sir  Henry  Stafford, 
Sir  William  Wygston, 
Sir  Harry  Jones, 
Sir  John  Bruse, 
Sir  Robart  Whitney, 
Sir  Rychard  Chudley, 
Sir  Thomas  Baskerfelde, 
Sir  Thomas  Tyndall, 
Sir  Rychard  Wallwine. 


The  arms  of  these  knights  are  beautifully  tricked  in  the  Cottonian  MS.  Claud.  C.  iii. 
but  they  are  differently  arranged,  and  some  made  at  other  times  are  interspersed.  On  this 
authority  some  slight  amendment  of  the  orthography  of  the  names  has  been  made  where 
it  appeared  necessary. 

A  commission  dated  17  Oct.  empowering  the  earl  of  Arundel  "  to  make  so  many 
persons  knightes,  within  the  tyme  of  two  dales  next  ensuinge  the  date  hereof,  as  by  us 
shall  be  named,  or  by  hymselfe  may  be  thoughte  mete,  so  as  he  excede  not  in  the  hole  the 
numbre  of  threescore,"  is  printed  in  Rymer's  Foedera,  vol.  xv.  p.  350  :  but  qu.  its  date  ? 

P.  46.  Funeral  of  lady  Bowes.  "  The  lady  Anne  Bowes,  wyff  to  syr  Martyn  Bowes, 
departed  this  world  the  xix'*'  of  October  in  hP.  1553,  and  was  beryed  the  xxij^i*  of  the 
same  moneth  at  St.  Mary  Wollars  churche  in  Lombart  strete."  (MS.  Harl.  897,  f.  13''.) 
This  was  therefore  the  second  of  sir  Martin's  three  wives,  mentioned  in  the  inscriptions  on 
"  A  goodly  marble  close  tombe  under  the  communion  table  of  St.  Mary  Wolnoth :  Here 


*  Sir  David  Brooke,  appointed  chief  baron  on  the  1st  Sept.  preceding, 
t  Sir  Richard  Morgan,  of  the  common  pleas.     Sir  Thomas  Bromley  was  made  chief 
justice  of  the  queen's  bench  on  the  4th  Oct.  which  was  two  days  later. 


336  DIARY  OF  A  RESIDENT  IN   LONDON. 

lyeth  buried  the  body  of  sir  Martin  Bowes  knight,  alderman  and  lord  maior  of  London, 
and  also  free  of  the  Goldsmiths'  company :  with  Cecilia,  dame  Anne,  and  dame  Elizabeth, 
his  wives.  The  which  sir  Martin  Bowes  deceased  the  4.  day  of  August,  An.  Dom.  1566." 
His  will  was  also  kept  in  the  same  church  "  in  a  faire  table,"  i.  e.  there  was  an  inscription 
recording  his  having  given  lands  to  discharge  the  ward  of  Langbourne  "  of  all  Fifteenes  to 
bee  granted  to  the  king  by  parliament."  Sir  Martin  Bowes  was  sub-treasurer  of  the  mint 
under  Henry  VIII.  and  Edward  VI.  and  resigned  that  office  in  Jan.  1550-1  :  see  three 
grants  made  him  on  that  occasion  in  Strype,  Memorials,  vol.  ii.  pp.  (271),  494.  The 
portrait  of  sir  Martin  Bowes,  still  preserved  at  Goldsmiths'  Hall,  is  described  by  Malcolm, 
Londinium  Redivivum,  ii.  411. 

P.  48.  Parson  Chicken.  "  Another  priest  called  sir  Tho.  Snowdel,  whom  they  nick- 
named Parson  Chicken,  was  carted  through  Cheapside,  for  assoiling  an  old  acquaintance 
of  his  in  a  ditch  in  Finsbury  field  ;  and  was  at  that  riding  saluted  with  chamber-pots  and 
rotten  eggs."  (Strype,  Mem.  iii.  113.)  His  real  name,  however,  seems  to  have  been 
Sowdley.  Thomas  Sowdley  clerk  was  instituted  to  the  rectory  of  St.  Nicholas  Coleabbey 
25  July  1547,  and  to  that  of  St.  Mary  Mounthaw  23  March  following.  He  was  deprived 
of  both  in  1554,  but  restored  to  the  former  after  the  return  of  the  Protestant  ministers, 
and  died  in  1564.     (Newcourt,  i.  pp.  450,  507.) 

P.  49.  Creation  of  heralds.  The  office  of  York  herald  was  vacant  by  the  creation  of 
Bartholomew  Butler,  esq.  to  be  Ulster  King  of  Arms  (the  first  of  that  title)  Feb.  2,  1552-3  ; 
that  of  Lancaster  herald  from  the  expulsion  of  Fulke  ap  Howell,  esq.  who  had  been 
convicted  of  counterfeiting  Clarenceux's  seal,  and  executed  ;  Portcullis,  Richard  Withers, 
gent,  had  been  degraded  as  an  accomplice  of  Howell.*  The  new  heralds  and  pursuivants 
were,  1.  Martin  Marruf,  or  Marlfe,  made  York  herald  ;  he  died  April  20  or  21,  1563. 
2.  Nicholas  Tubman,  made  Lancaster  ;  he  died  Jan.  8,  1558-9.  (See  p  185.)  3.  Hugh 
Cotgrave,  made  Rouge-Croix,  afterwards  Richmond  herald,  1566.  (see  more  of  him  in 
Noble's  History  of  the  College  of  Arms,  p.  182.)  4.  William  Colborne,  "my  lord  Cob- 
ham's  servant,"  created  Rouge-dragon  ;  afterwards  York  Herald,  Jan.  25,  1564  ;  he  died 
Sept.  13,  1567,  and  was  buried  at  St.  Dunstan's  in  the  West.  (See  the  Collectanea Topogr. 
et  Geneal.  vol.  iv.  pp.  99, 1 1 1.)  5.  John  Cockes,  created  Portcullis,  was  afterwards  Lancaster, 
Jan.  18,  1558-9.  (See  p.  186.)     His  history  is  given  in  Noble,  p.  183. 

The  writs  of  privy  seal,  dated  the  22d  and  24th  Nov.  for  the  creation  of  Lancaster  and 


*  See  Noble's  College  of  Arms,  p.  146,  and  in  p.  155  "  Lant  says  he  was  degraded." 
Yet  in  p.  147  that  very  blundering  author  has  made  Robert  Fayery,  the  predecessor  of 
Withers,  to  be  the  accomplice  of  Howell, — in  1551,  although  he  goes  on  to  say  that  he 
died  in  3  Edward  VI.  i.  e.  1549.  Noble  imagined  that  the  cause  of  Withers's  disgrace 
was  his  having  attended  on  the  duke  of  Northumberland  to  Cambridge  ;  whilst  it  was 
also  before  his  eyes  (p.  183)  that  it  was  Cocke  or  Cocks  the  new  Portcullis  that  had  been 
the  duke  of  Northumberland's  servant. 


NOTES.  337 

York  heralds,  are  printed  in  Rymer's  Foedera,  vol.  xv.  p.  357  :  and  that  for  John  Cooke 
(or  Cockes)  to  be  Portcullis,  dated  Jan,  3,  in  p.  359. 

P.  50.  Funeral  of  [sir  Henry  Parker,  son  and  heir  0/]  lord  Morley.  This  funeral 
probably  belongs  to  the  son  of  lord  Morley,  who  died  in  his  father's  lifetime.  The  funeral 
of  lord  Morley  himself,  who  died  in  1556,  is  noticed  in  p.  120. 

Ibid,  The  Jdng  of  Spain''s  ambassadors.  These  were  ambassadors  from  the  emperor 
Charles,  father  of  Philip,  to  conclude  a  treaty  for  the  queen's  marriage — namely,  the  count 
d'Egmont,  Charles  count  de  Laing,  Jehan  de  Montmorancy  sieur  de  Corners,  Philip 
Negri,  and  Simon  Renard  :  see  Strype,  Mem.  iii.  58,  and  the  marriage  treaty  in  Rymer, 
vol.  XV.  p.  393.  An  extract  from  their  Instructions  may  be  seen  in  Burgon's  Life  of 
Gresham,  i.  145. 

P.  51.  Funeral  of  master  Sturley  esquire.  There  seems  to  be  no  memorial  of  this 
gentleman  remaining  in  connection  with  the  history  of  Richmond.  In  August  1551,  it 
was  appointed  that  Mr.  Sturley,  captain  of  Berwick,  should  leave  the  Wardenship  of  the 
Elast  Marches  to  the  lord  Evers  ;  but  that  person  is  again  mentioned  as  a  knight,  sir 
Nicholas  Sturley,  in  the  following  October.     (King  Edward's  Diary.) 

P.  52.  Sir  Thomas  Wyatt.  A  copious  narrative  of  Wyatt's  rebellion,  together  with 
the  letters  written  by  the  duke  of  Norfolk,  lord  Cobham,  and  others,  to  the  Privy  Council, 
on  the  occasion,  (from  the  originals  in  the  State  Paper  Office,)  will  be  found  in  Cruden's 
History  of  Gravesend,  1842,  8vo.  pp.  172  et  seq. 

Ibid.  Sir  George  Howard  was  son  of  lord  Edmund  Howard,  and  one  of  the  brothers 
of  queen  Katharine  Howard.  He  was  knighted  by  the  i^uke  of  Somerset  in  Scotland  in 
1547  ;  and  in  March  1550-1  had  a  warrant  for  office  of  Master  of  the  Henchmen  for  one 
whole  year.  He  was  appointed  to  attend  upon  the  young  lords  sent  over  the  sea  as 
hostages,  whereof  the  earl  of  Hertford  was  one.     Strype,  Mem.  ii.  539. 

P.  54.  He  lycted  behind  a  gentleman  into  the  court.  After  his  surrender  sir  Thomal 
Wyatt  was  taken  to  the  court  riding  behind  sir  Maurice  Berkeley  on  horseback.  Stowe, 
p.  621. 

P.  56.  Funeral  of  George  Pargeter.  Sir  Thomas  Pargeter  his  father  was  lord  mayor 
in  the  year  1581,  and  was  buried  at  Allhallows,  Bread-street.  Catalogue  of  Lord  Mayors, 
by  W.  Smith,  Rouge-Dragon. 

Ibid.  Execution  of  Mans.  No  mention  of  this  "  rich  man  "  occurs  under  Cranbrook 
in  Hasted's  History  of  Kent. 

P.  57.     Funeral  of  sir  William  Goring.     The  name  here  deficient  is  supplied  by  the 
CAMD.  SOC.  2  X 


338  DIARY  OF  A  RESIDENT  IN  LONDON. 

useful  MS.  Harl.  897,  f.  8 :  "  Sir  William  Goryng  knight  dyed  at  Westmynster  the  4*»' 
of  Marche  1553,  and  was  conveyd  to  his  howse  called  Burton,  and  there  buryed  the  xij*''  of 
Marche."  He  was  one  of  the  gentlemen  of  the  king's  privy  chamber,  and  his  monument 
at  Bodecton  alias  Burton,  is  described  in  Dallaway's  Rape  of  Arundel,  p.  253  (with  an 
error  of  viij/or  iiij).     His  funeral  at  length  is  in  Coll.  Arm.  I.  3,  f.  102. 

P.  59.  Cat  hung  on  the  gallows  in  Cheapside.  The  same  outrage  will  be  found  noticed 
in  Stowe's  Chronicle,  p.  623,  where  the  consecrated  wafer  is  there  termed  **  a  singing- 
cake,"  and  in  Foxe's  Actes  and  Monuments,  vol.  iii.  p.  99. 

P.  60.  Funeral  ensigns  of  alderman  Kyrton.  Stephen  Kirton,  member  of  the  Mer- 
chant-taylors  in  1534.  He  was  never  sheriff  or  lord  mayor.  He  bore  four  coats  quarterly, 
1.  Argent,  a  fess  and  chevron  el  in  chief  gules  ;  2.  Argent,  a  crescent  and  bordure  sable  ; 
3.  Paly,  argent  and  gules,  a  fess  between  three  leopard's  heads,  all  counterchanged  ;  4. 
Argent,  a  fesse  between  three  butterflies  gules.  (Lord  Mayors,  &c.  by  Wm.  Smith, 
Rouge-Dragon.) 

P.  61.  Funeral  of  the  lady  baroness  Dudley,  widow  of  lord  Dudley,  noticed  in 
p.  334.  She  was  the  lady  Cecily  Grey,  second  daughter  of  Thomas  marquess  of  Dorset, 
by  Cecily,  daughter  and  heir  of  William  lord  Bonville  and  Harington. 

P.  62.  Proclamation.  This  was  probably  the  proclamation  transcribed  in  the  Society 
of  Antiquaries' collection,  vol.  ii.  p.  124.  It  is  undated,  but  entitled  "A  proclamation 
for  suppressing  of  seditious  rumours  and  libelles." 

P.  63.  Lord  Garrett  created  earl  of  Kildare.  Gerald  Fitzgerald,  reckoned  as  the 
eleventh  earl  in  succession  of  his  family.  His  father  Thomas  was  executed  at  Tyburn, 
together  with  his  five  uncles,  on  the  2d  Feb.  1535  ;  his  grandfather  Gerald  the  ninth  earl 
having  died  a  prisoner  in  the  Tower  of  London  on  the  12th  Dec.  preceding  ;  and  was 
subsequently  pronounced  attainted  by  an  act  of  Parliament  in  Ireland  passed  in  May 
1536.  The  young  lord  Garrett,  or  FitzGerald,  having  been  educated  abroad,  is  said  to 
have  been  introduced  to  the  court  of  king  Edward  the  Sixth,  and  knighted  by  him  in 
3-552  (Lodge's  Peerage  of  Ireland,  by  Archdall,  vol.  i.  p.  94)  ;  but  we  have  seen  (p.  334) 
that  the  latter  statement  is  erroneous,  and  it  is  more  probable  that  he  did  not  return 
before  his  kinsman  and  patron  cardinal  Pole  and  other  eminent  members  of  the  old  com- 
munion. His  patent  of  restoration  was  dated  May  13,  1554,  (Lodge,)  and  in  the 
following  November  he  returned  to  Ireland.  He  was  now  thirty  years  of  age,  and  he 
died  in  London,  Nov.  16,  1585. 

P.  64.  A  man  that  would  have  plucked  the  sacrament  out  of  the  priesfs  hand.  Stowe 
gives  his  name, — "  a  joyner  that  dwelt  in  Colman  streete  called  John  Strete  ;"  and  adds 
that  in  Newgate  he  "  fayned  him  selfe  madde :  "  but  the  latter  statement  is  contradicted 
by  Foxe,  who  has  commemorated  Strete  more  at  length. 


NOTES.  33d 

P.  66.  Prince  of  Piedmont.  Though  our  diarist  mentions  this  prince  twice  in  this 
page,  some  mistake  may  be  suspected.  The  prince  really  arrived  in  December,  as  after- 
wards mentioned  in  p.  79.     Probably  the  person  who  came  in  June  was  his  ambassador. 

Ibid.  The  maid  that  spake  in  the  wall  and  tchistled  in  Aldersgate-street.  This  prototype 
of  the  Cock-lane  ghost  is  noticed  more  fully  by  Stowe  :  her  name  was  Elizabeth  Croft,  "  a 
wenche  about  the  age  of  eighteene  yeares." 

Ibid.  Proclamation  for  attendance  of  peers,  <fcc.  at  the  queen''s  marriage.  See  this  in 
the  Soc.  of  Antiquaries'  collection,  vol.  ii.  p.  125. 

P.  67.  Funeral  of  alderman  John  Lambard.  "  Father  to  William  Lambard  esquire, 
well  known  by  sundry  learned  bookes  that  he  hath  published."  (Stowe.)  He  was  sheriff 
in  1552  ;  and  was  buried  in  St.  Michael's,  Wood-street.  Arms,  Gules,  a  chevron  vaire 
between  three  lambs  argent.     (Wm.  Smith,  Rouge-Dragon.) 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  alderman  Austen  Hynde.  Augustine  Hynde,  cloth  worker,  sheriff  in 
1551.  Arms,  Gules,  a  chevron  between  three  hinds  or.  (Wm.  Smith,  Rouge- dragon.) 
He  was  buried  at  St.  Peter's  in  Cheap,  and  his  epitaph  will  be  found  in  Stowe  :  it  states 
his  death  on  the  tenth  of  the  month,  and  MS.  Harl.  897,  f.  25^.  names  the  xij.  whereas 
our  diarist  says  the  viij.  His  descendants  will  be  found  in  MS.  Harl.  897.  His  widow 
was  remarried  to  alderman  sir  John  Lyons,  who  is  noticed  in  the  next  page. 

P.  68.  Funeral  of  alderman  sir  Henry  Amcotes.  Son  of  William  Amcotes,  of  Astrop, 
Lincolnshire.  He  had  been  lord  mayor  in  1548,  was  buried  in  St,  Michael's,  Crooked- 
lane,  where  he  had  "a  goodly  ancient  tombe  within  the  south  grated  chappell :  Here- 
under lyeth  the  bodies  of  sir  Henry  Amcotes  knight,  alderman  and  lord  maior  of  London, 
and  dame  Joane  his  wife.  Which  sir  Henry  Amcotes  deceased  the  5.  day  of  September 
anno  1554.  And  the  said  dame  Joane  deceased  the  4.  day  of  September  anno  Dom. 
1573."  His  arms  were  quarterly  of  eight,  as  blazoned  and  engraved  in  The  Fishmongers' 
Pageant,  fol.  1844,  p.  14.  A  pedigree  of  his  family  will  be  found  in  the  MS.  Harl.  897, 
f.  62.     They  were  afterwards  of  long  continuance  in  Lincolnshire. 

P.  69.  Proclamation  "for  avoyding  of  vagabondes  and  idle  persons  from  London, 
Westminster,  and  places  adjoyning," — this  is  transcribed  in  the  Society  of  Antiquaries' 
collection,  vol.  ii.  p.  126. 

P.  70.  Ftmeral  of  the  duke  of  Norfolk.  The  MS.  Harl.  897  says  the  duke  died  at 
Kenyng  hall  on  Monday  the  27.  of  August,  and  was  buried  at  Fremyngham  on  Monday 
the  last  of  September.     His  funeral  is  in  Coll.  Arm.  I.  3,  f.  103. 

P.  71.  Funeral  of  lord  de  la  Warr.  Thomas  West,  ninth  lord  de  la  Warr,  succeeded 
his  father  1525  ;  K.G.  1549.  He  was  buried  at  Broadwater,  co.  Sussex,  where  his  tomb 
remains,  and  is  described  in  Cartwright's  Rape  of  Bramber,  p.  38. 


340  DIARY  OF  A  RESIDENT  IN  LONDON. 

P.  72.  Servant  of  sir  George  Oifford  hilled,  Stowe  says  Clifford^  but  Gifford  I  believe 
is  right.     (See  p.  335.) 

Ibid.  Imprisonment  of  Day  the  printer.  John  Day,  whose  great  boast  was  that  he  had 
encouraged  and  supported  Foxe  in  the  construction  of  that  gigantic  work,  the  Actes  and 
Monuments.  See  the  memoir  of  Day  by  the  present  writer  in  the  Gentleman's  Magazine 
for  Nov.  1832,  vol.  cii.  ii.  417,  where  Day's  monumental  brass  at  Ampton,  co.  Suffolk,  is 
engraved  ;  also  further  particulars  communicated  by  the  late  Francis  Douce,  esq.  and 
D.  E.  Davy,  esq.  in  the  same  volume,  pp.  597,  598  ;  and  a  catalogue  of  the  works  printed 
by  Day,  and  his  portrait,  in  Ames's  Typographical  Antiquities,  by  Dibdin,  vol.  iv.  pp. 
41 — 177.  One  of  the  companions  of  Day's  imprisonment  was  John  Rogers,  who  suffered 
martyrdom  soon  after,  (see  p.  81,)  and  we  may  suppose  that  it  was  very  much  owing  to  his 
own  sufferings  at  this  time  that  he  was  instigated  to  "  set  a  Fox  to  wright  how  Martyrs 
runne  by  death  to  lyfe."     (Epitaph.) 

Ibid.  Death  of  the  earl  of  Warwick.  John  Dudley  earl  of  Warwick,  the  eldest  son  of 
the  duke  of  Northumberland,  was  one  of  the  knights  of  the  Bath  at  the  coronation  of 
Edward  VI.  On  the  29th  April  1562,  he  was  made  master  of  the  horse  to  the  king 
(Pat.  6  Edw.  VI.  p.  5)  ;  but  Collins,  (Memoirs  of  the  Sidneys,  p.  31,)  is  wrong  in  saying 
he  was  afterwards  chosen  a  Knight  of  the  Garter.  Strype,  Mem.  ii.  500,  erroneously 
inserts  the  christian  name  of  Ambrose  to  the  patent  of  master  of  the  horse.  On  receiving 
that  office  the  earl  of  Warwick  resigned  that  of  master  of  the  buck-hounds  to  his  brother 
lord  Robert  Dudley.  (Ibid.  501.) 

P.  73.  Sir  John  Lyons  lord  mayor.  Son  of  Thomas  Lyons  of  Perivale,  co.  Middlesex ; 
a  member  of  the  Grocers'  company  :  and  sheriff  1550.  "  He  dwelled  in  Bucklersbury, 
and  was  buried  in  St.  Syth's  church,  which  toucheth  on  the  south  syde  of  his  house." 
Arms,  Azure,  on  a  fess  engrailed  between  three  plates  each  charged  with  an  eagle's  head 
erased  sable,  a  lion  passant  between  two  cinquefoils  gules.  (List  of  Lord  Mayors,  &c.  by 
Wm.  Smith,  Rouge-Dragon.)  Sir  John  Lyons  bequeathed  100/.  towards  building  a 
garner  for  corn  at  Queen  Hithe,  which  was  enlarged  at  the  charges  of  the  city  in  1565. 
(Stowe.)     See  a  notice  of  his  widow  hereafter,  p.  346. 

Ibid.  Public  penance  at  St.  PauVs.  Stowe,  who  varies  in  his  account  of  the  culprits, 
thus  describes  this  ceremony  :  "  The  4.  of  November,  beeing  Sunday,  three  preists  that, 
beeing  married,  would  not  leave  their  wives,  and  two  laymen  that  had  two  wives  apeece, 
were  punished  alike,  for  they  went  in  procession  about  Paules  churche  in  white  sheetes 
over  them,  and  either  of  them  a  taper  of  v.axe  in  the  one  hand  and  a  rod  in  the  other, 
and  so  they  sate  before  the  preacher  at  Paules  crosse  during  the  sermon,  and  then  were 
displed  on  the  heads  with  the  same  rods." 

P.  75.  Saint  Erconwald''s  day.  This  passage  may  be  completed  (from  Strype)  thus — 
'*  should  go  to  Paul's  in  procession  in  copes." 


NOTES.  341 

P.  75.  Cardinal  Pole.  "  The  24.  of  November  cardinall  Poole  came  oute  of  Brabant 
into  England,"  &c.     See  Stowe's  Chronicle,  p.  625. 

P.  76.  The  cardinaVs  oration.  Cardinal  Pole  returned  to  England  with  legatine 
power  to  reconcile  the  kingdom  to  the  church  of  Rome.  He  accomplished  this  mission 
as  related  in  the  Journals  of  the  Commons,  vol.  i.  p.  38  ;  and  in  Foxe,  iii.  110. 

Ibid.  Thanks  for  the  queen*  s  quickening.  ♦*  The  28.  of  November  the  lord  maior  of 
London,  with  the  aldermen  in  scarlet,  and  the  commons  in  their  liveries,  assembled  in 
Paul's  church  at  nine  of  the  clocke  in  the  forenoone,  where  doctor  Chadsey  one  of  the 
prebends  preached  in  the  quire  in  the  presence  of  the  bishop  of  London  and  nine  other 
bishops,  and  read  a  letter  from  the  queen's  councel,  the  tenor  wherof  was,  that  the  bishop 
of  London  should  cause  Te  Deum  to  bee  sung  in  all  the  churches  of  his  diocesse,  with 
continual  prayers  for  the  queenes  majestic,  which  was  quickened  with  child.  The  letter 
being  read,  he  began  his  sermon  with  this  antbetime,  Ne  timeas  Maria,  invenisti  enim 
gratiam  apnd  Deum.  His  sermon  being  ended,  Te  Deum  was  sung ;  and  solemne  proces- 
sion was  made  oi  Salve  festa  dies  all  the  circuit  of  the  church."  (Stowe.)  The  letter  of 
the  privy  council  to  the  bishop  here  mentioned  is  printed  in  Fox,  and  in  the  Gentleman's 
Magazine  for  Dec.  1841,  p.  596,  taken  from  the  broadside  issued  at  the  time  by  John 
Cawode  the  queen's  printer.  In  the  same  article  is  also  reprinted  a  ballad  circulated  on 
this  occasion,  accompanied  by  various  other  particulars  of  this  disappointment  of  the 
unhappy  queen.     See  also  sir  F.  Madden's  introduction  to  her  Privy-Purse  book. 

P.  77.  The  cardinaVs  coming  to  St.  PauVs.  A  fuller  account  of  this  solemnity  will 
be  found  in  Stowe,  p.  625.  Like  his  predecessor  Wolsey,  Pole  went  in  procession  "  with 
a  cross,  two  pillars,  and  two  poleaxes  of  silver  borne  before  him." 

P.  78,  a  sofferacan.  "  Old  Bird,  I  suppose  (says  Strype),  formerly  bishop  of  Chester, 
now  bishop  Bonner's  suffragan." 

P.  79.  Coming  of  tJie  prince  of  Piedmont — "  by  water,  from — Gravesend  "  is  the  word 
deficient  (as  appears  in  Stowe.)  He  "  landed  at  the  duke  of  Suffolkes  place."  The  fol- 
lowing passage  occurs  in  a  letter  dated  the  xij**»  of  October:  **  It  was  told  me  this  day 
the  ambassador  of  Savoy  was  yesterday  to  see  my  lady  Elizabethes  house  at  Strand,  and 
that  there  was  order  given  for  the  putting  of  the  same  in  areadines  for  the  duke  his 
master."  Francis  Yaxley  to  sir  W.  Cecill,  in  Ellis's  Letters,  iii.  iii.  314. — Emanuel 
Philibert,  prince  of  Piedmont  and  duke  of  Savoy,  was  at  this  time  an  exile  from  his 
dominions,  which  had  been  taken  from  his  father  Charles  by  Francis  I.  of  France. 
Having  greatly  distinguished  himself  as  an  ally  of  king  Philip  at  the  battle  of  St.  Quintin 
in  1557,  he  concluded  a  peace  with  France  in  1559,  and  married  Margaret  daughter  of 
Francis  I.     He  died  in  1580. 

P.  80.     Funeral  of  lady  Fitz  Walter.     Lady  Elizabeth  Wriothesley,  daughter  of  Thomas 


342  DIARY  OF  A  RESIDENT  IN  LONDON. 

earl  of  Southampton.     She  was  the  first  wife  of  Thomas  Ratcliffe,  (afterwards)  third 
earl  of  Sussex,  K.G.  and  had  issue  two  sons,  who  both  died  young. 

P.   81.     Kniglites  mayde  hy  hinge  Phillip  in  his  chambre  upon  Sunday  the  xxvij.''' 
of  January,  in  An".  1554.     (MS.  Harl.  6064,  f.  SO''.) 
Sir  John  Lyon,  lorde  maior  of  London. 
Sir  Robert  Broke,  lord  chief  justice  of  the  comon  place. 
Sir  Edward  Saunders,  judge. 
Sir  John  Whiddon,  judge. 

Sir  William  Staimford  [judge  of  the  common  pleas.] 
Sir  Clement  Hygham  [afterwards  chief  baron  of  the  exchequer.] 

The  droughtes  that  is  to  be  payde  by  them  that  be  mayde  knightes  by  the  kinges  Ma''« 
in  his  chambre  under  the  degre  of  a  baron  :     (Ibid.  f.  79.) 

Imprimis,  to  the  office  of  armes  for  the  enteringe  of  their  armes  in  record 

Item,  to  the  gentlemen  ushers  of  the  chambre 

Item,  to  the  yeoman  ushers  .  .  »  .  .  .  .       x». 

Item,  to  the  gromes  of  the  chambre         ..... 

Item,  to  the  pages  of  the  chambre  ..... 

Notwithstandinge  these  recordes  afore  rehersed,  their  was  taken  by  them  of  the  chambre 
of  divers  knightes  that  were  made  by  kinge  Phillip  the  xxvij**»  of  Januarie  in  A°.  1554, 
these  summes  followinge,  the  which  was  never  had  before  : 

Item,  to  the  gentlemen  of  the  privy  chambre  .  .  .    •  xiij*.  iiij''. 

Item,  to  the  gentleman  ushers  of  the  chambre         ....  xx». 

Item,  to  the  yeoman  ushers  of  the  chambre  ....  x*. 

Item,  to  the  gromes  of  the  chambre  .....  x*. 

Item,  to  the  pages  .......  x*. 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  the  duchess  of  Northumberland.  Jane  daughter  and  sole  heir  of  sir 
Edward  Guilford,  lord  warden  of  the  Cinque  Ports,  and  widow  of  John  Dudley,  duke  of 
Northumberland.  She  gave  birth  to  thirteen  children,  eight  sons  and  five  daughters. 
Her  monument,  decorated  with  coloured  brass  plates,  still  remains  in  Chelsea  church, 
and  is  engraved  in  Faulkner's  History  of  that  parish.  Her  will,  which  is  remarkable 
as  having  been  written  entirely  with  her  own  hand,  though  of  considerable  length, 
is  printed  in  Collins's  Memoirs  of  the  Sidneys,  &c.  prefixed  to  the  Sidney  Papers, 
fol.  1746,  p.  33. 

P.  82.  Burning  of  bishop  Hooper.  The  letter  from  the  queen  to  lord  Chandos  directing 
him  to  repair  to  Gloucester  and  assist  at  the  execution  of  bishop  Hooper,  has  been  pub- 
lished in  Miss  Wood's  Letters  of  Royal  and  Illustrious  Ladies,  iii.  284. 

Ibid.  Marriage  of  lord  Strange.  The  date  of  this  was  Feb.  7th,  not  the  12th.  "  The 
vij .   of  February  the  lord  Strange  being  maried  at  the  court,  the  same  day  at  night  was  a 


NOTES.  343 

goodly  pastime  oiJnga  cana  by  cresset  lyght ;  there  were  Ixx.  cresset  lightes."     Stowe's 
Summarie,  1566. 

P.  82.  The  image  of  St.  Thomas  pulled  down.  It  had  been  erected  only  two  days 
before.  One  Barnes  a  mercer,  who  lived  opposite  to  the  chapel,  was  suspected  of  being 
accessary  to  its  destruction.  He,  therefore,  was  committed  with  some  of  his  servants,  and 
afterwards  bound  in  recognizance  to  watch  it,  and  make  it  good  if  defaced.  The  2d  of 
March  it  was  restored  at  his  chai'ge  ;  but  on  the  lith  (as  Machyn  records)  again  broken. 

P.  83.  Funeral  of  the  earl  of  Bedford.  John  first  earl  of  Bedford,  K.G.  created  lord 
Russell  1539,  and  an  earl  in  1550.  See  a  portrait  with  memoirs  of  him  in  Wiffen's  House 
of  Russell,  vol.  i.  ;  another  in  Lodge's  Illustrious  Portraits  ;  and  his  portrait  is  also  in 
the  collection  by  Houbraken,  and  in  Chamberlain's  Holbein  Heads.  The  chapel  at  Chenies, 
which  has  ever  since  been  the  cemetery  of  the  Russells,  was  built  by  his  widow  in  1556, 
in  pursuance  of  his  last  will.  His  effigy  at  Chenies  is  described  in  Lipscomb's  Bucking- 
hamshire :  but  in  the  inscription,  "  Lord  President  of  the  Western  Fortes  "  is  an  error 
for  Partes. 

P.  86.  False  report  of  the  qzceen''s  delivery.  See  the  article  before  referred  to  in  the 
Gentleman's  Magazine  for  Dec.  1841,  at  p.  598.  At  St.  Benedict  Gracechurch  the 
churchwardens  paid  to  a  prieste  and  six  clerks  for  singing  of  Te  Deum  and  playing  upon 
the  organs  for  the  birth  of  our  Prince  (which  was  thought  then  to  be),  1/.  85.     (Malcolm.) 

Ibid.  Body  of  thief  burned  at  Charing  cross.  The  name  of  the  "  pulter,"  or  poulterer, 
the  object  of  this  posthumous  vengeance,  was  Tooly.  His  case  is  related  at  large  by  Foxe, 
He  had  received  pardon  of  some  other  crime  July  5,  1553,  the  very  day  before  king 
Edward's  death.     (Strype,  Mem.  ii.  509.) 

P.  88.  The  child  supposed  to  speak.  "  By  a  lettere  dated  in  London,  11  May,  1555,  it 
appeares  that  in  Poules  churche  yearde,  at  the  signe  of  the  hedgehog,  the  goodwyfe  of  the 
house  was  brought  to  bedde  of  a  mane  child,  beinge  of  the  age  of  6  dayes,  and  dienge  the 
7th  daye  followinge  ;  and  halfe  an  houre  before  it  departed  spake  these  words  followinge 
(rise  and  pray),  and  so  continued  halfe  an  howre  in  thes  words,  and  then  cryenge  departed 
the  worlde.  Hereuppon  the  bushope  of  London  examined  the  goodman  of  the  house, 
and  othur  credible  persones,  who  affirmed  it  to  be  true,  and  will  dye  uppon  the  same.'* 
(MS.  Harl.  353,  f.  145.) 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  the  countess  of  Westmerland.  Katharine,  daughter  of  Edward  Staf- 
ford, duke  of  Buckingham,  K.G.  and  wife  of  Ralph  earl  of  Westmerland.  A  letter 
from  her  to  the  earl  of  Shrewsbury,  25  Apr.  1544,  has  been  published  in  Miss  Wood's 
Letters  of  Ladies,  iii.  182.  She  died  at  Holywell,  the  house  of  her  son-in-law  the  earl 
of  Rutland,  in  the  parish  of  Shoreditch,  on  Tuesday,  May  14,  1555.  (MS.  Harl. 
897,  fol.  78'*,  80.)     In  that  church  was  erected  a  joint  monument,  with  four  kneeling 


344  DIARY  OF  A  RESIDENT  IN  LONDON. 

effigies,  representing  Elinor  (Paston)  countess  of  Rutland,  who  died  in  1551 ;  this  countess 
of  Westmerland ;  her  daughter  Margaret  countess  of  Rutland,  who  died  1560  (see  Note 
hereafter  to  p.  215)  ;  and  lady  Katharine  Constable,  who  died  1591,  a  granddaughter  of 
the  first  ;  which  see  engraved  in  Ellis's  Shoreditch,  p.  56,  or  Nichols's  Leicestershire, 
vol.  ii.  pi.  xii. 

P.  90.  Funeral  of  the  queen  of  Spain  at  Saint  Paul's.  The  full  ceremonial  of  this 
is  preserved  in  the  College  of  Arms,  1. 14,  ff.  Ill — 114  ;  and  see  a  letter  of  the  lord  trea- 
surer to  the  bishop  of  London  respecting  preparations  for  the  solemnity  in  Strype,  Memo- 
rials, iii.  220.  The  deceased  was  Jane,  the  grandmother  of  king  Philip,  and  the  aunt  of 
queen  Mary,  being  the  elder  sister  of  queen  Katharine.  She  was  the  eldest  daughter  of 
Ferdinand  the  Catholic  by  Isabel  queen  of  Castille  ;  and  having  married  Philip  of 
Austria,  they  succeeded  to  the  kingdom  of  Castille  on  the  death  of  her  mother  in  1504. 
On  the  death  of  her  father  in  1516,  her  husband  having  previously  died  in  1506,  she  was 
from  insanity  unfit  to  reign,  and  her  son  Charles  (afterwards  emperor)  was  acknowledged 
sovereign  of  all  Spain. 

Ibid.  Proclamation  for  bringing  in  heretical  books.  A  printed  copy  of  this,  dated 
13  June,  is  in  the  collection  at  the  Society  of  Antiquaries  :  it  is  inserted  in  Foxe's  Actes 
and  Monuments,  vol.  iii.  p.  271.     Of  its  objects  see  also  Strype,  Mem.  vol.  iii.  p.  250. 

P.  91.  Funeral  of  alderman  Thomas  Lewen.  That  the  name  which  our  MS.  has  here 
lost  should  be  thus  supplied  is  shown  by  the  following  inscription  from  the  church  of  St. 
Nicholas  Olave's  :  "  Here  lies  the  bodies  of  Thomas  Lewen,  ironmonger  and  some  time 
alderman  of  the  city  of  London,  and  Agnes  his  wife  ;  which  Thomas  deceased  the  29.  day 
of  June,  Anno  D'ni  1555,  and  the  said  Agnes  deceased  the  26.  day  of  October,  Anno 
D'ni  1562.  This  monument  of  Thomas  Lewen  and  Agnes  his  wife  was  newly  revived  and 
beautified  at  the  charge  of  the  right  worshipful  company  of  the  Ironmongers,  of  which  he 
was  free,  the  29th  May,  Anno  D'ni  1623."  By  his  will  dated  in  the  year  of  his  death 
(which  is  enrolled  at  Guildhall),  Lewen  left  to  the  Ironmongers  a  messuage  in  Bread- 
street,  and  four  other  houses,  for  the  observance  of  an  obit,  the  support  of  four  almspeople, 
and  a  scholarship  at  Oxford,  and  another  at  Cambridge  of  50s.  each :  see  the  Report  of 
the  Commissioners  of  Public  Charities,  and  abstract  therefrom  in  Herbert's  City  Companies, 
p.  615.  A  portrait  of  alderman  Lewen  is  still  preserved  at  Ironmongers'  hall.  His  arms 
were,  Ar.  on  a  chevron  engrailed  gules,  between  three  crescents  of  the  second,  each  charged 
with  a  bezant,  as  many  estoiles  or,  and  between  them  two  lozenges  of  the  field,  each 
charged  with  a  martlet  sable,  all  within  a  bordure  engrailed  gu. — a  somewhat  remarkable 
example  of  a  fully,  but  not  unartistically,  crowded  coat.  (MS.  Harl.  6860.)  He  was 
sheriff  1537-8,  but  not  lord  mayor. — A  few  particulars  remain  to  be  given  in  a  subsequent 
page  on  occasion  of  the  death  of  Mrs,  Lewen,  the  alderman's  widow. 

Ibid.  Master  Eton.  George  Eyton,  master  in  1557  (see  p.  141.)  William  Heton  was 
warden  of  the  Merchant-taylors  in  1566-7.     Wilson's  Merchant-taylors'  School,  p.  1160. 


NOTES.  345 

p.  91.  Master  Rowe.  Sir  Thomas  Rowe  was  an  alderman,  sheriff  in  1560,  and  lord 
mayor  in  1568.  By  his  will  dated  May  2,  1569,  he  was  a  munificent  benefactor  to  the 
Merchant- taylors'  company ;  as  may  be  seen  by  the  particulars  given  in  Herbert's  City 
Companies,  p.  504.  He  died  Sept.  2,  1570,  and  his  monument  at  Hackney,  having 
kneeling  effigies  of  himself  and  wife,  was  engraved  at  the  expense  of  his  descendant  Mr. 
Rowe-Mores  in  1752,  and  inserted  in  Robinson's  History  of  that  parish,  1842,  ii.  p.  8. 
The  very  full  and  curious  directions  which  he  left  for  his  funeral  are  printed  in 
Lysons's  Environs  of  London,  1811,  vol.  ii.  p.  302.  See  memoirs  of  him  also  in  Wilson's 
History  of  Merchant-taylors'  school,  pp.  5,  et  seq. ;  and  a  pedigree  of  his  descendants  in 
Rowe-Mores'  History  of  Tunstall,  4to.  1780,  p.  xvii. 

Ibid.  Master  Hylle  warden.  This  was  Richard  Hills,  the  benefactor  whom  Stowe  com- 
memorates in  his  chapter  on  the  "  honour  of  citizens."  He  gave  500/.  towards  the 
purchase  of  the  manor  of  the  Rose,  where  Merchant-taylors'  school  was  established  ;  also 
(according  to  Stowe)  fourteen  almshouses  for  poor  women  on  Tower-hill.  The  latter 
statement  however  is  not  confirmed  by  Herbert's  account  of  the  Merchant-taylors'  alms- 
houses ;  but  it  appears  that  by  will  dated  June  28,  1586,  he  gave  certain  tenements  in 
St.  Botolph's,  Aldgate,  for  the  payment  of  5/.  yearly  among  six  poor  tailors,  and  that  the 
Company  still  owns  thirteen  houses  from  this  bequest.  (Hist,  of  the  City  Companies,  pp. 
496,  506.)  Strype  mentions  Richard  Hills  as  having  been  resident  at  Strasburg  in  1548, 
and  commissioned  by  Cranmer  to  help  Martin  Bucer  to  his  journey  to  England.  He 
became  master  of  the  Merchant-taylors'  company  in  1561.  (Wilson's  Merchant-taylors' 
school,  p.  10.) 

Ibid.  Master  Ood.  The  Survay  of  Finsbury  manor,  dated  1567,  mentions  "a  lodge 
and  certain  gardens  and  tenter  grounds  in  the  tenure  of  John  God,  merchant-taylor, 
inclosed  on  the  north  towards  Chiswell-street  by  a  brick  wall."  (Herbert's  Twelve  City 
Companies,  ii.  389.)  He  was  again  warden  of  the  company  in  1563-4,  and  master  in  1565-6. 

Ibid.  All  V.  horn  in  London,  and  taylors'  sons  all.  Herbert  remarks,  that,  though 
"  there  are  not  at  this  time  half  a  dozen  tailor  brothers  of  this  dignified  corporation,"  the 
case  was  quite  the  reverse  formerly,  (contrary  to  some  affected  aristocracy  of  the  Merchant-^ 
taylors,  absurdly  advanced  by  the  Rev.  Dr.  Wilson  in  his  History  of  Merchant-taylors' 
School,)  and  the  company  itself  continued  a  working  one  until  the  reign  of  James  I. 
When  it  is  recollected  that  the  great  city  historian  Stowe  was  a  taylor  of  London,  and  his 
cotemporary  Speed,  the  general  historian,  as  well  as  Anthony  Munday,  Thomas  Middleton , 
and  others,  besides  a  fair  proportion  of  the  distinguished  civic  senators  and  benefactors  of 
former  days,  there  can  be  no  reason  to  despise  the  brethren  of  this  very  necessary  craft, 
at  any  stage  of  its  history,  even  if,  besides  "  manufacturing  pavilions  for  our  kings,  robes 
of  state  for  our  nobles,  and  tents,  &c.  for  our  soldiers,"  (Wilson,  p.  xix.)  they  also 
condescended  to  become  "  makers  of  ordinary  garments  "  (ibid.)  by  stitching  jerkins  for 
our  prentices,  doublets  for  our  shopmen,  and  trunk-hose  for  our  cooks.  It  is  true  that 
trades  were  much  more  subdivided  formerly  than  at  present :  thus  we  hear  of  bowyers 
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346  DIARY  OF  A  RESIDENT  IN  LONDON. 

and  fletchers  ;  armourers  and  linen  armourers  (the  latter  were  associated  with  the  tailors)  ; 
and  there  were  cappers  and  hosiers,  distinct  trades,  though  the  material  they  used,  as  well 
as  the  tailors,  was  cloth.  But  a  tailor,  or  a  "  taylor,"  has  remained  much  the  same  from 
generation  to  generation. 

P.  93.  Departure  of  Tcing  Philip.  The  king  crossed  to  Calais  on  the  4th  Sept.  "and 
so  foorth  to  Brusselles  in  Brabant  to  visite  the  emperour  hys  father."  (Stowe's  Summarie, 
1566.)  He  went  to  assume  the  government  of  the  Low  Countries,  and  was  received  into 
Antwerp  with  great  solemnity  about  the  18th  January.     (Ibid.) 

P.  94.  Funeral  of  lady  Lyons.  Alice  wife  of  sir  John  Lyons  then  lord  mayor,  who 
has  been  noticed  in  p.  340.  "  A  remembraunce  for  thenterement  of  my  ladye  Lyons  " 
is  in  I.  3,  in  Coll.  Arm.  f.  94''.  After  the  death  of  his  first  wife  Alice,  sir  John  Lyon 
married  **  Elsabeth  doter  of  Lee  and  widow  of  Austen  Hynde  alderman  and  shreve  of 
London.     This  Elsabeth  dyed  the  ^^^  of  July  in  A"  1569.     He  dyed  the  7th  Sept.  1564 

sans  issue,  wherefore  he  made  his  heyre Lyon,  his  brother's  son,  of  Acton,  unto 

whosse  sons  he  gave  all  his  landes."     (MS.  Harl.  874,  f.  25''.) 

Ibid.  The  Lollards''  Tower.  When  I  wrote  the  note  in  this  page,  and  another  in 
p.  118,  I  was  not  aware  that  there  had  been  any  other  "  Lollards'  Tower  "  than  that 
still  remaining  at  Lambeth.  I  have  since  noticed  in  Stowe's  Survey  that  the  southern 
bell-tower  at  the  west  end  of  St.  Paul's  cathedral  was  so  called.  The  tower  towards  the 
north,  next  the  Bishop's  palace,  was  attached  to  **  the  use  of  the  same  palace  ;  the  other, 
towards  the  south,  is  called  the  Lollards'  Tower,  and  hath  beene  used  as  the  bishop's 
prison,  for  such  as  were  detected  for  opinions  in  religion,  contrary  to  the  faith  of  the 
church."  The  last  prisoner  Stowe  had  known  confined  there  was  in  1573.  It  is  pro- 
bable therefore  that  our  Londoner  meant  the  Lollards'  Tower  nearest  at  hand. 

P.  95.  Funeral  of  master  Barthelet.  Thomas  Barthelet,  made  king's  printer  by  patent 
dated  22  Feb.  21  Henry  VIII.  (1529-30).  The  place  of  his  interment  is  not  recorded. 
What  is  known  respecting  him,  with  a  catalogue  of  his  works,  will  be  found  in  Ames's 
Typographical  Antiquities,  by  Dibdin,  vol.  iii.  pp.  271,  et  seq. 

Ibid.  Burial  of  hereticks  in  Morefields.  This  was  the  usual  practice  with  those  who 
by  a  natural  death  (if  such  a  term  can  be  applied  to  the  result  of  imprisonment  and 
privations)  escaped  the  stake  and  the  faggots.  See  in  Foxe,  vol.  iii.  p.  537,  a  graphic 
cut  of  such  a  burial,  with  archers  from  the  neighbouring  butts  as  spectators. 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  doctor  Wotlon.  In  St.  Alban's  Wood-street :  "  Here  lieth  Edward 
Wotton,  doctor  of  phisick,  ob.  5  Octobr.  1555,  set.  63,  and  Katharine  his  wife,  who  died 
4  Decembr'  1558."     (MS.  Lansdowne  874.) 

Ibid.     The  Serjeants' feast.     As  many  as  eleven  barristers  had  been  recently  called  to 


NOTES.  347 

be  Serjeants :  see  Dugdale's  Chronica  Series,  p.  89.  One  of  them,  George  Wood,  had 
been  excused.  (Ibid.)  Machyn,  however,  says,  only  seven  were  made.  One  of  the  new 
Serjeants,  Anthony  Brown,  was  appointed  the  king  and  queen's  Serjeant  by  patent  dated 
Oct.  16,  the  day  of  the  feast.     (Ibid.  p.  91.) 

P.  96.  The  lord  mayor's  'pageant.  The  new  mayor  was  "  sir  "William  Garrard,  haber- 
dasher, a  grave,  sober,  wise,  and  discreet  citizen,  equall  with  the  best  and  inferior  to 
none  of  our  time,  deceased  1571,  in  the  parish  of  St.  Christopher,  but  was  buried  in  this 
church  of  St.  Magnus,  as  in  the  parish  where  he  was  borne.  A  faire  monument  is  there 
raised  on  him.  This  monument  is  lately  re-edified  and  new  fenced  by  sir  John  Garrard, 
his  Sonne,  and  L.  Maior  1602."  (Stowe's  Survay.)  **  He  dwelled  at  the  pissing  conduit 
in  St.  Xp'ofer's  parish."  Arms,  Argent,  on  a  fess  sable  a  lion  passant  of  the  first.  (Wm. 
Smith,  Rouge- dragon.) 

P.  97.  Funeral  of  lord  chancellor  Gardiner.  The  ceremonial  of  this  is  preserved  in 
the  Coll.  Arm.  I.  11.  121 — 124,  and  a  second  copy  in  pp.  127 — 133. — Machyn's  extraor- 
dinary word  "  inowlle  "  is  converted  by  Strype  into  "jewels:  "  and  in  my  marginal  note 
I  have  suggested  "  enamel."  Both  explanations  are  wrong :  as  no  doubt  our  painter 
meant  that  the  banners  were  painted  with  images  of  saints  in  oil  and  "  with  fine  gold.'' 

P.  98.  Committal  of  sir  Anthony  Kingston  to  the  Toicer.  This  was  for  his  "contemp- 
tuous behaviour  and  greate  disorder  by  him  lately  comytted  in  the  Parlemente  house." 
He  was  discharged  on  the  24th  Dec.  See  the  minutes  of  the  privy  council,  Dec.  10,  11, 
18,  24.  (MS.  Harl.  353,  ff.  146,  147.)  He  soon  after  again  got  into  disgrace,  and, 
being  summoned  to  attend  the  privy  council,  died  on  his  road  to  London.  See  Bayley's 
History  of  the  Tower,  pp.  449,  450. 

P.  99.  Funeral  of  alderman  Henry  Heardson.  His  widow  Barbara  was  remarried  to 
alderman  Richard  Champion  ;  and  she  erected  a  monument  in  St.  Dunstan's  in  the  East, 
with  kneeling  effigies  of  herself  and  both  the  aldermen  her  husbands.  See  it  described, 
with  the  poetical  epitaphs,  in  Stowe's  Survay.  His  arms  were  Argent,  semee  of  fleurs- 
de-lis  gules,  a  cross  engrailed  sable.  He  was  never  sheriff  nor  lord  mayor.  (List  by 
Wm.  Smith,  Rouge-dragon.) 

P.  100.  Funeral  of  alderman  Christopher  Allen.  This  person  also  was  not  either 
sheriff  or  lord  mayor,  nor  does  his  name  even  appear  in  Smith's  lists. 

Ibid.  Penance  of  Thomas  Samson.  This  could  scarcely  be  Thomas  Sampson,  late 
rector  of  Allhallows,  Bread-street,  and  afterwards  successively  dean  of  Chichester  and 
Christchurch  Oxford  :  for  his  enemies  would  scarcely  have  been  satisfied  with  a  mere 
penance.  He  was  probably  already  fled  abroad  (see  Wood's  Athense  Oxon.)  :  his  address 
to  his  late  parishioners  written  at  Strasburg  is  printed  in  Strype,  Memorials,  iii.  Appx. 
No.  xviii. 


348  DIARY  OF  A  RESIDENT  IN   LONDON, 

P.  100.  Funeral  of  master  Ley gett.  Thomas  Legatt  esquire  of  Havering,  where  probably 
he  was  buried.     See  Morant's  Essex,  vol.  i.  p.  62. 

P.  101.     Execution  of  Fetherston.     Stowe  gives  the  date  of  this  as  the  12th  of  March. 

Ibid.  The  hlasyng  star.  This  is  recorded  by  Stowe  to  have  appeared  on  the  4th 
March,  and  continued  for  twelve  days  (Summarie  1566)  ;  but  in  his  chronicle  1580  he 
limits  its  continuance  to  five  nights  from  the  6th  to  the  10th  of  March, 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  Ushop  Chambers.  "Anno  1555,  the  vij.  daye  of  February,  being 
fryday,  died  the  reverend  father  in  God  Joh'n  Chambre,  late  bishopp  of  Peterborough, 
betwene  x  and  xj  in  the  nyght,  comitat.  Northampt.  in  good  and  perfauct  memory,  levyng 
for  his  executors, 

Sir  Thomas  Tresham  knight,  of  Northamtonshire 

Mr.  Gryffyn  the  queenes  attourney. 

Mourners 
Sir  Thomas  Tresham  knyght,  chief  mourner 
Sir  William  Fitzwilliam  Thomas  Cotton  esquier 

Robert  Wyngkfelde  John  Fitzwilliam 

Richard  Wakerley  George  Tresham 

Banner  berers 
Thomas  Hussey  the  baner  of  his  armes 
Joh'n  Mountsteving  the  baner  of  the  Trynytie 
Joh'n  Nauncycles  the  baner  of  our  Lady 
Robart  Malorye  the  baner  of  S'.  Peter 
Joh'n  Mallorye  the  baner  of  S*.  John 
"  The  saide  bishopp  was  buryed  in  the  mynster  in  a  chapell  in  the  high  quyer  on  the 
ryghte  hande  on  thursdaye  the  vj***  of  Marche,  according  to  the  estate  of  a  bisshoppe." 
(MS.  I.  3,  in  Coll.  Arm.  fol.  100^.) 

P.  102.  Gentlemen  carried  to  the  Tower.  The  crime  of  these  parties  is  thus  given  by 
Grafton  :  "  A  conspiracye  was  made  by  certayne  meane  persons  in  England,  whose  pur- 
pose was  to  have  robbed  the  queenes  exchequer,  to  thys  intent  as  the  talke  was,  that  they 
myght  be  hable  to  mayntayne  warre  against  the  queene.  This  matter  was  uttered  by  one 
of  the  conspiracie,  wherefore  Udall,  Frogmorton,  Pecham,  and  one  Staunton,  were 
apprehended  and  put  to  death  for  the  same.  And  certayne  of  the  sayd  conspiracy  fled  into 
Fraunce  and  other  places."     Abridgement,  1563. 

Ibid.  Consecration  of  Cardinal  Pole.  An  account  of  this  ceremony,  at  which  the 
queen  was  present,  will  be  found  in  Strype,  Memorials,  iii.  287. 


NOTES.  319 

P.  102.  Benett  Smith  hanged  for  the  murder  of  master  Rufford.  "  An  act  of  parliament 
passed  in  1555  to  take  away  the  benefit  of  clergy  from  Benedict  Smith  of  Edlesborough, 
yeoman,  who  had  instigated  Francis  Coniers,  of  London,  gent,  and  John  Spencer,  yeoman,  by 
the  promise  of  40Z.  (in  part  of  which  40*.  and  a  gold  ring  was  afterwards  paid,)  to  murder 
Giles  Ruflford,  esq.  of  Boteler's  in  Edlesborough,  giving  them  two  javelings  and  a  dagge 
for  that  purpose.  The  murder  was  committed  at  Alconbury  Weston,  in  the  county  of 
Huntingdon.  This  act,  which  is  printed  in  Rastall's  Statutes,  was  procured  (the  mur- 
derers being  then  not  apprehended)  by  Margery,  widow  of  Giles  Rufford."  (Lysons's 
Buckinghamshire,  p.  691.)  See  also  further  particulars  in  Lipscomb's  History  of  Buck- 
inghamshire, vol.  iii.  p.  351  ;  and  the  Journals  of  the  House  of  Commons,  vol.  i.  p.  45. 

P.  105.  Funeral  of  sir  John  Gage,  K.O.  The  imperfect  paragraph  in  this  page 
probably  relates  to  the  funeral  of  sir  John  Gage,  K.G.  who  died  18  April,  1556.  He  was 
buried  at  Firle  in  Sussex,  where  a  monument  with  recumbent  efl&gies  of  himself  and  his 
wife  Philippa,  daughter  of  sir  Richard  Guilford,  K.G.  still  remains.  See  an  engraving  of 
it  in  Gage's  History  of  Hengrave,  4to.  1822,  and  also  a  portrait  and  memoir  of  Sir  John. 

Ibid.  Conspiracy  of  Throgmorton,  Udall,  &c.  The  intention  was  to  rob  the  exchequer, 
as  stated  in  the  preceding  page.  The  person  called  *  *  Wodall ' '  and  *  *  Waddall "  by  Machyn, 
is  named  Richard  Udall  by  Holinshed  (but  once,  p.  1766,  1.  6,  misprinted  Veale).  He 
was  probably  Richard,  a  younger  son  of  sir  William  Uvedale  of  Wickham,  Hants,  by 
Dorothy,  daughter  and  co-heir  of  Thomas  Troyne  (see  the  pedigree  in  Hutchins's  Dorset- 
shire, 2nd  edit.  vol.  ii.  p.  *503).  A  curious  paper  showing  the  interchanging  of  the 
names  of  Uvedale  and  Woddall  will  be  found  in  the  Collectanea  Topogr.  et  Genealogica, 
1838,  v.  241. 

P.  106.  Funeral  of  alderman  sir  Richard  Dobhs.  Son  of  Robert  Dobbs,  of  Batby  in 
Yorkshire  ;  sheriff  1543,  lord  mayor  1551.  Stowe  mentions  his  monument  in  the  church 
of  St.  Margaret  Moyses,  but  gives  no  epitaph.  Arms,  Per  pale  argent  and  sable,  a  chevron 
engrailed  between  three  unicorn's  heads  each  charged  with  three  gouts  all  counter-changed. 
(Wm.  Smith,  Rouge- dragon.)     See  the  death  and  funeral  of  his  widow  in  pp.  268,  269. 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  sir  Richard  Morgan,  chief  justice  of  the  common  pleas.  The  following 
anecdote  is  recorded  with  regard  to  the  death  of  this  person,  after  describing  the  execution 
of  lady  Jane  Grey :  "  Judge  Morgan,  that  gave  the  sentence  against  hir,  shortly  after  fell 
mad,  and  in  hys  raving  cryed  continuallye  to  have  the  ladie  Jane  taken  away  from  him, 
and  so  ended  his  life."     Holinshed,  first  edit.  1577,  p.  1733  ;  and  Foxe,  vol.  iii.  p.  37. 

P.  107.  Master  West  esquire  slain  hymy  lord  Dacre's  (Darcy^s)  son.  Our  journalist 
here,  and  at  p.  121,  has  miswritten  Dacre  for  Darcy.  The  murdered  man  was  Lewis 
West,  of  Wales  near  Doncaster,  esquire,  son  and  heir  apparent  of  sir  William  West,  of 
Aughton  in  the  same  county,  whose  death  followed  before  the  end  of  the  year,  and  his 
funeral  occurs  at  p.  161.     The  lord  Darcy 's  son  was  George  Darcy,  whose  name  is  not 


350  DIARY  OF  A  RESIDENT  IN  LONDON, 

mentioned  in  the  peerages,  but  has  been  traced  in  some  other  documents  by  Mr.  Hunter, 
who,  in  his  History  of  South  Yorkshire,  vol.  ii.  pp.  173 — 176,  has  printed  a  curious  con- 
temporary ballad  relative  to  this  event,  accompanied  by  some  other  particulars  connected 
with  it.  It  arose  from  one  of  those  family  feuds  which  were  still  prevalent  in  the  six- 
teenth century  ;  and  the  two  sons  of  lord  Darcy,  John  and  George,  were  implicated  in  it, 
as  well  as  the  two  sons  of  sir  William  West,  Lewis  and  Edmund.  The  ballad  is  headed 
"  The  murder  of  the  two  brothers,  Lewis  and  Edmund,  by  the  sons  of  lord  Darcy  ;"  but 
this  is  an  error,  for  only  Lewis  was  killed  and  one  of  his  men,  as  the  ballad  itself  states. 
The  brothers  West  were  returning  from  Rotherham  fair,  held  on  Whitmonday,  to  their 
cousin's  house  at  Aughton,  when  they  were  assaulted  by  the  Darcys,  who  were  much 
more  numerously  attended,  "  with  men  three  score,"  and  after  a  desperate  fight  the 
result  was  as  already  stated.  George  Darcy,  the  younger  brother,  who  appears  to  have 
been  the  actual  murderer,  took  sanctuary  at  Westminster,  and  an  account  of  the  penance 
he  performed  is  recorded  by  our  chronicler,  p.  121,  as  is  his  subsequent  trial  in  p.  165. 

P.  108.  The  Grocers^  fecbst.  In  Kempe's  Loseley  Manuscripts,  p.  160,  is  printed  a 
warrant  from  the  marquess  of  Winchester  to  the  keeper  of  the  great  park  of  Nonesuch, 
transferring  to  the  wardens  of  the  company  of  Grocers,  for  their  feast  this  year,  the  fee 
buck  to  which  he  was  entitled  by  virtue  of  his  office  of  high  treasurer  of  England.  There 
is  some  discrepancy,  however,  in  the  dates  given. 

Ibid.  Execution  of  lord  Sands'  son.  "  The  18.  of  June  one  Sands,  a  younger  son  of 
the  lord  Sands,  was  hanged  at  Saint  Thomas  of  Waterings,  for  a  robbery  that  hee  and 
other  had  committed  on  Witsunday  last  of  4000.  pounds."  Stowe's  Chronicle. — He  is 
not  named  in  Dugdale's  Baronage. 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  sir  Giles  Capel.  Son  and  heir  of  the  rich  citizen  sir  William  Capel, 
(historically  known  from  the  exactions  he  suffered  from  the  ministers  of  Henry  VII.)  who 
died  in  1515,  and  was  buried  in  a  chantry  chapel  which  he  had  built  at  the  church  of 
St.  Bartholomew  the  Little  (recently  removed  to  widen  the  approaches  to  the  Royal 
Exchange).  Sir  Giles  Capel  was  knighted  in  France  in  1513,  and  his  biography  will  be 
found  in  Collins's  Peerage,  1779,  vol.  iii.  p.  349  :  being  the  lineal  ancestor  of  the  earls  of 
Essex. — The  funeral  of  his  son  and  heir  sir  Henry  occurs  in  p.  164. 

P.  109.  Merchant-taylors*  feast.  This  is  the  subject  of  the  first  imperfect  paragraph  ; 
it  was  held  on  Saint  Barnabas'  day,  the  11th  of  June. 

Ibid.  Condemnation  of  lord  La  Warre — "  for  high  treason,"  says  our  diarist ;  which 
statement  has  been  adopted  by  Strype,  Memorials,  ii.  p.  302,  and  thence  by  Bayley,  History 
of  the  Tower  of  London,  p.  452.  But  his  crime  was  of  a  more  private  character,  and  one 
would  rather  suppose  this  was  the  date  of  his  pardon  than  of  his  sentence.  He  had 
attempted  to  poison  his  uncle  and  predecessor,  and  was  consequently  by  Act  of  Parlia- 
ment, in  2  Edw.  VI.  disabled  from  succeeding  him  in  title  and  estate.     His  uncle  was 


NOTES.  351 

now  lately  dead  (see  p.  339),  and  shortly  after  we  find  that  the  young  lord  joined  the 
army  in  France,  and  distinguished  himself  at  St.  Quintin's.  His  claim  to  the  dignity 
of  a  peer  was  not  acknowledged  until  1679  ;  on  that  subject  see  Retrospective  Review, 
2d  Ser.  ii.  300.    He  died  in  1595. 

P.  109.  Execution  of  PecJcham  and  Daniel.  "  The  8.  of  July,  Henry  Peckham,  son 
to  sir  Edmond  Peckham,  and  John  Daniel,  were  hanged  and  headed  on  Tower-hill,  for 
being  of  counsell  with  them  that  should  have  robbed  the  queenes  treasure  of  her  ex- 
chequer, and  their  bodies  buried  in  Barking  church."  Stowe's  Chronicle. — Daniel's  name 
remains  cut  on  the  wall  of  his  prison,  "  John  Daniel,  1556."  See  Bayley's  History  of  the 
Tower  of  London,  p.  207. 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  lady  Seymer.  Sir  Thomas  Seymer,  mercer,  was  lord  mayor  in  1526, 
and  died  11  Dec.  1532,  leaving  Mary  his  widow  :  see  his  epitaph  in  Ellis's  Shoreditch,  p.  54. 

P.  110.  Funeral  of  lady  Norwich.  Sir  Robert  Norwich  was  made  chief  justice  of  the 
common  pleas  in  1531,  and  died  1536.  But,  as  the  name  does  not  appear  in  Morant's 
History  of  Essex,  it  is  not  ascertained  where  this  funeral  took  place. 

P.  111.  Death  of  alderman  sir  William  Laxton.  Sir  William  Laxton,  grocer,  was 
son  of  John  Laxton  of  Oundle  in  Northamptonshire  ;  sheriff  in  1540,  lord  mayor  1544. 
He  founded  a  school  at  Oundle  ;  see  Bridges 's  Northamptonshire,  ii.  410.  He  had  a  fair 
monument  in  Aldermary  church,  with  a  poetical  inscription,  which  will  be  found  in  Stowe. 
He  married  Joan  daughter  of  William  Kyrby  and  widow  of  Harry  Lodington,  but  had  no 
issue  by  her.    (MS.  Harl.  897,  f.  24.) 

Ibid,  Pirates  hung  at  Wapping  at  the  low-water  mark.  Other  instances  of  this  will 
be  found  at  pp.  131,  231,  256,  281.  Stowe  mentions  Wapping  as  "  the  usuall  place  of 
execution  for  hanging  of  pirats  and  sea-rovers,  at  the  low- water  marke,  there  to  remaine 
till  three  tides  had  overflowed  them:"  adding,  that  in  his  time  the  gallows  had  been 
removed  to  a  greater  distance  from  the  city,  in  consequence  of  the  street  which  had  grown 
up  within  the  last  fifty  years,  "  almost  to  Radcliffe,  a  good  mile  from  the  Tower." 

Ibid.  Death  of  bishop  Day.  George  Day,  D.D.  bishop  of  Chichester,  consecrated  in 
1543.  He  was  buried  in  his  own  cathedral.  See  a  memoir  of  him  in  Dallaway's  City 
of  Chichester,  4to.  1815,  p.  72.  He  refused  to  assent  to  the  destruction  of  altars  in  1550 
(Archseologia,  xviii.  149),  and  in  1563  was  summoned  to  preach  the  sermon  at  queen 
Mary's  coronation  (ibid.  174). 

P.  112.  Funeral  of  doctor  John  Bell,  formerly  bishop  of  Worcester,  His  sepulchral 
brass,  formerly  in  Clerkenwell  church,  is  now  in  Parliament  Street  ;  a  small  copy  is 
engraved  by  Malcolm,  Londinium  Redivivum,  iii,  212.  See  the  epitaph  in  Stowe  and 
the  other  Histories  of  London. 


352  DIARY  OF  A  RESIDENT  IN  LONDON. 

P.  113.   Funeral  of  Philip  Dennis  esquire, — of  London,  died  3  Sept.  1556.    (Epitaph.) 

P.  114.  Funeral  of  IJohn]  Lucas  esquire.  "  A  faire  plated  stone  on  the  ground  in 
the  chancell  of  St.  Peter  the  poor.  Here  under  this  stone  are  buried  the  bodies  of  John 
Lucas  of  S.  John's  beside  Colchester  esquire,  master  of  the  requests  to  the  most  vertuous, 
noble,  and  worthy  prince,  king  Edward  the  sixth.  He  departed  this  life  the  28.  day  of 
October,  An.  Dom.  1556.  And  his  daughter  Margaret,  late  wife  to  Thomas  Pennie  doctor 
of  physicke,  here  buried  the  13.  day  of  November  1587."  (Stowe.)  He  was  great- 
grandfather of  the  gallant  cavalier  who  was  created  a  peer  by  king  Charles  the  First.  (See 
Morant's  Essex,  iii.  227.) 

P.  115.  William  Harrys  esquire  of  Cricksea  near  Southminster,  Essex,  died  21  September 
1555,  saysMorant,  i.  366  ;  which  our  Diary  corrects  to  1556.  His  pedigree  will  be  found 
in  MS.  Harl.  874,  f.  m\ 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  sir  John  Champneys.  Son  of  Robert  Champneys  of  Chew  in  Somerset- 
shire ;  he  was  a  skinner,  sheriff  of  London  and  Middlesex  1522,  lord  mayor  1534.  Stowe 
notes  in  his  Chronicle  that  he  was  blind.  He  bore  for  arms.  Per  pale  argent  and 
sable,  a  lion  rampant  gules,  within  a  bordure  counter-changed.  (List  by  Wm,  Smith, 
Rouge- dragon.)  He  was  buried  at  Bexley  in  Kent,  (see  his  epitaph  in  Thorpe's  Regis- 
trum  Roifense,  p.  924.)  His  family  long  continued  in  that  county  (see  Hasted,  vol.  i.  p. 
160,  vol.  iii.  326.) 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  lord  Vaux.  Thomas  second  lord  Vaux  of  Harrowden,  and  K.B. 
succeeded  his  father  1523.  Sir  Harris  Nicolas  (Synopsis  of  the  Peerage)  was  not  certain 
of  the  date  of  his  death. 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  sir  Richard  Cotton.  King  Edward  visited  sir  Richard  Cotton  at 
Warblington  on  the  2 — 4  Aug.  1553  ;  and  he  was  made  comptroller  of  the  household  on 
the  27th  of  the  same  month.  (King  Edward's  Diary.)  The  queen  dowager  of  Scotland 
had  lodged  at  Warblington  on  the  28  Oct.  1552  (Ibid.) 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  sir  Henry  Huberthome.  Son  of  Christopher  Huberthorne  of  Wadding- 
worth  in  Lincolnshire  ;  sheriff  1542,  lord  mayor  1547.  During  his  mayoralty  he  was 
knighted  by  king  Edward  VI.  a  few  days  after  his  accession,  on  the  6th  Feb.  1546-7, 
immediately  after  the  young  sovereign  had  received  the  same  degree  from  his  uncle  the 
Protector  the  earl  of  Hertford.  There  was  a  "  fair  marble  stone  under  the  communion 
table  "  at  St.  Peter's,  Cornhill,  recording  his  name  and  that  of  his  wife  Elizabeth,  who 
died  in  1551  (see  p.  9.)  "  He  dwelled  in  the  very  next  house  to  Leadenhall,  where  sir 
William  Bowyer  [lord  mayor  in  1544]  dwelled."  Arms,  Sable,  a  mascle  within  a  bordure 
counterflory  argent.     (List  by  Wm.  Smith,  Rouge-dragon.) 

P.  116.  Funeral  of  sir  John  Olyffe :  sometimes  written  Ayloffe  ;  sheriff  in  1548-9, 
appointed  the  first  alderman  of  Bridge  ward  Without,  when  the  borough  of  Southwark 


NOTES.  353 

was  made  one  of  the  wards  of  the  City,  as  detailed  in  Stowe's  Survay,  edit.  1633,  p.  446. 
He  was  first  a  Barber-surgeon,  and  his  portrait  occurs  in  Holbein's  picture  of  Henry  VIII. 
delivering  their  charter  to  that  company  (see  Gent.  Mag.  lix.  290)  ;  on  becoming  an 
alderman  he  was  translated  to  the  Grocers.  He  lived  in  Blackwell  hall,  and  was  buried 
in  the  adjoining  church  of  St.  Michaers  Bassishaw  ;  where  was  a  long  epitaph  in  English 
verse,  printed  in  Stowe,  but  with  the  erroneous  date  1548  instead  of  1564.  Arms, 
Argent,  on  a  chevron  engrailed  between  three  estoiles  gules,  three  stag's  heads  caboshed 
argent,  attired  or.  (List  by  Wm.  Smith,  Rouge-dragon.)  His  son  John  died  July  17, 
1579,  and  was  buried  in  St.  Stephen's,  Coleman  Street.  See  his  wife  and  children  in 
MS.  Harl.  897,  ff.  62^,  ISl^. 

P.  116.  Burial  qfhishop  Man  at  St.  Andrew's  Undershaft.  '*  Henry  Man,  doctor  of 
divinity  in  the  university  of  Oxenford,  and  sometime  bishop  of  Man,  which  Henry  departed 
this  life  the  19.  day  of  October,  An.  Do.  1556,  and  lyeth  buried  under  this  stone." — "  be- 
fore the  doore  within  the  chancell."  (Stowe.)  The  letters  patent  of  his  appointment  by 
Henry  VIII.  dated  22  Jan.  1545-6  are  printed  in  Rymer's  Foedera,  xv.  85. 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  alderman  sir  John  Greskam.  Uncle  to  the  celebrated  sir  Thomas. 
Biographical  notices  of  him  will  be  found  in  Burgon's  Life  of  sir  Thomas  Gresham, 
vol.  i.  pp.  11,  et  seq.  He  was  sheriff  in  1537-8,  and  lord  mayor  in  1547-8.  He 
was  buried  at  St.  Michael  Bassishaw  :  and  his  epitaph  is  given  by  Stowe.  Sir  Rowland 
Hill  and  sir  Andrew  Judd  were  made  overseers  of  his  will.  (Ibid.  p.  19.)  "  He  dwelled 
where  sir  Leonard  Holiday  now  dwelleth."     (Wm.  Smith,  Rouge-dragon.) 

The  death  of  so  many  old  persons  at  this  period  is  attributed  by  Stowe  to  **  the  hot 
burning  fevers."  Seven  aldermen  died  within  ten  months, — Hardson,  Dobbs,  Laxton, 
Hobblethome,  Champneys,  Ayloffe,  and  Gresham :  they  have  all  been  noticed  in  these 
pages. 

P.  117.  Master  Offley  sworn  lord  mayor.  Sir  Thomas  Offley,  son  of  William  Offley, 
of  Chester,  had  been  sheriff  in  1553.  He  was  knighted  during  his  mayoralty  on  the  7th 
Feb.  ;  see  p.  125.  "  He  dwelled  in  Lyme  strete,  towards  the  north  end  of  it,  not  farr 
from  St.  Andrew's  Undershaft,  where  he  is  buried."  Arms,  Argent,  on  a  cross  flory-de- 
lis  azure,  between  four  choughs  proper,  a  lion  passant  guardant  or.  (List  by  Wm.  Smith, 
Rouge-dragon.)  "  The  useful  custom  of  the  night-bellmen  (preventing  many  fiers  and 
more  felonies)  began  in  his  mayoralty.  He  was  the  Zacheus  of  London,  not  for  his  low 
stature,  but  his  high  charity,  bequeathing  the  half  of  his  estate  (computed,  by  a  reverend 
divine,  to  amount  to  five  thousand  pounds)  unto  the  poor.  He  died  1580,  and  was 
buried  in  St.  Andrew  Undershaft."  Fuller's  Worthies  ;  and,  after  noticing  two  other 
citizens  of  the  name,  Hugh  and  Robert,  he  adds,  "  I  believe  it  was  the  first  of  these 
three  Offleys  on  whom  the  rhythme  was  made, 

Offley  three  dishes  had  of  daily  rest. 

An  egge,  an  apple,  and  (the  third)  a  toast. 

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354  DIARY  OF  A  RESIDENT  IN   LONDON. 

This  I  behold  neither  sin  nor  shame  in  him,  feeding  himself  on  plain  and  wholesome 
repast,  that  he  might  feed  others  by  his  bounty,  and  thereby  deserving  rather  praise  than 
a  jear  from  posterity." 

P.  118.  Funeral  of  alderman  Goodyer,  Henry  Goodyer  (whose  name  does  not  occur 
in  Smith's  list  of  aldermen,  and  who  was  never  sheriff,)  became  one  of  the  trustees  of 
the  parish  of  St.  Clave  for  Horseydown,  in  the  36th  Hen.  VIII.  (See  the  account  of  St. 
Olave's  grammar  school  in  the  Gentleman's  Magazine  for  1836,  N.  S.  vol.  v.  p.  139.) 
On  the  19  Jan.  1586  Hugh  Gooder  released  and  confirmed  the  said  land  to  the  governors. 
(Communication  of  G.  R.  Comer,  esq.  F.S.A.) 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  lady  Williams  of  Thame.  "  The  lady  Elsabeth,  late  wyff  to  the 
right  honorable  sir  John  "Williams  knight,  lord  Williams  baron  of  Thame,  and  lord  cham- 
berlen  to  king  Phelype,  doter  of  Bledloo,  and  afore  wyff  to  Andru  Edmondes  of  Essex, 
dyed  on  sonday  the  25.  of  October  1556,  and  was  beryed  at  Rycot  in  Bokynghamshire 
[Oxfordshire]  the  4.  of  November  next  foloing."  (MS.  Harl.  897,  f.  83.)  The 
ceremony  is  recorded  in  Coll.  Arm.  I.  3,  f.  101,  and  I.  9,  f.  160^.  Christopher 
Edmundes  esquire,  her  son  by  her  first  husband,  bore  the  banner  of  her  arms.  See  her 
husband's  funeral  in  p.  217. 

Ibid.  Man  set  in  the  pillory.  Stowe  (1580)  has  a  considerably  longer  account  of  this. 
The  man  was  burnt  on  both  cheeks,  with  the  letters  F  and  A  for  False  Accusing  one  of 
the  court  of  Common  Pleas  of  treason.  The  like  punishment  the  chronicler  had  once 
wished  for  one  who  had  falsely  accused  his  maister  and  eldest  brother — apparently  mean- 
ing himself. 

P.  120.  Funeral  of  lord  Morley.  "  Sir  Henry  Parker  lord  Morley  dyed  on  Wensday 
the  25.  of  November  1556,  at  his  howsse  of  Hannyngbery  Morley,  and  was  beryed  on 
Thursday  the  3.  of  December  next  foloing. "  (MS.  Harl.  897,  f.  79''.)  In  the  church  of 
Great  Hallingbury :  see  Muilman's  History  of  Essex,  vol.  iv.  p.  143. 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  Robert  Downe  master  of  the  Ironmongers.  Of  his  benefactions  to  that 
company  see  Malcolm,  ii.  40  ;  and  his  will  is  enrolled  at  Guildhall. 

Ibid.  Gregory  a  Spaniard.  Stowe  calls  this  man  "  Gregory  Carpenter,  smith,  and  a 
Frenchman  borne."  His  original  crime  was  making  counterfeit  keys,  wherewith  to  have 
opened  the  locks  of  Newgate. 

P.  122.  Mistress  Bowes,  daughter  of  my  lord  Scrope.  Martin  Bowes  esquire,  of 
Barking  in  Essex,  second  son  of  sir  Martin  Bowes,  married  to  his  first  wife  Frances, 
daughter  of  Richard  Scrope,  and  heir  of  Elizabeth  Amidas  his  wife,  who  was  the  daughter 
of  Robert  Amidas  goldsmith  of  London  by  Margaret  heiress  of  James  Bryce  ;  see  their 
issue  in  Vincent's  Middlesex,  Coll.  Arm.  119  f.  484,   Vincent's  Essex  124,  f.  105  ;  or 


NOTES.  355 

MS.  Harl.  897,  f.  21.  Our  diarist  was  mistaken  in  supposing  that  this  lady  was  "  tho 
do[ughter]  of  my  lord  Skrope,"  an  error  the  more  remarkable  because  Mary  daughter  of 
Henry  lord  Scrope  married  sir  William  Bowes  (see  Surtees's  Durham,  iv.  110.) 

P.  125.  Lord  Stourton's  murder  of  the  Hartgills.  Some  account  of  this  tragedy  will 
be  found  in  Holinshed,  Stowe,  Strype,  and  the  other  historians  of  the  period  :  but  Sir 
R.  C.  Hoare,  in  his  History  of  Modern  Wiltshire  (Hundred  of  Mere,  pp.  152 — 157)  has 
collected  at  considerable  length  the  particulars  preserved  of  it — the  first  page  and  a  half 
derived  from  various  passages  of  our  own  diarist,  but  the  narrative  of  the  crime  itself 
from  an  authentic  MS.  of  the  time.  Some  years  before,  lord  Stourton's  arbitrary  violence 
had  attracted  the  censure  of  the  privy  council :  see  its  minutes  under  July  17,  21,  28, 
1551.     (MS.  Harl.  353.) 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  sir  William  Portman.  He  had  been  made  chief  justice  in  1554. 
His  funeral  insignia  (made  by  our  diarist)  were  remaining  when  St.  Dunstan's  was  visited 
by  Nich.  Charles  ;  see  Collectanea  Topogr.  et  Geneal.  1837,  vol.  iv.  p.  99  :  see  also  his 
epitaph  in  Stowe,  and  the  pedigree  of  Portman  in  Hutchins's  Dorsetshire,  vol.  i.  p.  154. 

P.  127.  Funeral  of  the  earl  of  Sussex.  "  Sir  Henry  Ratclyff  erl  of  Sussex  and 
vyscount  Fitz Water,  lord  Egremont  and  Burnell,  knight  of  the  garter,  lieutenaunte  of  the 
counties  of  Norffolk  and  Sussex,  and  late  countrolor  to  the  king  and  queries  majesties, 
dyed  at  sir  Harry  Sydney's  howsse  in  Chanon  Roo  at  Westmynster  on  Wensday  the  15. 
[17]  of  February  in  the  3.  and  4.  yere  of  king  Phelyp  and  queene  Mary,  1556,  and  was 
beryed  at  St.  Mary  Poultney  in  London  on  Saterday  the  27.  of  the  same  mounth."  (MS. 
Harl.  897,  f.  79.)  The  heralds'  account  of  the  ceremony  is  recorded  in  Coll.  Arm.  1. 15, 
f.  225,  and  printed  in  the  appendix  to  Wilson's  History  of  the  parish  of  St.  Laurence 
Pountney,  4to.  1831.  That  author  states,  (p.  10,)  "  In  the  north  aisle  of  this  church, 
originally  parochial,  then  collegiate  as  well  as  parochial,  and  after  the  surrender  again 
parochial  only,  were  interred  several  members  of  the  Radcliffe  family,  particularly  Robert 
Radcliffe,  earl  of  Sussex,  who  died  27th  Nov.  1542,  and  Henry  Radcliffe  his  son,  who 
died  17th  Feb.  1556-7.  But  at  length  the  remains  of  these  two  earls  were  removed  to 
Boreham  in  Essex."  At  Boreham  was  erected  a  sumptuous  monument  (now  in  ruins) 
with  effigies  of  the  three  earls  ;  see  Walpole's  Anecdotes  of  Painting,  &c.  (1762,  i.  160), 
and  the  epitaphs  in  Antiq.  Repertory,  or  Wilson,  uhi  supra. 

Ibid.  A  DuTce  of  Muscovea.  In  preparation  for  his  arrival,  the  Privy  Council  sent  "  A 
lettere  to  th'  officers  of  the  warderobe  in  the  Tower,  to  deliver,  or  cause  to  be  delivered,  to 
Mr.  Hussey,  Governor  of  the  Marchauntes-ad venturers,  or  to  three  of  that  Company  which 
he  shall  send  for  that  purpose,  a  bed  of  estate  with  furniture  and  hangings  for  the  chamber 
of  the  duke  of  Muscovia,  to  be  by  the  said  marchauntes  redelivered  when  the  said 
embassador  shall  be  departed."  Also  another  letter  "  to  the  officers  of  the  Jewell-howse 
to  deliver  ij.  pair  of  grete  silver  pottes  to  the  said  Governor  to  be  used  ut  sujora.''' 
(Burgon's  Life. of  Gresham,  i.  372,  from  Minutes  of  the  Privy  Council,  in  the  Council 


356  DIARY  OF  A  RESIDENT  IN  LONDON. 

Office,  f.  511.)  In  p.  371  Mr.  Burgon  has  by  mistake  called  "  master  Dimmock's  house  ""* 
Denmark  house.  A  full  account  of  the  reception  of  the  ambassador,  and  a  list  of  the 
presents  he  brought,  will  be  found  in  Stowe's  Chronicle,  1631,  pp.  629,  630. 

P.  127.  last  line.     -For  Sturton  read  Salisbury,  as  in  the  next  page. 

P.  128.  Funeral  of  sir  Edward  Montagu.  The  progenitor  of  the  dukes  of  Montagu 
and  Manchester,  and  earls  of  Halifax.  He  was  buried  at  Weekley  in  Northamptonshire, 
where  is  his  effigy,  and  the  epitaph  will  be  found  in  Bridges's  History  of  that  county, 
vol.  ii.  p.  347;  also  in  Collins's  Peerage,  1779,  vol.  ii.  p.  83,  together  with  his  will  and 
biographical  notices  ;  but  his  monument  is  there  incorrectly  placed  at  Hemington. 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  sir  Oliver  Leader.  "  Item,  upon  the  seconde  day  of  February  in  An* 
1554  sir  Oliver  Leader  was  made  knight  by  kinge  Phillip."  (MS.  Harl.  6064.)  See  in 
Thomas  Mountain's  narrative  of  his  troubles,  Strype's  Memorials,  vol.  iii.  p.  187,  a  pic- 
turesque account  of  his  being  received  into  the  custody  of  sir  Oliver  Leader,  then  Sheriff 
of  Huntingdonshire,  "  a  man  of  much  worship,  and  one  that  keepeth  a  good  house,"  and 
of  his  courteous  entertainment  during  his  halt.  Sir  Oliver  appears  to  have  facilitated 
Mountain's  escape  at  the  sessions,  by  purposely  forgetting  to  bring  the  writ  with  him.  His 
funeral  is  recorded  in  Coll.  Arm.  I.  15,  f.  272''. 

P.  132.  Sir  Thomas  Chamber.  Some  more  of  the  pranks  of  this  merry  parson  are 
related  in  p.  205  :  and  see  the  note  on  that  passage  hereafter. 

P.  133.  Fzmeral  of  lord  Chandos.  **  Sir  John  Bruges  knight  loord  Chandos  dyed 
at  the  castell  of  Sudley  in  Glostershire  on  monday  the  xij'**.  of  Apryll  1556,  and  was 
buryd  the  3.  of  May  in  A"  predicto  in  the  churche  of  Sudley."  (MS.  Harl.  897,  f.  79''.) 
In  Collins's  Peerage  his  death  is  erroneously  dated  on  the  4th  of  March. 

Ibid.  Creations  of  Thomas  Percy  to  the  barony  of  Percy  and  earldom  of  Northumber- 
land. Our  chronicler  has  given  correctly  the  dates  of  these  restorations.  The  patents 
are  printed  in  Rymer's  collection,  xv.  461,  462.  In  the  following  August  the  Earl  was 
made  Wardenof  the  Middle  and  East  Marches  towards  Scotland.    Ibid.  pp.  468,  472,  475. 

P.  135.  Scarborough  castle.  Strype  in  his  Memorials,  vol.  iii.  Appen.  Ixxiii.  has 
printed  "the  Names  of  the  Prisoners  taken  in  Scarborowe  Castell  the  28th  of  Apryll,  An. 
1557."  Five  were  committed  to  the  Tower  of  London,  and  twenty-seven  remained  in 
York  Castle. 

Pp.  135,  136.  Death  and  Funeral  of  sir  Jaques  Granado.  He  was  a  native  of  Bra- 
bant :  having  distinguished  himself  in  the  campaign  in  Scotland  in  1547  (Holinshed,  1st 
edit.  p.  1620),  he  was  one  of  the  knights  made  at  its  close  by  the  duke  of  Somerset  at 
Berwick,  Sept.  28.    (Ibid.  p.  1633).     An  annuity  of  50/.  was  granted  March  10, 1549-50, 


NOTES.  357 

to  sir  Jaques  Granado  and  Magdalen  hb  wife,  and  to  the  longer  liver :  see  the  patent 
printed  in  Rymer,  xv.  210.  He  appears  to  have  filled  the  ofiBce  of  equerry  or  some  similar 
post,  as  in  Oct.  1551,  he  had  a  passport  to  conduct  sixteen  horses  sent  by  Edward  VI.  to 
the  French  king.  His  widow  "  Mawdelyn  "  became  the  second  wife  of  sir  Robert  Chester, 
and  his  daughter  Katharine  was  married  to  Edward  Chester,  sir  Robert's  son  and  heir. 
(MS.  Harl.  897,  f.  SS^) 

P.  137.  Three  more  hanged  at  Tyborne  (May  28),  1557.  Stowe  says  these  were 
Streightly  or  Stretchly  (called  William  Stowe  by  our  diarist  in  p.  142),  Bradforde,  and 
Proctor — three  of  Stafford's  company  from  Scarborough  castle. 

P.  138.  Proclamation  of  war  with  France.  A  transcript  (from  the  printed  copy)  of 
this  Proclamation  may  be  found  in  Starkey's  collections,  MS.  Harl.  353,  f.  184.  See  also 
Holinshed,  1st  edit.  p.  1767  ;  Stowe 's  Chronicle,  1631,  p.  631. 

Ibid.  Began  a  stage-play  at  the  Gray  freer s  of  the  Passyon  of  Cryst.  The  word 
"  began  "  seems  to  imply  that  the  play  lasted  more  than  one  day  in  its  representation,  or 
else  that  it  was  repeated.  Mr.  Collier  has  noticed  its  performance  in  his  Annals  of  the 
Stage,  vol.  i.  p.  167,  and  states  it  was  first  performed  at  the  same  place  on  Corpus  Christi 
day  1556  (the  previous  year)  before  the  lord  mayor,  the  privy  council,  and  many  great 
estates  of  the  realm  ;  but  he  quotes  no  other  authority  but  the  present  diary. 

P.  140.  Biirning  of  Store-house  at  Portsmouth.  The  date  was  left  incomplete  in  the 
MS.  thus — "  The  x  day  of  June."  Strype  has  accordingly  (Mem.  iii.  377)  attributed 
this  event  to  the  10th  of  June.  The  real  date  is  given  by  a  contemporary  account  of  the 
catastrophe  under  the  hands  of  the  mayor  and  burgesses  of  the  town,  which  is  printed 
in  the  Collectanea  Topogr.  et  Genealogica,  (1835,)  ii.  251.  In  our  diary,  p.  140,  the 
words  supplied  to  the  last  deficiency,  instead  of  "  both  were  "  should  probably  be  ♦*  the 
beer-cellar." 

P.  141.  Master  Malory  chosen  sheriff.  Richard  Mallory,  mercer,  son  of  Anthony 
Mallory,  of  Papworth,  Cambridgeshire;  sheriff  1557,  lord  mayor  1564-5.  **  He  was  a 
mercer,  dwelled  in  Cheapsyde  at  Soper  lane  end,  at  the  signe  of  the  Golden  Kay,  and  was 
buried  in  the  Mercers'  chapell."  Arms,  Or,  a  lion  rampant  and  bordure  gules.  (List  by 
Wm.  Smith,  Rouge-dragon.) 

Ibid.  Christening  of  the  duke  of  Norfolk's  son.  Philip  earl  of  Surrey,  as  he  was  called 
in  his  infancy,  and  afterwards  the  distinguished  earl  of  Arundel  of  that  name,  was 
"  borne  at  Arundell  place  in  London  28.  of  July  [June]  1557."  (MS.  Harl.  897,  f.  79.) 
Stowe  also  has  recorded  his  christening  "  in  the  queenes  chapell  at  Westminster,  in  a 
font  of  gold."     The  king  and  lord  chancellor  stood  godfathers  "in  proper  person." 

P.  143.     A  great  army.    In  Starkey's  collections,  MS.   Harl.  353,  f.   188"^.  will  be 


358  DIARY  OF  A  RESIDENT  IN  LONDON. 

found  "  The  Booke  of  the  officers  and  Captaynes  of  horsmen  and  footmen  of  a  Regiment 
of  a  Thousand  horsmen,  Four  Thowsand  footmen,  and  two  thowsand  Pyoners,  w**".  their 
Wages  and  entertainments,  at  the  goinge  to  St.  Quintens  in  the  tyme  of  Queene  Marye, 
primo  July  an".  1557."  (It  is  imperfect.)  The  word  "  Regiment  "  in  this  case  appears 
equivalent  to  Army.     A  list  of  the  captains  will  also  be  found  in  Holinshed,  p.  1767. 

P.  144.  Funeral  of  lady  Reche.  It  is  difficult  to  ascertain  whose  widow  this  could  be. 
There  was  a  sir  "William  Roche,  lord  mayor  in  1541,  but  we  have  the  funeral  of  his  widow 
afterwards  in  p.  190.     No  other  name  resembling  Reche  occurs  in  the  list  of  mayors. 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  master  Latham.  Ralph  Latham,  esq.  of  Upminster,  Essex,  died  July 
19,  1556.     (See  Morant,  i.  108.) 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  mistress  Draper,  of  Cambertvell.  See  genealogical  notices  of  this 
family  in  the  Collectanea  Topogr.  et  Genealogica,  vol.  iii,  p.  150. 

Ibid.  Arrest  of  Waxham  from  the  sanctuary  at  Westminster.  Abbat  Feckenham 
was  censured  by  the  people  for  consenting  to  the  surrender  of  this  sanctuary  man,  and  in 
his  sermon  at  the  funeral  of  the  lady  Anne  of  Cleves,  he  publicly  defended  his  conduct,  as 
may  be  seen  in  the  Excerpta  Historica,  p.  312.  The  name  of  the  culprit,  which  our 
diarist  writes  in  three  ways  (see  pp.  160,  151),  is  there  spelt  "  Vawgh»m." 

P.  145.  Inclosing  of  the  nuns  of  Syon.  This  royal  foundation  was  one  of  the  few  that 
queen  Mary  was  able  to  reinstate.  Of  this  transaction  see  Aungier"'s  History  of  Syon 
Monastery,  8vo.  1840,  p.  96. 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  the  lady  Anne  of  Cleves.  A  very  particular  narrative  of  this 
solemnity,  from  MSS.  in  the  College  of  Arms,  will  be  found  in  the  Excerpta  Historica, 
1831,  together  with  the  Will  of  the  deceased.  The  body  of  the  queen  was  buried,  as 
Stowe  says,  "at  the  head  of  king  Sebert,"  where  **  she  lyeth  in  a  tomb  not  yet  finished." 
Engravings  of  what  was  erected  of  this  tomb  will  be  found  in  the  Vetusta  Monumenta, 
vol.  ii.  pi.  35,  as  well  as  in  Dart  and  the  other  histories  of  Westminster  Abbey.  In 
p.  145, /or  sir  Robert  Freston  read  Richard  ;  and  in  p.  146,  for  William  duke  of  Cleves 
read  John. 

Ibid.  Hearse  for  the  king  of  [Portugal'].  Machyn  here  made  the  error  of  naming  the 
the  king  of  Denmark,  instead  of  the  king  of  Portugal,  John  III.  who  succeeded  his  father 
Emanuel  in  1521,  and  died  1557.  He  had  married  Jane  aunt  of  king  Philip,  and  hence 
arose  the  special  observance  of  his  obsequies  in  this  country.  They  are  briefly  noticed  by 
Holinshed,  p.  1768  ;  but  are  recorded  at  full  in  the  College  of  Arms,  I.  15,  f.  246.  At 
the  beginning  of  this  paragraph /or  xviiij  read  xviij. 

P.  149.     Funeral  of  Hatoley,  Clarenceux.     "  Thomas  Hawley  esquyer  late  Claren'  kyng 


NOTES.  359 

of  armes  dyed  at  his  howsse  in  the  parish  of  St.  Gyles  withowt  Crepyllgate  in  London  on 
sonday  the  22.  of  August  1557,  and  was  beryed  in  the  churche  there  the  25.  of  August." 
(MS.  Harl.  897,  f.  17.)     His  funeral  is  recorded  in  Coll.  Arm.  I.  15,  f.  254. 

P.  149.  Death  of  the  duchess  of  Norfolk.  She  had  not  recovered  from  the  birth  of  her 
first  and  only  child.  "  This  Mary  duches  of  Norffolk,  late  wyff  to  the  right  highe  and 
myghty  prynce  Thomas  duke  of  Norffolk,  erl  of  Surrey  and  Waren,  lord  Mowbray, 
Segrave  and  Brusse,  and  erl  marshall  of  England,  departed  on  Wensday  the  25.  of  August 
at  th'erl  of  Arundell  her  father's  howsse,  called  Arundell  place  in  St,  Clementes  parishe 
called  the  Danes  withowt  temple  barre  in  London,  1557,  in  the  4.  and  5.  of  kyng  Phelyp 
and  queen  Mary,  and  was  beryed  the  fyrst  of  Septembre  next  foloing  in  the  parish  churche 
of  St.  Clementes  the  Danes."  (MS.  Harl.  897,  f.  79.)  A  long  narrative  of  her  funeral 
is  in  the  College  of  Arms,  I.  14,  95—99,  and  I.  15,  256—261. 

P.  150.  Funeral  of  sir  Harry  Hussey,  *'  Sir  Henry  Hussy  knight  dyed  at  his  howsse 
of  Slynfold,  co.  Sussex,  on  saterday  the  xxviij  of  August,  and  was  buryed  in  the  parish 
church  there  on  thursday  next  after,  1557.  His  wyef  dyed  in  October  next  foloing,  and 
buryed  by  her  husband.  His  wyf  was  Brydget  daughter  of  Spryng  of  Lanam  in  Suffolk  : 
married  first  to  William  Erneley  of  Kacham  in  Sussex,  by  whom  she  had  Richard,  John, 
and  Katharine  ;  and  secondly  to  sir  Henry  Hussey,  by  whom  she  had  no  issue."  (MS. 
Harl.  897,  f.  27''.)     His  month's  mind  is  recorded  in  Coll.  Arm.  I.  15,  f.  263. 

Ibid.  Death  of  lord  Harry  Dudley.  Fourth  son  of  John  dulie  of  Northumberland. 
He  was  condemned  at  the  time  of  the  ruin  of  his  family,  (see  p.  48,)  but  pardoned  by  the 
queen.  He  married  Margaret  only  daughter  of  lord  chancellor  Audley  ;  and,  leaving  no 
issue,  his  widow  became  the  second  wife  of  Thomas  fourth  duke  of  Norfolk,  and  from  this 
match  descend  the  earls  of  Suffolk  and  Carlisle.  The  duke's  former  lady  had  expired  just 
before  the  death  of  lord  Henry  Dudley,  and  their  surviving  partners  intermarried  before 
the  end  of  the  year.  The  duchess  Margaret  died  at  Norwich  Jan.  9,  1563-4.  (See  lord 
Braybrooke's  History  of  Audley  End,  1836,  4to.  pp.  27,  296.) 

P.  151.  Death  of  sir  John  Chehe.  He  was  buried  in  London  in  St.  Alban's,  Wood- 
street  ;  and  his  epitaph  in  Latin  verse  will  be  found  in  Stowe.  His  biography  is  well 
known  from  the  Life  by  Strype  ;  his  "  Gospel  according  to  St.  Matthew  and  Part  of  St, 
Mark,  translated  from  the  Original  Greek,  with  Notes,"  was  first  published  in  1843, 
with  an  Introduction  by  James  Goodwin,  B.D. 

Ibid.  Monsieur  Regamus.  Can  this  name  mean  Simon  Renard,  or  Reynard  ?  who 
had  been  in  England  shortly  before  (see  p.  337). 

P.  152.  Master  Waters,  serjeant  at  arms.  The  name  of  "  Edward  Waters  esquire, 
Serjeant  at  armes,  1558,"  is  among  the  burials  at  St.  Dunstan's  in  the  East  recorded  by 
Stowe. 


360  DIARY  OF  A  RESIDENT  IN   LONDON. 

P.  153.  Funeral  of  John  Sachville  esquire.  Of  Chiddingleigh,  Sussex,  M.P.  for  Green- 
wich ;  he  married  Margaret  Boleyne,  a  great-aunt  of  queen  Elizabeth,  and  was  grandfather 
of  the  first  earl  of  Dorset.  He  was  buried  at  Withyham  in  the  same  county.  See  his  will 
printed  by  Collins,  Peerage  1779,  vol.  ii.  p.  155. 

P.  154.  Funeral  of  mistress  Mildmay.  Agnes,  daughter  of Read  and  wife  of  Thomas 

Mildmay  esquire,  auditor  of  the  court  of  augmentations,  who  shared  so  largely  in  the 
spoil  of  the  monasteries  that  he  greatly  enriched  his  family,  and  (contrary  to  the  view 
taken  by  Spelman  "  on  Sacrilege,"  &c.)  his  descendants  flourished  so  much,  that  in  the 
reign  of  James  I.  there  were  nine  families  of  Mildmay  possessed  of  large  estates  in  Essex. 
(See  Morant,  ii.  4).  Sir  Walter  Mildmay  of  Apthorpe  in  Northamptonshire,  chancellor 
of  the  exchequer  to  queen  Elizabeth,  founder  of  Emanuel  college  Cambridge,  and  ancestor 
of  the  earls  of  Westmoreland,  was  the  auditor's  fourth  and  youngest  son.  His  eldest  son, 
having  married  the  heiress  of  the  Ratcliffes  earls  of  Sussex,  brought  the  dignity  of  baron 
Fitz Walter  to  his  descendants,  of  whom  the  last  in  the  male  line  was  created  earl  Fitz- 
Walter  in  1730,  and  died  s.  p.  in  1756. 

P.  155.  Funeral  of  the  countess  of  Arundel.  A  full  account  of  this  funeral  is  preserved 
in  the  College  of  Arms,  I.  15,  ff.  266  et  seq.  The  lady  was  previously  countess  of  Sussex, 
and  a  letter  written  under  that  signature  in  1537  has  been  published  in  Miss  Wood's 
Letters  of  Royal  and  Illustrious  Ladies,  vol.  ii,  p.  306.  "  This  Mary,  doter  of  sir  John 
Arundell  of  the  West  [and  widow  of  Robert  earl  of  Sussex,  who  died  in  1542,]  departed 
this  lyff  on  Wensday  the  20.  of  October  1557,  in  the  4.  and  5.  yeres  of  king  Phelyp  and 
quene  Mary  in  the  said  erl  of  Arundelles  place  in  St.  Clementes  parishe  called  the  Danes 
withowt  temple  barre  in  London,  and  was  beryed  the  xxviij.  of  October  next  folowinge." 
(MS.  Harl.  897,  f.  79.)  The  same  authority  supplies  the  following  record  of  the  earl 
of  Arundel's  former  wife:  "The  lady  Kateren  Maltravers,  doter  of  the  lord  marquis 
Dorset,  departed  owt  of  this  world  the  fyrst  day  of  May  in  the  xxiiij**".  yere  of  H.  8,  (1532,) 
and  lyeth  beryed  at  St.  Bartylmewes  the  lyttell  within  sir  Gyles  Capell('s)  chapell." 
(p.  13^) 

P.  156.  Funeral  of  sir  William  Cavendish.  Treasurer  of  the  chamber  to  king  Henry 
VIII.  king  Edward  VI.  and  queen  Mary,  and  a  member  of  the  privy  council.  He  had 
three  wives,  and  the  last  was  the  memorable  "  Bess  of  Hardwiek,"  afterwards  countess  of 
Shrewsbury ;  who  gave  birth  by  him  to  two  sons,  William  afterwards  the  first  earl  of 
Devonshire,  Charles  father  of  the  first  duke  of  Newcastle,  and  three  daughters, 
Frances  wife  of  sir  Henry  Pierrepoint  and  ancestor  of  the  dukes  of  Kingston,  Eliza- 
beth countess  of  Lennox  and  mother  of  the  lady  Arabella  Stuart,  and  Mary  countess 
of  Shrewsbury.  The  life  of  Elizabeth  countess  of  Shrewsbury  has  exercised  the  pen  of 
several  biographers  ;  but  see  particularly  Miss  Costello's  Memoirs  of  Eminent  English- 
women, 1844,  vol.  i. 


NOTES.  361 

P.  156.  Funeral  of  serjeant  Walpole.  John  Walpole,  made  a  serjeant  at  law  in  1554. 
Nothing  but  his  coat  and  peneron  remained  in  St.  Dunstan's  church,  temp.  Nich.  Charles : 
(Collectanea  Topogr.  et  Geneal.  1837,  vol.  iv.  p.  102).  Of  this  serjeant  Walpole  a  full 
account  will  be  found  in  Collins's  Peerage,  1779,  vol.  v.  p.  38. 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  sir  Nicholas  Hare.  Having  been  a  master  of  requests  to  Henry  VIII. 
and  Edward  VI.  he  was  constituted  master  of  the  rolls  by  patent  18  Sept.  1553.  His 
wife  Catharine  survived  him  not  quite  a  month.  See  their  epitaph  printed  in  Dugdale's 
Origines  Juridiciales,  fol.  1671,  p.  178. 

P.  157.  Funeral  of  sir  John  Hodylstone.  "  Sir  John  Hodylston  vyschamberlen  to 
the  kynge  and  one  of  the  prevy  counsell  dyed  at  Sawson  in  Cambrydgeshire  the  4.  of 
November  1557,  and  was  buryed  the  xj'^  of  the  same  mounth  in  the  parishe  churche 
there.  He  maryed  Brydget  doter  to  sir  Robert  and  syster  to  sir  John  Cotton,  and  had 
issue  Edmond  son  and  heyr,  William,  and  Ales."  (MS.  Harl.  897,  f.  25''.)  There  is  a 
full  narrative  of  his  funeral  in  the  College  of  Arms,  I.  15,  f.  275. 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  master  . .  anell.  Was  this  Pranell  the  rich  vintner,  father  of  the  first 
husband  of  the  celebrated  duchess  of  Richmond  ? 

P.  158.  Funeral  of  sir  [John']  Arundell.  "Sir  John  Arundell  knight  dyed  at  his 
manner  of  Southorne  in  the  county  of  Oxford  the  7th  of  November  in  A°.  1557,  and  was 
buryed  the  xiiij'''  of  the  same  mounth  in  the  parish  churche  there."  (MS.  Harl.  897,  f.  15'>.) 
He  was  the  elder  son  of  sir  Thomas  Arundell,  who  died  in  1545,  by  lady  Alianor  Grey, 
daughter  of  Thomas  marquess  of  Dorset ;  and  brother  to  sir  Thomas,  who  was  beheaded  in 
1551-2  (see  pp.  15,  323.)  Sir  John  was  also  for  some  time  confined  in  the  Tower  ;  as 
mentioned  in  the  minutes  of  the  privy  council  April  7,  1550,  and  13  April  1551  (see 
MS.  Harl.  352,  ff.  76,  149''.)  By  lady  Anne  Stanley,  daughter  of  Edward  earl  of  Derby, 
he  was  ancestor  of  the  Arundells  of  Lanherne  in  Cornwall  and  Chideock  in  Dorsetshire. 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  Tyrell  captain  of  the  galley.  "  1557,  Nov.  15,  Mr.  William  Turrell 
sometime  knight  of  Rhodes."  Register  of  St.  Martin's  Ludgate  ;  and  his  marriage  at  the 
same  church,  "  1553,  Nov.  9,  sir  William  Tyrrell  knt.  and  Mrs.  Anne  Freeman  widow." 
Malcolm's  Londinium,  vol.  iv.  pp.  357,  358.  He  was  brother  to  sir  Henry  Tyrell,  of 
East  Horndon,  Essex:  see  Morant's  History  of  that  county,  vol.  i.  p.  209. 

Ibid.  Coronation  of  Norroy  king  of  arms.  The  instrument  of  the  creation  and  coro- 
nation of  Laurence  Dalton  to  be  Norroy  king  of  arms,  by  letters  patent  dated  6  Sept.  1557, 
is  printed  in  Rymer's  Foedera,  vol.  xv.  p.  477  ;  and  that  for  William  Harvey  to  be  Claren- 
ceux,  dated  the  next  day,  in  the  following  page. 

Ibid.     Funeral  of  lord  Bray.     "  John  lord  Bray  dyed  in  the  late  Black  fryers  in  Lon- 
don on  thursday  the  xix*^  of  November  1557  and  was  beryed  at  Chelsey  in  the  middest  of 
CAMD.  SOC.  3  A 


362  DIARY  OF  A  RESIDENT  IN  LONDON. 

the  high  chauncell  with  his  father  and  grand-father  the  23.  of  November."  MS,  Harl. 
874,  f.  79. — The  full  narrative  of  his  funeral,  which  is  recorded  in  the  College  of  Arms, 
I.  15,  f.  279,  has  been  printed  by  Lysons  in  his  Environs  of  London,  and  by  Faulkner  in 
his  History  of  Chelsea. 

P.  158.  Funeral  of  lady  Clifford.  Widow  of  sir  Thomas  Clifford,  knt.  governor  of  Ber- 
wick, who  had  a  gravestone  in  Westminster  abbey,  which  was  removed  for  the  marble 
pavement.     Dart,  vol.  ii.  p.  23. 

P.  160.  Funeral  of  lady  Roiolett.  Dorothy,  daughter  of  John  Boles,  of  Wallington, 
CO.  Herts,  and  first  wife  of  sir  Ralph  Rowlett,  of  whom  see  further  in  a  subsequent  note. 
There  is  a  pedigree  of  Rowlett  in  Clutterbuck's  Hertfordshire,  vol.  i.  p.  217  ;  but  further 
information  may  be  derived  from  that  in  the  MS.  Harl.  897,  fol.  42. 

P.  161.  Funeral  of  sir  William  West.  Strype,  Mem.  iii.  387,  says  "the  same,  I 
suppose,  with  him  that  went  over  lately  in  the  expedition  to  St.  Quintin's,"  but  that  was  sir 
William  West,  the  titular  lord  de  la  Warr  (already  noticed  in  p.  350).  The  present  knight 
had  served  at  an  earlier  date  in  the  army  of  Henry  VIII.  He  was  of  Amerdon  hall  in 
Essex,  and  Darley  abbey,  co.  Derby,  and  the  father  of  Lewis,  whose  untimely  death  has 
been  noticed  in  p.  349.  See  the  pedigree  in  Hunter's  South  Yorkshire,  vol.  ii.  p.  173. 
"  Sir  William  West  knyght  dyed  at  his  howsse  at  Smythfeld  in  the  suberbes  of  London 
the  8.  day  of  December  1557,  and  buryed  in  St.  Pulcres  churche  withowt  Newgate 
of  London  the  xiii***  of  the  same  mounth.  He  had  issue  Edward,  &c."  (MS.  Harl. 
897,  f.  19.) 

P.  162.  Musters  in  London.  On  the  6th  Jan.  the  Privy  Council  sent  •*  a  letter  to 
the  maior  of  London  that,  albeite  he  was  willed  to  send  the  v*".  men  levied  in  London  to 
Dover,  forasmuche  as  it  is  sithence  considered  here  that  they  may  with  beste  speede  be 
brought  to  the  place  of  service  by  seas,  he  is  willen  to  sende  them  with  all  speede  by 
hoyes  to  Queenburgh,  where  order  is  given  for  the  receavinge  and  placing  of  them  in  the 
shippes,  to  be  transported  with  all  speede  possible."     (MS.  Harl.  643,  p.  198.) 

P.  163.  Funeral  of  lady  Poicis.  Anne  widow  of  Edward  lord  Grey  of  Powis,  whose 
death  occurred  in  p.  7.  She  had  remarried  Randle  Hanworth,  esq. ;  and  by  the  note  of 
his  will  which  Dugdale  gives,  Baronage,  ii.  284,  it  appears  that  she  desired  to  be  buried 
either  at  St,  Paul's  or  Westminster  abbey.  His  interment  was  not  at  the  parish  church 
of  St.  Margaret's,  Westminster,  the  register  of  which  I  have  examined. 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  sir  Richard  Freston.  He  was  interred  at  Mendham  in  Suffolk, 
where  his  monument  remains,  (See  the  Topographer,  1848,  vol.  ii.  p.  239.)  Dame  Anne 
his  wife,  who  died  shortly  before  him  (see  p.  161),  was  a  Coke. 

Ibid.     Funeral  of  sir  George  Gyfford.     "  Sir  George  Gyfford  knight,  son  of  Roger  Gyfford 


NOTES.  363 

esquyer  [who  maryed  the  doughter  of  Ansehalles,  and  had  issue  by  her  13  sons  and  7 
doters,  and  dysseassed  the  xxiij''*  of  January  1522],  dysseased  on  St.  John's  day  in  Decem- 
ber 1557,  and  his  mounthes  mynde  was  kept  the  xx^**  of  January  next  foloinge.  Sir  George 
Gyfford  maryed  to  his  fyrst  wyff  the  doter  of  Dyke  of  Sussex  and  wedoo  of  Goryng  of 
Sussex  ;  [secondly/  ?  ]  one  of  the  doters  and  heyres  of  John  Bardfyld  of  Sheffeld  in  the 
county  of  Essex  ;  [thirdly  ?J  doughter  of  Robert  Trappes  of  London  goldsmyth,  late  wyff 
to  Shawe  haberdasher  of  London,  [and  had  issue  ly  the  lasf]  Thomas,  Prudence,  and 
Lettyce."     MS.  Harl.  897,  f.  23''.  where  see  trickings  of  the  arms  and  alliances. 

P.  164.  Funeral  of  sir  Henry  Ca'pel.  Son  and  heir  of  sir  Giles  Capel,  before 
noticed  in  p.  350.  He  had  married  a  sister  of  the  earl  of  Rutland,  and  had  a  numerous 
family  ;  but,  as  they  all  died  before  him,  he  was  succeeded  by  his  brother  Edward. 

P.  165.  Funeral  of  Arthur  Stourton  esquire.  Ancestor  of  the  Stourtons  of  Over 
Moigne,  co.  Dorset.     See  Collins's  Peerage  and  Hutchins's  Dorsetshire. 

P.  166.  Funeral  of  alderman  sir  George  Barnes.  Son  of  George  Barnes,  citizen  and 
haberdasher  of  London  ;  sheriff  1545-6,  lord  mayor  1552-3.  He  was  buried  at  St. 
Bartholomew  the  Little,  as  was  his  widow  (see  p.  199).  "  He  dwelled  in  Bartholomew 
lane,  where  sir  William  Capell  once  dwelled,  and  now  [1605]  Mr.  Derham.  His  arms, 
Argent,  on  a  chevron  wavy  azure,  between  three  barnacles  proper,  three  trefoils  slipped  of 
the  first,  were  taken  downe  after  his  death  by  his  sonne  sir  George  Barnes,  and  these  sett 
upp  in  stede  thereof,  Azure,  three  leopard's  heads  argent."  The  second  sir  George  Barnes 
was  also  a  haberdasher,  and  lord  mayor  in  1586-7.  "  He  dwelled  in  Lombard  strete,  over- 
against  the  George,  in  the  house  which  was  sir  William  Chester's,  and  is  buried  in  St. 
Edmund's  church  hard  by."  He  bore  the  coat  of  leopard's  heads  quartered  with,  Argent, 
a  chevron  azure  between  three  blackbirds. 

P.  167.  Death  of  lady  White.  Sir  Thomas  White,  son  of  William  White  of  Reading; 
sheriff  1546,  lord  mayor  1553.  The  founder  of  St.  John's  college,  Oxford,  and  the  prin- 
cipal benefactor  of  Merchant-taylors'  school,  as  well  as  his  native  town  and  many  other 
places.  He  died  at  Oxford  Feb.  11,  1566,  aged  72,  and  was  buried  in  the  chapel  of  his 
college.  (See  further  particulars  of  him  in  Wilson's  Merchant-taylors'  School,  p.  3.) 
The  present  paragraph  relates  to  his  first  wife,  whose  parentage  is  not  ascertained,  but  she 
was  probably  nearly  related  to  lady  Laxton  the  chief  mourner  at  her  funeral.  Sir  Thomas 
White's  remarriage  to  lady  Warren  is  noticed  in  p.  179,  and  the  lady  in  a  previous  note 
(p.  330). 

P.  168.  Funeral  of  lady  Jenyns.  This  daughter  of  sir  John  Gage,  K.G.  was  the  wife 

of  sir  John  Jenyns,  of  Halnaker  in  Sussex,  gentleman  of  the  king's  privy  chamber,  and 

in  1544  master  of  the  ordnance  at  Boulogne,  who  died  in  1547.  See  Gage's  Hengrave, 
p.  235. 


364  DIARY  OF  A  RESIDENT  IN  LONDON. 

P.  168.  Loan  from  the  city  to  the  queen.  A  loan  was  then  called  a  "  prest,"  which  is 
probably  the  word  our  diarist  could  not  remember.  The  amount  of  this  prest  was  20,000/. 
and  it  was  to  bear  interest  at  12  per  cent.     (Stowe.) 

P.  169.  Earl  of  Sussex  took  his  journey  toward  Ireland.  Where  he  had  been  for  some 
time  lord  deputy. 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  lady  Rowlett.  Sir  Ralph  buried  two  wives  within  seven  months  (see 
before,  p.  362).  The  second  was  one  of  the  daughters  of  sir  Anthony  Cooke,  and  the 
circumstances  of  the  marriage  are  thus  mentioned  in  the  Diary  of  sir  Thomas  Hoby  : 
"  Monday  June  27,  1558,  a  mariage  was  made  and  solemnised  between  me  and  Elizabeth 
Cooke,  daughter  of  sir  Anthony  Cooke  knt.  The  same  day  was  also  her  sister  Margaret 
the  queen's  maid  maried  to  sir  Rauf  Rowlet  knt.  who  {i.  e.  the  lady)  shortly  after 
departed  out  of  this  lief."  (Communicated  by  the  Right  Hon.  Lord  Braybrooke.)  "  Sir 
Raff  Rowlett  had  maryed  ij.  wyves,  and  dyed  withowt  issue  of  ether  at  his  howsse  of  St. 
Albons  the  xix'**  of  Apryll  1571,  and  was  beryed  in  the  parish  church  of  St.  Albons  by 
his  father  the  xxix^^  of  May  next  foloinge."  His  father,  also  sir  Ralph,  had  been  one  of 
the  masters  of  the  mint  to  Henry  VIII. 

P.  170.  Master  Hawes  chosen  sheriff.  Alderman  John  Hawes  ;  sheriff  1558-9,  not 
lord  mayor.  Arms,  Azure,  on  a  chevron  between  three  demi-lyons  rampant  or,  three 
cinquefoils  gules.     (List  by  "William  Smith,  Rouge-dragon.) 

Ibid.  Master  Charnpion,  the  other  sheriff,  was  a  draper,  afterwards  sir  Richard, 
"  maior  An°.  1566.  He  died  without  issue  1568.  Buried  at  St.  Dunstan's  in  the  est, 
with  these  armes  in  the  margent,  Argent,  on  a  fess  gules  between  three  trefoils  slipped 
sable  a  spread  eagle  or,  all  within  a  bordure  engrailed  azure,  charged  with  eight  bezants : 
which  were  after  taken  downe,  and  these  sett  upp  in  the  same  place  :  Quarterly,  1  and  4 
Argent,  three  trefoils  slipped  sable  ;  2  and  3  Argent,  three  human  legs  couped  gules  ;  on  an 
inescucheon  argent,  a  griffin  segreant  sable,"  (List  by  Wm.  Smith,  Rouge- dragon.) 
Sir  Richard  Champion's  monument  has  been  already  noticed  in  p.  347. 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  master  Dodmer.  Son  of  sir  Ralph  Dodmer,  lord  mayor  in  1530,  who 
had  been  buried  at  St.  Stephen's,  Walbrook, 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  doctor  Hmvys.  The  letters  patent  appointing  Thomas  Huis  or  Huys, 
M.D.  ordinary  physician  to  the  queen,  with  diets  and  allowances  of  wine,  wax  and  bowge 
le  courte,  and  an  annual  fee  of  100^.  were  dated  2  Oct.  1553,  and  are  printed  in  Rymer's 
Foedera,  vol.  xv.  p.  341. 

Ibid.  Death  of  alderman  Machell.  John  Machell,  sheriff  in  1556.  Arms,  Per  pale 
argent   and   sable,   three  grey-hounds  courant  counterchanged,   collared  gules.     (Wm. 


NOTES.  365 

Smith,  Rouge-dragon.)  "  He  married  Jone  daughter  of  Harry  Lodyngton,  and  she  was 
remarried  to  sir  Thomas  Chamberlen  knight,  and  she  died  28.  April  1565."  (MS.  Harl. 
897,  f.  24.) 

P.  170.  The  Oeorge  in  Lombard  street.  *'  Next  is  a  common  osterie  for  travellers,  called 
the  George,  of  such  a  signe."  Stowe :  who  adds  that  it  had  been  the  town  man- 
sion of  the  earls  Ferrers,  in  which  the  brother  of  one  of  them  was  murdered,  so  early  as 
1175. 

P.  171.  Funeral  of  master  Morton.  Thomas  Moreton,  bachelor  of  law,  was  collated 
to  the  sinecure  rectory  of  Fulham  Sept.  23,  1554,  and  to  the  prebend  of  Bromesbury  in 
the  cathedral  church  of  Saint  Paul's  Aug.  9,  1555.  (Newcourt's  Repertorium  Londi- 
nense,  vol.  i.  p.  118.)  It  appears,  then,  that  those  called  the  "  grey  amices  "  of  St.  Paul's 
were  the  prebendaries. 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  doctor  Peryn.  William  Peryn  prior  of  the  Black  Friars,  whose  name 
has  before  occurred  as  a  preacher  in  pp.  100,  119,  131.  A  memoir  of  this  person  will  be 
found  in  Wood's  Athenae  Oxonienses  (by  Bliss),  vol.  i.  p.  248.  Our  diary  corrects  that 
biographer's  supposition  that  he  survived  queen  Mary,  and  retired  abroad. 

P.  172.  Funeral  of  doctor  William  Cooke,  dean  of  the  Arches.  He  died  August  25, 
1558,  and  his  widow  erected  "  a  comely  small  monument"  to  him  in  St.  Gregory's  by  St. 
Paul's  ;  the  Latin  verses  on  which  will  be  found  in  Stowe's  Survay. 

Ibid.  The  brethren  of  Jhesus,  who  attended  the  same  funeral  "in  satin  hoods  and 
3It)^  upon  them,"  were  the  members  of  a  guild  which  maintained  a  chapel  in  the  crypt  of 
St.  Paul's,  which  is  mentioned  in  p.  179  as  "  Jhesus  chapell,"  and  again  in  p.  221  as 
"  Jhesus  chapell  under  Powlles."  It  was  afterwards  called  St.  Faith's,  and  there  is  still 
a  parish  which  retains  vaults  for  interment  in  the  same  situation.  The  dean  of  St.  Paul's 
was  rector  of  the  guild  ;  and  in  Knight's  Life  of  Colet,  p.  84,  will  be  found  some  account 
of  its  cartulary,  beginning  thus,  "  This  booke  bought  and  ordeigned  by  maister  John 
Colett  doctour  of  divinitie,  dean  of  the  cathedral  churche  of  Paules,  and  rectour  of  the 
fraternitie  and  guild  of  Jhesus  in  the  croudes  of  the  said  churche,  William  Cromwell  and 
John  Monk  wardens  of  the  same,  recordeth,"  &c.  The  bells  in  the  clochier  or  bell-tower 
which  stood  in  St.  Paul's  churchyard  were  called  Jhesus  bells,  and  Stowe  relates  that  sir 
Miles  Partridge  won  them  of  Henry  VIII.  on  a  cast  of  dice  against  100^. 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  lord  Windsor.  "  William  lord  Wyndsor  maryed  to  his  first  wyff 
doter  and  heyr  of  Samborne,  and  after  the  doter  of  Cowdrey  of  Hampshire  :  he  dyed  at  his 
howsse  of  Brad[en]ham  in  Bokynghamshire  on  sonday  the  14.  of  August  in  the  5.  and  6. 
yeres  of  Phelyp  and  Mary,  1558,  and  was  beryed  on  monday  the  22.  of  the  same  mounth." 
(MS.  Harl.  897,  f.  80.)  His  son  Edward  lord  Windsor,  who  died  at  Spa  in  Germany  in 
1573,  desired  in  his  will  "  his  heart  to  be  inclosed  in  lead  and  sent  into  England,  to  be 


366  DIARY  OF  A  RESIDENT  IN  LONDON. 

buried  in  the  chapel  of  Bradenham  under  the  tombe  of  his  lord  and  father,  in  token  of  a 
true  Englishman,"  which  was  done  accordingly  (see  Lipscomb's  Buckinghamshire,  vol.  iii. 
p.  558)  ;  but  there  is  now  no  other  monument  of  the  Windsor  family  in  that  church. 

P.  172.  Funeral  of  sir  William  Stamford.  "  Sir  William  Staunford  knight,  one  of 
the  kinges  and  the  quenes  ma*'«^  justyces  of  the  common  banke,  dysseassed  the  xxviij*''. 
August  An"  D'ni  1558,  about  iiij.  of  the  cloke  in  the  afternone  the  same  day  in  the  49 
yere  of  his  age,  and  iiij.  dayes,  and  was  buryed  at  Hadley  j°  die  Septemb'  in  A"  D'ni 
1558.  He  marled  Ales  doughter  of  Joh'n  Palmer  esquyer,  and  had  issue  Robert  Stam- 
ford son  and  heyr,  2.  Thomas,  3.  William,  4.  Henry,  5.  Rafif,  6.  Joh'n  ;  Frances  wyff  to 
Thomas  Repington  esquyer,  Doraty,  Kateren,  Margaret."  (MS.  Harl.  897,  f.  18.)  His 
funeral  insignia  were  remaining  in  Hadley  church  when  visited  by  Nich.  Charles,  and 
will  be  found  drawn  in  the  Lansd.  MS.  874,  f.  60,  with  other  memorials  of  his  family. 
His  personal  biography  will  be  found  in  Wood's  Athense  Oxonienses,  (by  Bliss,)  vol.  i. 
p.  262.  He  was  the  editor  of  the  first  edition  of  Ranulph  de  Glanville's  treatise  **  De 
Legibus  et  Consuetudinibus  Anglige,  printed  by  Tottel  in  1564.  (See  Wright's  Bio- 
graphia  Literaria,  vol.  ii.  p.  279.) 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  judge  Morgan.  Francis  Morgan,  judge  of  the  queen's  bench,  died  on 
the  29th  Aug.  1558.  His  burial  was  at  Heyford,  co.  Northampton  ;  where  a  monu- 
ment with  effigies  still  remains.  See  it  described,  and  the  epitaph,  in  Baker's  North- 
amptonshire, i.  188  ;  Bridges's  Northamptonshire,  i.  523  :  see  also  his  pedigree  in 
Baker,  i.  184. 

P.  173.  Funeral  of  master  Dalbeney.  Arthur  Dawbney,  warden  of  the  merchant- 
taylors  1566-7  and  1571-2,  master  1574-5. 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  sir  Thomas  Cave.  This  funeral  was  not  at  Stamford,  but  at  Stan- 
ford, CO.  Northampton,  where  there  are  still  recumbent  effigies  of  sir  Thomas  Cave  and 
his  wife ;  see  the  epitaph  in  Bridges's  Northamptonshire,  vol.  i.  p.  582  ;  and  in  Nichols's 
Leicestershire,  vol.  iv.  pi.  liii.  fig.  1.  is  an  engraving  of  the  monument  (Mr.  Nichols 
having  devoted  two  plates  to  the  whole  series  of  the  Cave  monuments,  out  of  respect  to 
the  Rev.  Sir  Charles  Cave,  Bart,  to  whom  he  was  indebted  for  an  important  portion  of  the 
materials  of  his  work). 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  sir  Andrew  Judd.  A  name  still  well  known  as  the  founder  of 
Tunbridge  school.  He  also  founded  the  Skinners'  almshouses  near  Saint  Helen's, 
Bishopsgate:  see  Herbert's  City  Companies,  ii.  350.  He  had  been  sheriff  in  1544,  and 
lord  mayor  in  1551.  His  monument  still  remains  in  St.  Helen's,  Bishopsgate,  and  has 
kneeling  effigies  of  himself,  the  first  of  his  three  wives,  four  sons,  and  one  daughter  :  it  is 
engraved  in  Wilkinson's  Londina  Illustrata,  1825,  where  also  is  a  full  memoir  of  him. 
Maitland,  p.  1107,  has  printed  the  poetical  epitaph  without  his  name :  it  bears  out  our 
diarist's  designation  of  him  as  a  "  merchant  of  Muscovy," — 


NOTES.  367 

To  Russia  and  Muscovea, 

To  Spayne,  Gynny,  withoute  fable 

Travaild  he  by  land  and  sea 

Both  mayor  of  London  and  staple,  &c. 
"  His  only  daughter  Alice  was  maried  to  Tho.  Smith  customer,  mother  to  sir  John,  sir 
Thomas,  and  sir  Richard,  now  living."     (1605).     Arms,  quarterly,  1  and  4,  Gules,  a  fess 
regulee  between  three  boar's  heads  couped  argent;  2  and  3,  Azure,  three  lyons  rampant 
argent.     (List  by  Wm.  Smith,  Rouge-dragon.) 

P.  174.  Funeral  of  sir  Thomas  Essex.  "  In  the  north  transept  of  Lambourn  church 
is  the  monument  of  sir  Thomas  Essex,  who  died  in  1558,  with  eflfigies  of  himself  and 
Margaret  his  lady  in  alabaster."     Lysons's  Berkshire,  p.  310. 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  lady  Southwell.  I  have  not  ascertained  who  this  was  ;  but  it  may  be 
as  well  to  remark  that  Strype  assumed  she  was  the  "  wife  to  a  privy  councillor  of  that 
name  ;"  and  sir  Henry  Ellis,  in  his  History  of  Shoreditch,  p.  357,  has  quoted  Strype  appa- 
rently without  having  met  with  the  lady's  name  in  any  other  authority. 

P.  176.  Funeral  of  lady  Pecsall.  Eleanor  fourth  daughter  of  William  first  marquess 
of  Winchester,  K.G.,  and  the  first  wife  of  sir  Richard  Pecsall :  see  pedigree  in  MS.  Harl. 
897,  f.  54.  There  is  a  magnificent  monument  in  Westminster  abbey  with  kneeling 
effigies  of  sir  Richard  and  both  his  wives,  and  of  his  four  daughters  by  the  first.  See  it 
engraved  in  Dart's  History  of  that  church,  vol.  i.  p.  17. 

Ibid.  Saint  Martin'^s  with  the  well  and  two  bokettes.  This  was  the  name  by  which 
the  church  of  St.  Martin  Outwich  was  commonly  known  in  the  time  of  our  diarist ;  and 
he  mentions  it  again  in  pp.  211,215,  302.  Stowe  says,  after  noticing  Three  Needle  street 
(now  Threadneedle  street),  "  On  the  south  side  of  which  street,  beginning  at  the  east,  by 
the  Well  with  two  buckets,  now  turned  to  a  pumpe,  is  the  parish  church  of  S.  Martin, 
called  Oteswich,  of  Martin  de  Oteswich,  Nicholas  de  Oteswich,  William  Oteswich,  and 
John  Oteswich,  founders  thereof,"  &c.  The  antiquities  of  this  church  have  been  excel- 
lently illustrated  by  engravings  in  a  4to  volume  of  plates,  published  by  Mr.  Robert  Wilkin- 
son in  1797. 

P.  176.  Funeral  of  Ralph  Preston.  His  name  occurs  as  a  member  of  the  Skinners* 
company  in  a  list  made  in  1537,  and  so  do  the  same  names  as  those  of  his  mourners, 
namely,  Thomas  Percy,  and  three  Banks',  Rogier,  Raynbone,  and  John. 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  George  lord  Cohham.  The  full  ceremonial  of  this  is  preserved  in  the 
College  of  Arms,  I.  15,  f.  387.  The  monument  of  lord  Cobham,  with  the  eflfigies  of  him- 
self and  wife,  remains  in  the  church  of  Cobham  near  Gravesend,  and  was  repaired  in  the 
year  1840  at  the  expense  of  Francis  C.  Brooke,  esq.  of  Uffbrd  Place,  Suffolk,  under  the 
superintendence  of  the  present  writer  and  of  Charles  Spence,  esq.  of  the  Admiralty.     (See 


368  DIARY  OF  A  RESIDENT  IN  LONDON. 

Gent.  Mag.  N.  S.  vol.  xv.  p.  306.)  A  portrait  of  lord  Cobham  by  Holbein  is  engraved 
in  the  beautiful  work  by  Chamberlain  :  it  represents  him  in  singular  dishabille,  with  a  bald 
head,  surmounted  by  a  flat  cap. 

P.  176.  Funeral  of  [Michael]  Wentworth  esquire.  Michael  Wentworth  esq.  was  the 
second  son  of  Thomas  Wentworth  esq.  of  Wentworth  Woodhouse,  co.  York.  He  is  de- 
scribed in  1  Mar.  1554,  as  of  Ottes  in  Essex  esquire,  and  one  of  the  masters  of  the  queen's 
household.  (Hunter's  South  Yorkshire,  vol.  ii.  p.  388.)  He  afterwards  became  cofferer. 
He  died  October  13,  1558,  and  his  name  is  entered  in  the  parish  register  of  St.  Marga- 
ret's Westminster,  as  "  Mr.  Mychaell  Wentworth."  His  son  Thomas  was  seated  at  Mend- 
ham  priory,  Suffolk  ;  but  his  grandson  Michael  bought  WoUey  in  Yorkshire,  where  the 
family  has  since  continued  (the  representation  passing  in  the  last  generation  to  a  younger 
son  of  sir  George  Armytage,  bart.  who  assumed  the  name).  See  Mr.  Hunter's  pedigree, 
uhi  supra. 

P.  177.  Funeral  of  doctor  Owen.  George  Owen,  M.D.  assisted  at  the  birth  of  king 
Edward  VI.  and  was  afterwards  his  chief  physician.  An  account  of  him  will  be  found  in 
Wood's  Athense  Oxonienses,  (by  Bliss,)  vol.  i.  fol.  274. 

P.  178.  A  proclamation  of  queen  Elizabeth,  dated  18  November,  declaring  the  date  of 
her  accession  to  have  been  "  from  the  beginning  of  the  xvij'^,"  will  be  found  in  The 
Egerton  Papers,  p.  28. 

Ibid.  Death  of  cardinal  Pole.  It  seems  to  have  been  supposed  by  some  persons  at 
the  time,  that  Pole  died  on  the  same  day  as  queen  Mary  ;  and  it  is  so  asserted  by  Hume 
and  other  writers.  According  to  our  diarist  (who  even  mentions  the  hours)  the  cardinal 
survived  the  queen  for  two  days. 

P.  179.  The  queen's  coming  to  London.  See  a  note  by  Mr.  Bruce  on  this  subject 
in  Hayward's  Annals  of  Elizabeth,  p.  9. 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  master  Shynner.  "  Anthony  Skynner  esquyer,  one  of  the  6  clarkes 
of  the  Chauncery,  departed  this  world  on  monday  the  21.  of  November,  and  beryed  on 
fryday  after,  the  25.  of  the  same  mounth,  in  A.  D'ni  1555.  His  wyff  was  the  doter  of 
Byllyng.     He  was  buiyed  in  Saint  Brydes  churche."     (MS.  Harl.  897,  f.  22''.) 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  lady  Cobham.  Anne  eldest  daughter  of  Edmund  lord  Bray,  and 
sister  and  coheir  of  John  lord  Bray.  The  ceremonial  of  her  funeral  is  in  the  College  of 
Arms,  I.  15,  f.  293.     Her  effigy  is  on  the  monument  already  mentioned  in  p.  367. 

P.  181 .  Funeral  of  lady  Cholmley.  The  wife  of  sir  Roger  Cholmley,  made  seijeant  at  law 
1532,  king's  serjeant  1545,  chief  baron  of  the  exchequer  1546,  chief  justice  of  the  king's 
bench  1552,  and  imprisoned  for  a  time  after  queen  Mary's  accession  (see  before,  pp.  38,43). 


NOTES.  36y 

Malcolm  quotes  from  the  register  of  St.  Martin's  Ludgate  the  burial  of  lady  Cholmley  as 
having  taken  place  Dec.  8,  1658,  and  that  of  sir  Roger  Cholmley,  July  2,  1565.  Londi- 
nium  Rediv.  iv.  358.  His  daughter  "my  lady  Beckwyth"  was  married  at  the  same 
church  to  Christian  Ken,  esq.  April  19,  1559.  (Ibid.  p.  357.)  Sir  Roger  Cholmley  and 
Christian  his  wife  had  a  grant  to  purchase  of  the  crown  the  manors  of  East  and  West 
Ham  and  Pleshey  in  Essex,  March  24,  1652-3.     (Strype.) 

P.  181.  Funeral  of  sir  Anthony  Hungerford.  This  was  sir  Anthony  Hungerford,  of 
Down  Amney,  in  Gloucestershire,  sheriff  of  that  county  1552,  and  knight  of  the  shire 
1653.  His  body  was  carried  to  Great  Bedwyn,  Wilts,  where  "  Anthony  Hungerford 
knighte  was  buyried  the  xix*''  day  of  November  1558."     Collect.  Topogr.  et  Geneal.v.28. 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  doctor  Dunne.  Gabriel  Dunne,  M.A.  was  collated  to  the  prebend  of 
Mapesbury  in  the  church  of  St.  Paul's  March  16,  1540,  and  admitted  to  the  sinecure 
rectory  of  Stepney  Oct.  25,  1544.  He  held  both  until  his  death.  (Newcourt's  Reperto- 
rium  Londinense,  vol.  i.  p.  175.)  He  had  previously  been  a  monk  of  Stratford  abbey, 
near  London,  and  the  last  abbat  of  Buckfastleigh  in  Devonshire :  and  was  *'  the  basest 
betrayer  "  of  the  reformer  Tyndale.  See  Anderson's  Annals  of  the  English  Bible,  vol.  i. 
pp.  534 — 637,  and  the  Index. 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  dr  George  Harper,  "  Sir  George  Harper  knight  dysceased  the  7. 
of  December  at  his  howsse  within  the  late  Blacke  Fryers  in  London  in  the  fyrst  yere  of 
quene  Elizabeth  1558,  and  was  buryed  in  the  parishe  churche  of  St.  Marten's  in  Ludgate 
the  xij*''of  December.  He  had  maryed  Awdre  doughter  of  sir  John  Gaynsford  of  Surrey, 
wyff  before  to  George  Tayler  of  Lyngfield  in  Surrey,  and  after  to  Caryngton  of  Sussex." 
(MS.  Harl.  897,  p.  26.)  His  widow  was  buried  at  the  same  church  Jan.  27, 1559.  Mal- 
colm's Londinium  Redivivum,  iv.  358. 

P.  182.  Funeral  of  queen  Mary.  The  ceremonial  is  in  the  College  of  Arms,  I.  14, 
ff.  19 — 30,  and  again  in  ff.  202 — 214  ;  and  the  painters'  charges  at  f.  198. 

P.  184.  Funeral  of  lady  Rich.  Elizabeth,  sister  of  Thomas  Jenks  of  London,  was  the 
wife  of  the  successful  lawyer  (himself  of  a  London  family)  who  founded  the  family  of 
Rich,  afterwards  earls  of  Warwick  and  Holland.  Richard  first  lord  Rich  survived  until 
1568,  and  was  buried  at  Felstead,  Essex.     See  Dugdale's  Baronage,  ii.  388. 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  the  bishop  of  Chichester.  John  Christopherson,  previously  dean  of 
Norwich,  consecrated  21  Nov.  1557,  deprived  1668. 

Ibid.  Obsequies  of  the  emperor.  The  emperor's  ambassador  was  present  as  chief 
mourner.     The  ceremonial  is  in  the  College  of  Arms,  I.  14,  f.  3,  and  1. 16,  f.  284. 

Ibid.     Funeral  of  sir  Thomas  Cheney,  K.G.     Sir  Thomas  Cheney  had  been  henchman 
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370  DIARY  OF  A   RESIDENT  IN  LONDON. 

to  king  Henry  VII.  He  was  honoured  with  the  garter,  made  treasurer  of  the  household 
to  three  successive  sovereigns,  and  died  warden  of  the  cinque  ports,  Dec.  8,  1558. 
His  liberality  was  great,  his  hospitality  unbounded.  He  kept  thirty  horses  in  his  stables, 
and  two  hundred  and  five  servants  in  livery,  for  all  of  whom  he  more  or  less  provided  at 
his  death,  "  Well,"  says  Holinshed,  "  was  that  nobleman's  son  that  happened  to  be 
preferred  into  his  service."  See  his  eulogy  in  Holinshed,  vol.  ii.  p.  1171,  and  see  Wiffen's 
Memoirs  of  the  House  of  Russell,  i.  396.  "  Sir  Thomas  Cheney  knight,  lord  warden  of 
the  V.  portes,  knight  of  the  garter  and  tresorer  of  the  queues  howshold,  dysceased  at  the 
Tower  of  London  on  thursday  the  xv'''  of  December  in  A**,  j^.  Elizabeth,  1558,  and  after 
conveyed  to  his  howsse  called  Sherland  in  the  isle  of  Shepey,  and  there  buryed  on 
tewsday  the  3.  of  January  next  foloinge."  (MS.  Harl.  897,  f  17^.)  His  epitaph 
is  in  Weever's  Funerall  Monuments,  p.  284,  and  in  Dugdale's  Baronage,  ii.  290.  His 
second  wife  and  widow  Anne,  daughter  and  heir  of  [sir  John]  Broughton,  died  at  Tod- 
dington,  co.  Bedf.  May  18,  1662,  and  was  buried  in  the  parish  church  there  on  the 
27th.     (Ibid.) 

P.  185.  Funeral  of  sir  John  Baker.  Chancellor  of  the  exchequer  from  the  .  .  Hen. 
VIII.  throughout  the  reigns  of  Edward  and  Mary.  He  is  said  to  have  been  the  only 
privy  councillor  who  refused  to  sign  the  letters  patent  popularly  called  the  will  of  Ed- 
ward VI.  He  was  buried  at  Cranbrook  in  Kent,  in  which  parish  his  mansion  of  Sising- 
hurst  was  situated.     See  Hasted's  History  of  that  county,  vol.  iii.  p.  49. 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  Edrmmd  — Hapsam  is  probably  the  name  deficient,  as  he  was  one  of 
the  painters  employed  for  queen  Mary's  funeral.     (MS.  1. 14,  in  Coll.  Arm.  f.  198.) 

P.  186.  The  Knights  of  the  Bath  made  at  the  Coronation  of  queen  Elizabeth  were  in 
number  eleven,  viz.  : — 

Sir  Robert  Rich,  Sir  John  Berkeley, 

Sir  Roger  North,  Sir  Edward  Unton, 

Sir  John  Zouch,  Sir  Henry  Weston, 


John   lord  Darcy   of    the 

North, 
John  lord  Shefl&eld, 
John  lord  Darcy  of  Chiche, 


Sir  Nicholas  Pointz,  I     Sir  George  Speke. 

See  Anstis's  History  of  the  Order  of  the  Bath,  App.  Ixx. ;  and  Nicolas,  Appx.  p.  xiv, 

P.  187.  Funeral  of  Thomas  Oreenhill,  waxcliandler .  Our  diarist,  if  he  was  not 
related  to  Greenhill,  had  much  to  do  with  him  in  the  course  of  business,  the  wax-chandlers 
being  greatly  employed  to  provide  lights  for  funerals.  The  Index  will  be  found  to  refer 
to  various  particulars  relating  to  him  and  his  family. 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  sir  Oliver  Lattrence.  "  Sir  Olyver  Larance  knight  dyed  the  fyrst 
of  January  1559,  and  was  buryed  at  Fernam,  and  after  the  seremony  done,  his  hache- 
mentes  were  removed  to  the  church  of  St.  Mychell  in  Steple  within  th'yle  of  Purbek  in 
the  county  of  Dorset.     Sir  Olyver  Larance  knight  maryed  and  had  issue  Edward  his  son 


NOTES.  371 

and  heir,  who  maryd  doter  of  Trenchard."     (MS.  Harl.   897,  f.   12'».)     His  wife  was 
Anne  Wriothesley,  sister  to  the  earl  of  Southampton.    (Hutchins's  Dorset,  i.  325.) 

P.  188.  Funeral  of  the  marchioness  of  Winchester.  "  Lady  Elsabeth  late  wyflf  to  the 
right  noble  and  puissant  prynce  William  marques  of  Wynchester  erl  of  Wylshire  knight 
of  the  garter  and  lord  treasorer  of  England,  dyed  on  Crystmas  day  the  xxv.  of  December 
1558,  and  was  beryed  at  Basyng  on  Sonday  the  5.  of  February  next  foloinge."  (MS. 
Harl.  897,  f.  80.)     She  was  the  daughter  of  sir  William  Capel. 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  sir  Thomas  Pope.  This  was  the  founder  of  Trinity  college,  Oxford. 
The  original  place  of  his  interment  is  a  matter  of  question  (see  the  Biogr.  Brit.  1760,  p. 
3404),  which  our  diary  does  not  determine.  In  his  will  he  directed  his  executors  to 
bury  him  in  the  church  of  that  parish  in  which  he  should  chance  to  die.  This  would  be 
Clerkenwell.  Stowe  has  preserved  an  inscription  formerly  in  St.  Stephen's,  Walbrook  : 
"  Hie  jacet  Thomas  Pope  primus  Thesaurarius  Augmentationum,  et  D"*  Margaretta  uxor 
ejus,  quae  quidem  Margaretta  obiit  16  Jan.  1538."  Margaret,  who  was  his  second  wife, 
was  no  doubt  interred  there  ;  but  the  remains  of  both,  it  seems,  were  afterwards  removed 
to  the  college  chapel,  according  to  the  inscription  round  the  verge  of  the  tomb — "  corpora 
Thome  Pope  .  .  .  et  duarum  Elizabethe  et  Margarete  uxorum  ejus."  Elizabeth  had  been 
the  name  of  h.i^  first  as  well  as  his  third  wife,  but  from  the  former  he  was  divorced.  It  is 
to  be  presumed,  therefore,  the  third  was  intended  by  the  name  Elizabeth  ;  and  she,  after 
remarrying  sir  Hugh  Poulet,  of  Hinton  St.  George,  was  brought  to  rest  in  the  chapel  in 
1593.  There  is  however  only  one  female  effigy  lying  by  the  founder's  side  :  see  an 
engraving  in  Skelton's  Pietas  Oxoniensis,  4to.  1830. 

Ibid.  Fishmonger  set  in  the  pillory.  This  man's  punishment  lasted  three  days,  and  is 
more  fully  described  in  Holinshed,  1st  edit.  p.  1778.  It  was  a  stroke  of  domestic  policy, 
in  order  to  acquire  popularity  for  the  queen,  by  the  punishment  of  one  of  the  hated  royal 
purveyors.  The  victim  was  "  one  of  maister  Hunning's  servants,  that  was  also  one  of  the 
takers  of  freshe  fishe  for  the  provision  of  the  queenes  house." 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  the  countess  of  Oxford.  Anne,  daughter  of  Thomas  Howard,  second 
duke  of  Norfolk,  K.G.  and  widow  of  John  14th  earl  of  Oxford,  who  had  died  in  1526. 

P.  190.  Funeral  of  lady  Roche.  Sir  William  Roche  was  lord  mayor  in  1541,  and 
buried  in  St.  Peter's  le  Poor  in  Broad  street  (Smith's  List),  where  the  body  of  his  wife 
was  laid  by  his  side. 

P.  191.  Funeral  of  the  old  countess  of  Bedford.  Anne,  sole  daughter  and  heiress  of 
sir  Guy  Sapcote,  of  Thornhaugh,  co.  Bedford,  married  first  to  sir  John  Broughton,  of 
Toddington,  co.  Bedford  ;  secondly,  about  1518,  to  sir  Richard  Jerningham,  who  was  one 
of  the  governors  of  Tournay,  and  afterwards  employed  in  an  embassy  to  Spain,  who  died 
in  1524  ;  and,  thirdly,  in  the  spring  of  1526,  to  sir  John  Russell,  afterwards  earl  of  Bed- 
ford (see  note,  p.  343).     By  her  will,  dated  19  Aug.  1557,  she  committed  her  burial  to  the 


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discretion  of  the  marquess  of  Winchester  lord  treasurer,  the  abbat  of  Westminster,  and 
the  lord  St.  John.     See  further  in  Wiffen's  Memoirs  of  the  House  of  Russell,  i.  391. 

P.  191.  Funeral  of  sir  John  St.  Loe.  This  was  the  father  of  sir  William  St.  Loe,  captain 
of  the  guard  to  queen  Elizabeth :  see  the  memoirs  of  the  latter,  by  the  Rev.  Joseph 
Hunter,  F.S.A.  in  the  Retrospective  Review,  Second  Series,  ii.  315.  Stowe  has  enume- 
rated in  his  list  of  persons  buried  at  Great  St.  Helen's  "  Sir  William  Sanctlo,  and  sir 
William  Sanctlo,  father  and  sonne  :  "  the  former  should  (apparently)  be  sir  John,  and  sir 
William  would  be  buried  there  within  a  few  years  after. 

P.  192.  Funerals  of  sir  Anthony  St.  Leger,  K.G.  and  lady  St.  Leger.  "  Sir  Anthony 
S'leger  knight  of  the  garter  dyed  at  his  howsse  of  Vuckham  in  Kent  on  thursday  the  16. 
of  Marche  in  A"  j"  Elizabeth,  1558,  and  buryed  on  wensday  the  5.  of  Apryll  next  foloing 
in  the  parish  church  of  Alhalows  hard  by  the  said  howsse."     (MS.  Harl.  897,  f.  17.) 

"  Lady  Agnes  S*leger  late  wyflf  to  sir  Antony  S'leger  knight  of  the  garter,  doter  of 
Wadham  of  Hampshire,  dyed  at  her  howsse  Vucham  in  Kent  the  24.  of  Marche  in  A"  j* 
Elizabeth,  1558,  and  was  beryed  ther  in  the  parish  churche  on  tewsday  the  4.  of  Apreli 
next  foloinge."  (Ibid.  f.  \1^.)  It  is  remarkable  that  the  wife  died  eight  days  after  the 
husband,  but  was  buried  one  day  before  him.  She  was  daughter  of  Hugh  Warham  of 
Croydon,  and  niece  to  archbishop  Warham.  Their  seat  and  place  of  burial  in  Kent  is 
properly  written  Ulcombe :  see  Hasted,  ii.  423. 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  sir  Thomas  Tresham.  The  heralds'  account  of  this  is  preserved  in 
the  College  of  Arms,  I.  9,  f.  158.  His  monument  at  Rushton  Allhallows,  Northampton- 
shire, is  described  in  Bridges's  History  of  that  county,  vol.  ii.  p.  72.  It  bears  his  effigy 
"  in  a  gown,  with  his  hands  erected."  See  some  anecdotes  of  sir  Thomas  Tresham  and 
his  thumb  ring  in  Fuller's  Church  History. 

Ibid.  At  Powlles  cross  master  Samsun.  This  it  appears  was  the  Rehearsal  of  the  spital 
sermons  just  before  mentioned.  There  had  been  no  sermon  at  Paul's  cross  for  many 
weeks,  in  consequence  of  the  prohibition  of  unlicensed  preaching.  **  Hereuppon  no 
sermon  was  preached  at  Paules  crosse  untill  the  Rehearsall  sermon  was  made  upon  the 
Sunday  after  Easter :  at  which  tyme,  when  the  preacher  was  ready  to  mount  into  the 
pulpit,  the  keye  could  not  be  found  :  and  when,  by  commandement  of  the  lord  mayor  it 
was  opened  by  a  smyth,  the  place  was  very  filthy  and  uncleane."  Hay  ward's  Annals  of 
Elizabeth,  p.  5. 

Ibid.  Disputing  between  the  Bishops  and  the  nevj  Preachers.  On  this  Conference  see 
Hayward's  Annals  of  Elizabeth,  p.  19,  and  the  references  there  given  by  Mr.  Bruce  ;  also 
Zurich  Letters,  1st  series,  letters  iv.  and  v. 

P.  193.  Funeral  of  lady  Cary  (misnamed  by  the  diarist  Gray).  Joyce,  sister  of 
sir  Anthony  Denny,  knt.  privy  councillor  to  Henry  VIII.  was  born  24  July,  21  Hen.  VII. 
married  fii-st  to  William  Walsingham,  of  Scadbury  in  Chiselhurst,  Kent,  by  whom  she 


NOTES.  373 

had  three  sons,  of  whom  the  illustrious  secretary  was  third  and  youngest ;  and  secondly 

to  sir  John  Gary  of  Plashey,  co made  a  knight  of  the  carpet  in  1  Edw.  VI. 

by  whom  she  was  mother  of  sir  Edward  Gary,  father  of  the  first  viscount  Falkland  and 
sir  Adolphus  Gary  (see  Glutterbuck's  Hertfordshire,  vol.  i.  p.  129,  vol.  ii.  p.  107). 

P.  1 93.  Peace  with  France.  See  Hayward's  Elizabeth,  p.  36 ;  Hayward  dates  the  procla- 
mation the  7th  instead  of  the  8th  April.  The  treaty,  which  was  signed  by  Elizabeth  at 
Westminster  on  the  20th  Jan.  and  by  Henry  at  Ghateau-Cambray  on  the  2d  April,  is 
printed  by  Rymer,  Foedera,  vol.  xv.  pp.  505 — 516. 

P.  195.  The  Serjeants'*  feast.  This  took  place  at  the  Inner  Temple  on  the  19th  of 
April.  In  the  second  line  read,  "and  ix.  [serjeants  made]."  Dugdale,  indeed,  gives 
the  names  of  ten  as  having  been  called  to  the  degree  by  writ  tested  by  the  queen  on  the 
12th  Dec.  namely,  Thomas  Garus,  Reginald  Gorbet,  John  Welsh,  John  Southcote,  Wil- 
liam Simmonds,  George  Wall,  Richard  Harper,  Ranulph  Gholmley,  Nicholas  Powtrell, 
and  John  Birch  ;  and  to  these  was  added  Richard  Weston  by  writ  dated  24  Jan.  making 
in  all  eleven.     Dugdale's  Ghronica  Series. 

P.  197.  Arrival  of  French  ambassadors.  These  were,  Gharles  cardinal  of  Lorraine, 
Anne  due  de  Montmorenci,  Jacques  Marquis  de  Fronsac,  Jehan  de  Morvillier  bishop  of 
Orleans,  and  the  chevalier  Glaude  de  I'Aubespiere  (see  Rymer,  xv.  503.) 

P.  199.  Marriage  of  master  Matthew  Draper,  for  so  it  should  be  read,  not  "  master 
Mathew,  draper."  After  this  marriage  with  the  Latin  mass,  it  seems  that  the  parties  were 
remarried  a  fortnight  after  at  Gamberwell :  as  their  wedding  is  recorded  in  the  register  of 
that  parish  under  the  13th  of  June.  See  further  of  them  and  the  family  of  Draper  in 
Collectanea  Topogr.  et  Geneal.  iii.  199. 

P.  201.  May  Game.  The  Ironmongers'  company  sent  men  in  armour  to  "  the  May- 
game  that  went  before  the  queenes  mageste  to  Greenewich."     Malcolm,  ii.  48. 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  Docwra.  This  person  was  not  "  a  doctor  of  the  law,"  as  our  diarist 
terms  him  ;  but  a  proctor  only,  as  shown  by  his  epitaph  in  St.  Faith's :  "  Here  under  this 
stone  resteth,  in  the  mercy  of  God,  the  body  of  M.  Thomas  Docwray,  notary,  late  one  of 
the  proctors  of  the  Arches,  citizen  and  stationer  of  liondon,  and  Anne  his  wife.  The 
which  Thomas  deceased  the  23.  day  of  June,  An.  Dom.  1559,  &c."     (Stowe.) 

Ibid.  Bishops  deprived.  Mr.  Bruce  has  given  a  list  of  the  deprived  bishops,  founded 
upon  documents  in  Rymer's  Foedera,  in  Hay  ward's  Annals  of  Q.  Eliz.  p.  27. 

P.  202.  Muster  before  the  queen  in  Greenwich  parh.  Stowe  has  described  this  muster 
at  some  length.  The  Grocers'  company  were,  by  a  precept  from  the  lord  mayor,  required 
to  contribute  to  it  "  190  personnes,  apte  and  picked  men  ;  whereof  60  to  be  with  calyvers, 
flaskes,  touche-boxes,  morions,  swordes,  and  daggers  ;  95  to  be  in  coi*selettes,  with  hal- 


374  DIARY  OF  A  RESIDENT  IN  LONDON. 

bertes,  swordes,  and  daggers,  for  a  shewe  at  Greenwich."     Heath's  Hist,  of  the  Grocers' 
Company,  p.  65. 

P.  203.  Funeral  of  master  Sadler,  No  such  "  alderman  "  occurs  in  the  list  of  Wm. 
Smith,  Rouge-dragon. 

P.  205.  Sir  Thomas  Chamber.  Thomas  Chamber  clerk  was  presented  to  the  rectory 
of  Trinity  the  Less  near  Queen  Hithe  July  10,  1555.  His  cession  is  not  recorded.  New- 
court  identifies  him  with  the  incumbent  of  Horndon  on  the  Hill  in  Essex  1544,  Bradwell 
near  Coggeshall  1551  to  1554,  St.  Mary  Bothaw  in  London  1562  to  1563,  Northampsted, 
Herts,  1563  to  1565  (where  he  was  deprived),  and  Langford  in  Essex  1565  to  1585,  where 
he  died.  If  all  or  most  of  these  belong  to  one  person,  and  the  dates  are  in  a  succession, 
which  makes  it  possible,  his  frequent  changes,  and  the  deprivation  in  1565,  are  in  accord- 
ance with  the  scandalous  character  represented  in  our  Diary  :  of  which  a  former  rpecimen 
was  given  in  p.  132. 

P.  206.  Master  Sebastian,  Phelips,  and  Haywood.  "  Sebastian  scolemaister  of  Powles" 
gave  queen  Mary  on  new-year's  day  1557  "a  book  of  ditties,  written."  (Nichols's  Pro- 
gresses, &c.  of  Q.  Elizabeth,  1823,  vol.  i.  p.  xxxv.)  Mr.  Collier  supposes  his  surname  to 
have  been  Westcott  (Annals  of  the  Stage,  i.  1 55). — Robert  Phelipps  was  one  of  the  thirty- 
two  gentlemen  of  the  chapel  to  king  Edward  VI.  (Hawkins's  History  of  Music,  vol.  iii.p. 
481. — Of  John  Heywood  as  an  author  of  interludes  and  master  of  a  company  of  "  children  " 
players  various  notices  will  be  found  in  Mr.  Collier's  work. 

Ibid.  Nonsuch.  A  memoir  by  the  present  writer  on  the  royal  palace  of  Nonesuch  will 
be  found  in  the  Gentleman's  Magazine  for  August  1837,  New  Series,  vol.  viii.  pp. 
135 — 144.  The  earl  of  Arundel,  as  lord  steward  of  the  household,  had  obtained  an  inte- 
rest in  it,  which  seems  almost  to  have  amounted  to  an  alienation,  but  it  reverted  to  the 
Crown  in  1591.  His  first  dealings  with  it  were  resisted  by  sir  Thomas  Ca warden,  (the 
subject  of  the  following  Note,)  who  had  been  the  previous  keeper. 

P.  208.  Death  and  funeral  of  sir  Thomas  Catvarden.  Knighted  by  Henry  VIII.  at 
the  siege  of  Boulogne  in  1544,  a  gentleman  of  the  king's  privy  chamber  in  1546,  and  in  his 
latter  years  master  of  the  revels,  tents,  and  pavilions.  His  altar-tomb  remains  in  Bletch- 
ingley  church,  but  without  inscription.  (Manning  and  Bray's  Surrey,  ii.  300.)  Among 
other  documents  relating  to  sir  Thomas  Cawarden  and  his  office,  published  in  the  Loseley 
Manuscripts,  edited  by  A.  J.  Kempe,  esq.  F.S.A.  1835,  8vo.  are  (p.  175)  his  will  dated 
St.  Bartholomew's  day  1559,  and  (p.  179)  the  charges  of  his  obsequies,  amounting  to 
96^.  155.  l^d.  and  the  funeral  feast  to  32/.  16s.  8d.  The  death  of  his  wife  shortly  fol- 
lowed, and  the  charges  of  her  funeral  are  also  stated. 

P.  209.  Thundering.  See  this  storm  described  also  by  Hayward,  p.  29  ;  also  by 
Stowe,  both  in  his  Chronicle  and  in  his  Survay,  when  describing  the  church  of  Allhallows, 
the  spire  of  which,  he  adds,  though  "  but  little  damnified  thereby,  was  shortly  after  taken 
downe,  for  sparing  the  charges  of  reparation." 


NOTES.  375 

P.  209.  Ohsequy  of  the  French  Icing  Henry  II.  This  took  place  at  St.  Paul's,  and  the 
ceremonial  is  preserved  in  the  College  of  Arms,  I.  13,  f.  8,  and  I.  14,  f.  7.  There  is  a 
full  abstract  of  it  in  Strype,  Annals,  i.  128 — 130,  which  is  copied  in  Nichols's  Progresses, 
&c.  of  Queen  Elizabeth,  i.  76—79. 

P.  211.     Funeral  of  sir  John  Raynford.     Of  Manningtree,  Essex  ;  see  Morant,  i.  464. 

P.  213.  Prince  of  Sweden.  John  duke  of  Finland,  second  son  of  Gustavus  king  of 
Sweden.  He  came  to  negociate  a  marriage  between  his  elder  brother  Eric  and  queen 
Elizabeth.  See  Hayward's  Annals,  p.  37.  Notwithstanding  the  praise  given  him  by 
Cecill  in  the  passage  which  Mr.  Bruce  has  there  quoted,  and  the  credit  he  gained  by  his 
princely  living  here  (see  our  Diary,  p.  230),  his  brother  (then  king  of  Sweden)  im- 
prisoned him  on  his  return,  in  resentment  for  his  ill  success.  (See  Stowe's  Chronicle, 
1631,  p.  640.) 

Ibid.  Alderman  Lodge  sworn  sheriff.  Son  of  William  Lodge,  of  Cresset,  in  Shrop- 
shire: sheriff  1559-60,  lord  mayor  1563-4  :  "  in  which  year  he  gave  up  his  cloak,  but  lived 
many  yeares  after,  and  was  buried  in  Aldermary  church  with  sir  William  Laxton,  whose 
daughter  he  had  married."  Arms,  Azure,  a  lion  rampant  argent,  crusilly  gules,  within  a 
bordure  flory-de-lis  of  the  second.  (List  by  Wm.  Smith,  Rouge-dragon.)  He  was  of 
the  Grocers'  company,  and  died,  says  Stowe,  in  1583  ;  but  the  inscription  on  his  tomb  in 
Aldermary  church  did  not  state  the  year  of  his  death,  but  that  of  a  more  memorable 
mortality  :  "  Here  lyeth  buried  sir  Thomas  Lodge  knight,  and  Dame  Anne  his  wife.  Hee 
was  L.  Maior  in  the  yeere  of  our  Lord  God  1563,  when  God  did  visit  this  Citie  with  a 
great  plague  for  our  sinnes.  For  we  are  sure  that  our  Redeemer  liveth,  and  that  we  shall 
rise  out  of  the  earth  in  the  latter  day,  &c.     Job  19." 

Ibid.  Alderman  Martin  sworn  sheriff.  Afterwards  mayor  in  1567-8.  Son  of  Law- 
rence Martin,  of  Melford  in  Suffolk.  "  He  dwelled  on  the  west  side  of  Soper-lane,  over 
against  sir  Stephen  Soame."  Arms,  Argent,  a  chevron  between  three  mascles  within  a 
bordure  sable  ;  quartered  with,  Gules  a  fess  engrailed  between  three  swan's  heads  erased 
argent.  (List  by  Wm.  Smith,  Rouge-dragon.)  "  A  very  good  tombe  "  was  erected  in 
St.  Antholin's,  Budge-row,  "  Unto  sir  Roger  Martin  knight,  a  mercer  and  a  marchant 
late,"  with  verses,  which  may  be  seen  in  Stowe.  He  died  Dec.  20,  1573,  having  had 
eight  children,  from  Elizabeth  **  of  Graecia  soyle,  and  Castlynes  race,"  the  widow  of 
Thomas  Knowles,  who  died  July  11,  1550,  having  had  three  children  by  him. 

Ibid.  Master  Huett  chosen  lord  mayor.  Son  of  Edmund  Hewitt,  of  Wales  in  York- 
shire. Sheriff  1553-4,  lord  mayor  1559-60.  He  was  knighted  during  his  mayoralty  (see 
p.  224).  This  was  sir  William  Hewitt,  known  as  the  ancestor  of  the  duke  of  Leeds : 
Edward  Osborne  his  apprentice,  afterwards  lord  mayor  in  1582,  having  married  his  only 
daughter  and  heir,  whose  life  he  had  previously  saved,  when  she  fell  from  a  window  of 
her  father's  house  on  London  bridge.  Such  is  the  tradition :  but  our  old  authority  says 
that  sir  William  "  dwelled  in  Philpot-lane,  nere  Fenchurch-strete."     Arms,  Azure,  on  a 


376  DIARY  OF  A  RESIDENT  IN  LONDON. 

fess  flory-de-lis  or,  between  three  lyons  passant  argent,  three  pewitts  proper.  (List  by 
Wm.  Smith,  Rouge-dragon.)  He  died  in  1566-7,  and  was  buried  in  the  church  of  St, 
Martin  Orgar's,  as  his  wife  had  previously  been  (see  p.  266).  Some  extracts  from  his 
will  are  given  in  Collins's  Peerage. 

P.  213.  Funeral  of  lady  Gobliam.  Dorothy,  daughter  of  George  lord  Bergavenny,  by 
Mary,  daughter  of  Edward  duke  of  Buckingham.  This  funeral  is  recorded  in  the  College 
of  Arms,  I.  9,  f.  161^  and  I.  13,  f.  14. 

P.  216.  Alderman  Rowe's  daughter  married.  The  alderman  had  two  daughters, 
Mary  married  to  Thomas  Randall,  and  Elizabeth  to  sir  William  Garrard,  of  Dorney,  Bucks. 
(See  Lipscomb's  Buckinghamshire,  iii.  274,  276.) 

Ibid.  Bid  preach  Crolley  sometime  a  printer.  Strype  has  noted  the  first  ordination  of 
Robert  Crowley  as  a  deacon,  by  bishop  Ridley,  Sept.  29,  1551.  In  the  bishop's  register 
he  is  styled  "  stationer,  of  the  parish  of  St.  Andrew,  Holborn."  Of  the  productions  of 
his  press  Strype  has  given  some  particulars  in  Memorials,  book  1 ,  chap.  32  ;  and  of  his 
Thirty-one  Epigrams,  published  in  1551,  fifteen  are  reprinted  in  Strype's  Appendix  O  O. 
See  also  Ames's  Typographical  Antiquities,  by  Dibdin,  vol.  iv.  pp.  325 — 335.  In  1566 
he  was  presented  to  the  vicarage  of  St.  Giles's  without  Cripplegate,  where  he  died  June 
18,  1588.     See  further  in  Newcourt's  Rep.  Londin.  i.  181,  or  Wood's  Athenae  Oxon. 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  sir  William  Fitzvrilliam.  The  name  of  the  place  (to  be  filled  up)  is 
AVindsor.  "  Sir  AVm.  Fitzwilliam,  of  the  great  park  of  Windsore,  married  Jane,  d.  to 
Roberts."  (MS.  Lansd.  874,  f.  53''.  where  his  funeral  atchievements  are  tricked.)  His 
epitaph,  of  eight  Latin  verses,  on  an  altar-tomb  in  St.  George's  chapel,  will  be  found  in 
Pote's  History  of  Windsor,  1749,  4to.  p.  372. 

P.  216.  Funeral  of  the  countess  of  Rutland.  Margaret  daughter  of  Ralph  earl  of 
Westmerland,  wife  of  Henry  second  earl  of  Rutland,  K,G.  The  conjoint  monument  of 
this  lady,  her  mother,  and  two  other  female  relations,  has  been  already  noticed  in  p.  343. 

Ibid.  Proclamation  of  Apparel.  This  Proclamation  was  printed  by  Jugge  and 
Cawood.  A  copy  is  preserved  in  the  library  of  the  Society  of  Antiquaries.  See  Mr. 
Collier's  note  on  this  subject  in  The  Egerton  Papers,  p.  247  :  also  Strype,  Annals,  i.  186. 

P.  217.  Funeral  of  Richard  Knevett  esquire.  One  of  the  gentlemen  pensioners  to  the 
queen,  died  Nov.  1,  1559.  Buried  in  the  chapel  of  St.  John  the  Evangelist,  Westminster 
abbey.     Dart,  ii.  60. 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  sir  Robert  Southwell.  Constituted  master  of  the  rolls  July  1,  1542  ; 
resigned  in  1550.  He  was  brother  to  sir  Richard  Southwell,  a  member  of  the  privy 
council,  and  executor  to  Henry  VIII.  Sir  Robert  resided  at  Jotes  Place  in  the  parish  of 
Mereworth,  Kent.    (Hasted,  iii.  269.) 


NOTES.  377 

P.  217.  Funeral  of  lord  Williams  of  Thame.  Master  of  the  jewel-house,  temp.  Edw.  VI. 
He  died  on  the  14th  Oct.  "  within  her  majesties  castell  of  Loudlowe  in  the  conte  of 
Sallop,  wher  he  was  late  come,  being  lorde  precydent  ther  appoincted  of  her  grace's  coun- 
sell  in  the  said  marches :  "  his  body  was  brought  to  Thame,  and  a  long  account  of  his 
interment  is  preserved  in  I.  9,  in  Coll.  Arm.  f.  150''. 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  Frances  duchess  of  Suffolk.  Daughter  of  Charles  Brandon,  duke  of 
Suffolk,  and  Mary  queen  dowager  of  France,  daughter  of  king  Henry  VII.  She  was 
first  married  to  Henry  Grey,  marquess  of  Dorset,  who  was  created  duke  of  Suffolk  in 
1551  (see  p.  10)  ;  by  whom  she  was  mother  of  queen  Jane  :  and  afterwards  accepted  the 
hand  of  Adrian  Stokes  esquire,  who  erected  her  monument  in  Westminster  abbey.  Their 
portraits  together  are  engraved  by  Vertue.  Her  style  by  our  Diarist  as  "  my  lady  Frances" 
did  not  arise  either  from  ignorance  or  accident.  The  title  "  lady  "  was  then  equivalent 
to  the  modern  title  "  princess  ;  "  and  the  duchess  usually  bore  it,  as  her  daughter  "  the  lady 
Jane  "  had  done,  as  distinctive  of  her  being  a  member  of  the  Blood  Royal. — The  heralds' 
account  of  her  funeral  is  preserved  in  the  College  of  Arms,  I.  9,  f.  153-4,  and  I.  14, 
f.  154—157. 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  alderman  sir  Thomas  Curteis.  This  person,  who  was  M.P.  for  the 
city  in  1547,  sheriff  1546,  and  lord  mayor  in  1558,  was  the  son  of  John  Curteis,  of 
Enfield,  Middlesex.  "  He  was  first  a  pewterer,  and  dwelled  at  the  upper  end  of  Lombard- 
street,"  (list  of  mayors,  by  William  Smith,  Rouge-dragon):  afterwards,  on  becoming  an 
alderman,  he  joined  one  of  the  twelve  great  companies,  choosing  the  Fishmongers.  A 
marble  tomb  to  his  memory  was  erected  in  St.  Dionis  Back-church,  with  an  inscription  in 
Latin  poetry,  which  may  be  seen  in  Stowe.  It  states  that  his  sole  heir  was  his  grand- 
daughter Anne,  daughter  of  his  son  Thomas,  and  married  to  a  gentleman  named  Stukeley. 
His  arms  were,  Undee  argent  and  sable,  a  chevron  or  between  three  bezants,  on  a  chief  of 
the  third  two  dolphins  addorsed  between  two  anchors  proper  ;  a  crescent  for  difference. 

P.  218.  Funeral  of  bishop  Tunstall.  His  epitaph,  formerly  on  a  brass  plate  under  the 
communion  table  of  Lambeth  church,  will  be  found  in  Ducarel's  History  of  Lambeth, 
Appx,  p.  40.     It  was  written  by  Walter  Haddon.     He  died  on  the  15  Nov.  aged  85. 

P.  219.  Funeral  of  sir  Fulke  Greville.  Grandfather  of  the  celebrated  sir  Fulke 
Greville,  K.B.  the  first  lord  Brooke.  He  died  Nov.  10, 1559,  and  was  buried  at  Alcester, 
CO.  Warw.  where  recumbent  effigies  of  him  and  his  wife  were  placed  upon  an  altar-tomb 
an  engraving  of  which  will  be  found  in  Dugdale's  History  of  Warwickshire. 

P.  220.  Murder  of  master  Wynhorne.  "  I  have  never  met  with  Wynborne  as  the 
name  of  a  family  in  Suffolk.  John  Whinburgh  gent,  of  Whinburgh  in  Norfolk  was  also 
lord  of  Benacre  in  Suffolk,  and  it  is  possible  the  murdered  man  was  of  his  family.  Henry 
Whinburgh  gent,  by  his  will  dated  31  Oct.  1544,  left  land  in   Whinburgh,  Yaxhani, 

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378  DIARY  OF  A  RESIDENT  IN  LONDON. 

Rymerston,  &c.     James  was  his  son.     See  Blomefield's  Norfolk,  x.  272."     (Communi- 
cation of  D.  E.  Davy,  esq.) 

P.  220.  New  hishops  made.  A  tabular  list  of  the  new  bishops  will  be  found  in  Strype, 
Annals,  i.  157. 

P.  221.  Funeral  of  my  lady  Copley.  Elizabeth,  widow  of  sir  Roger  Copley  of  Gatton, 
CO.  Surrey,  who  died  in  1559,  and  daughter  of  sir  William  Shelley,  justice  of  the  common 
pleas.  On  an  inquisition  taken  29  April,  1560,  she  was  found  to  have  died  seised  of  the 
manor  of  the  Maze  in  South wark  (see  the  Collectanea  Topogr.  et  Geneal.  vol.  viii.  p.  255). 
See  also  the  pedigree  of  Copley  in  the  History  of  Surrey,  by  Manning  and  Bray,  vol.  ii.  p.  231. 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  lady  Chandos  widow.  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Edmund  lord  Grey  of 
Wilton,  married  to  John  Brydges  first  lord  Chandos:  died  29  Dec.  1559.  See  her 
poetical  epitaph  in  Jesus  chapel,  afterwards  St.  Faith's,  printed  by  Stowe.  Her  will  was 
proved  on  the  5th  Jan. 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  the  late  bishop  of  Carlisle.  Owen  Oglethorpe,  appointed  27  Oct. 
1556,  deprived  June  1559. 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  the  late  bishop  of  LichHeld  and  Coventry.  Ralph  Baynes,  elected 
10  Nov.  1554  ;  also  deprived  1559.  He  died  some  weeks  before  Dr.  Oglethorpe,  when 
his  burial  at  St.  Dunstan's,  Fleet  Street,  was  thus  entered  in  the  parish  register:  *'  1559, 
Nov.  24.  Mr.  Doctor  Banes."     Collectanea  Topogr.  et  Geneal.  vol.  iv.  p.  116. 

P.  222.  Play  [a<  White'^hall.  The  conjecture  made  in  the  note  is  incorrect:  for  the 
play  was  at  Whitehall.  See  the  estimate  of  sir  Thomas  Cawarden  for  the  court  revels 
this  Christmas,  printed  by  Mr.  Collier  in  his  Annals  of  the  Stage,  vol.  i.  p.  174. 

P.  223.  Funeral  of  Richard  Chettcode  esquire.  His  pennon  and  surcoat  were  re- 
maining at  St.  Dunstan's,  temp.  Nich.  Charles,  and  their  bearings  are  described  in  the 
Collectanea  Topogr.  et  Geneal.  1837,  vol.  iv.  p.  101. 

P.  224.  Funeral  of  the  late  bishop  of  Winchester.  John  White,  warden  of  Winchester 
college,  consecrated  bishop  of  Lincoln  1554  (see  p.  58),  translated  to  Winchester  1556, 
deprived  1559.  He  was  brother  to  alderman  sir  John  White,  to  whose  house  he  had 
been  allowed  to  repair  on  coming  out  of  the  Tower  (see  p.  203),  this  being  an  instance 
(to  which  there  are  many  parallels)  of  two  brothers  bearing  the  same  Christian  name.  Sir 
Thomas  White,  of  South  Warnborough,  Hampshire,  was  his  brother-in-law,  for,  though  not 
nearly  related  in  paternal  descent,  there  had  been  two  marriages  which  connected  the 
families,  sir  Thomas  White  having  married  Agnes  sister  to  the  bishop  and  sir  John,  and 
sir  John  having  married  for  his  first  wife  Sibell  sister  of  sir  Thomas  White.  See  the 
Collectanea  Topogr.  et  Geneal.  vol.  vii,  p.  212. 


NOTES.  379 

P.  225.  Fxmeral  of  John  Williams  esquire.  Two  members  of  this  family  were  buried 
within  a  few  days.  The  second  (imperfect)  paragraph  relates  to  "  John  Williams  esquyer, 
son  and  heyr  to  Renold  Williams  of  Burfyld  in  Barkshire,  maryd  Cysely  doter  to  Henry 
Poole  of  Wylshire,  and  dyed  sans  issu  in  Darby  howsse  near  Powles  the  16  of  February 
1559,  and  buryed  at  the  parish  churche  of  E(l)syng  Spyttall."     (MS.  Harl.  879,  f.  14.) 

P.  228.  Veron  admitted  parson  of  St.  Martin' sat  Ludgate.  John  Veron,  S.T.P.  was 
instituted  to  this  rectory  8  Mar.  1559,  on  the  deprivation  of  John  Morren,  S.T.B.  New- 
court  (Repertorium,  i.  415,)  has  misprinted  the  name  Heron,  and  supposed  this  rector  to 
be  the  same  with  John  Heron,  who  was  vicar  of  Little  Canfield  in  Essex  in  1544-5.  Veron 
afterwards  obtained  the  vicarage  of  St.  Sepulchre,  Oct.  21,  1560,  and  held  both  livings 
until  his  death  in  1563,  together  with  the  prebend  of  Mora,  to  which  he  was  collated 
Nov.  8,  1559.  His  first  ordination  as  a  deacon  took  place  at  Fulham  Aug.  2,  1551,  from 
the  hands  of  bishop  Ridley,  his  name  being  entered  in  the  register  as  "  Joh'es  Veroneus, 
Senonens.  dioc.  in  Gallia :  "  and  he  was  made  priest  on  the  24th  of  the  same  month. 
(Strype,  Memor.)  He  previously  translated  into  English  from  Latin  the  Short  Pathway 
to  Scripture  of  Zuinglius,  which  was  printed  at  Worcester  24  May,  1550,  and  was  dedi- 
cated to  sir  Arthur  Darcy  (see  Strype,  Memorials,  Book  I.  chap.  34).  On  the  3d  Jan. 
1552  he  was  instituted  to  the  rectory  of  St.  Alphage  in  London,  of  which  he  was  deprived 
in  1554.  He  is  frequently  noticed  as  a  preacher  by  the  writer  of  this  Diary  (see  the 
Index). 

P.  229.  Proclamation  relative  to  the  French  king  and  Scotish  queen.  See  in  Rymer, 
vol.  XV.  p.  569,  the  treaty  with  James  duke  of  Chateau  THerault,  dated  27  Feb.  1559, 
the  object  of  which  was  to  prevent  the  union  of  Scotland  to  France. 

P.  232.  Procession  of  knights  of  the  garter.  This  paragraph  must  not  be  passed  with- 
out calling  to  remembrance  a  very  curious  print  which  exists  representing  queen  Elizabeth 
accompanying  the  procession  of  the  order  of  the  garter,  which  was  designed  by  Marcus 
Gerrard,  and  set  forth  by  Thomas  Dawes,  Rouge-croix  pursuivant,  and  of  which  there  is 
a  copy  by  Hollar  in  Ashmole's  Order  of  the  Garter,  p.  515.  It  is,  however,  of  a  later 
date  than  the  present  Diary,  namely  the  20th  year  of  the  queen's  reign,  1578. 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  mistress  Malory.  "  April  26.  Mi*s.  Anne  Malory,  wife  of  Richard 
Malory  alderman,  in  the  chapel  of  St.  Thomas  de  Acre."  Register  of  St.  Pancras,  Soper- 
lane.  (Malcolm,  ii.  177.)  Our  diarist  seems  to  say  that  she  died  in  childbed  with  her 
seventeenth  child.  The  alderman  was  remarried  on  the  8th  April  following  to  Mrs.  Lane 
at  St.  Benet  Fink.     (Ibid.  p.  463.) 

P.  235.  Funeral  of  mistress  Allen.  At  St.  Leonard's  Fish  street  hill  was  this  inscrip- 
tion :  "  Here  under  this  stone  lieth  Joane  wife  of  William  Allyn  citizen  and  alderman, 
who  died  in  childbed  of  her  9th  child  the  22.  of  May  1560."  (MS.  Lansd.  874,  f.  10''.) 
Sir  AVilliam  Allen  (for  he  was  afterwards  knighted)  was  the  son  of  William  Allen,  citizen 


380  DIARY  OF  A  RESIDENT  IN  LONDON. 

and  poulterer  of  London  ;  was  sheriff  1562-3,  lord  mayor  1571-2.  "  He  was  at  first  free  of 
the  Leathersellers,  afterwards  a  Mercer.  And  dwelled  when  he  was  sheriff  in  Bow-lane; 
when  he  was  maior,  in  Tower-strete.  But  buried  at  St.  Botulphes  without  Bishopsgate, 
in  which  parish  he  was  borne."  Arms,  Per  fess  sable  and  argent,  a  pale  engrailed 
counterchanged,  and  three  talbots  passant  of  the  second,  collared  gules.  (List  by  Wm. 
Smith,  Rouge-dragon.) 

P.  235.  Funeral  of  Dr.  Wendy.  Thomas  Wendy,  M.D.  was  one  of  the  witnesses  to  the 
will  of  king  Henry  VIII.  together  with  doctor  George  Owen  and  doctor  Thomas  Huicke, 
and  they  each  received  a  legacy  of  lOOZ.  (Rymer,  xv.  117.)  He  was  re-appointed  physi- 
cian to  king  Edward  VI.  March  3,  1546-7,  with  an  annuity  of  100^.  (ibid.  143)  ;  and  on 
the  22d  Nov.  1548,  was  appointed  one  of  the  commissioners  to  visit  the  university  of 
Cambridge  (ibid.  178). 

Pp.  236,  237.  Death  and  ftmeral  of  Anthony  Hmsey  esquire.  From  epitaphs  in  St. 
Martin's  Ludgate,  which  will  be  found  in  Stowe,  it  appears  that  this  person,  a  native  of 
London,  had  been  chief  registrar  of  the  archbishop  of  Canterbury  and  of  the  chapter  of 
St.  Paul's  ;  and  had  also  for  some  years  performed  the  functions  of  a  judge  in  maritime 
causes,  and  a  master  in  chancery.  At  length  in  his  advanced  years  (having  apparently 
resigned  his  office  of  registrar  of  the  court  of  Canterbury  to  his  son  William,  who  died  in 
the  November  before  him,  aged  28,)  he  became  the  governor  of  the  company  of  merchants 
of  Muscovy,  which  (it  is  stated  in  the  same  place)  exercised  their  commerce  among  the 
Belgians  as  well  as  the  Muscovites  and  Germans, — "  lingua  facundus,  memoria  tenax, 
ingenio,  prudentia,  doctrinaque  pollens,  morum  comitate  et  probitate  gratiosus."  He 
died  June  1560,  jet.  63. 

P.  238.  Secretary  BoxalL  John  Boxall,  secretary  of  state  to  queen  Mary  :  see  notices 
of  him  in  the  Zurich  Letters,  1st  Series,  p.  255. 

Ibid,  The  Merchant-taylors^  feast.  As  an  old  scholar  of  the  grammar-school  of  this 
worshipful  company,  I  cannot  resist  transcribing  the  memorandum  made  by  the  honest 
merchant-taylor  John  Stowe  on  the  very  memorable  event  of  this  year:  "Thexxj.  of 
March,  1560,  a  notable  grammar-schoole  was  founded  by  the  mayster,  wardens,  and  assist- 
ants of  the  worshipfull  company  of  the  Marchant-taylours  of  the  citie  of  London,  in  the 
paryshe  of  S.  Laurence  Pounteney,  the  ryght  worshypful  Emanuell  Lucar,  Robert  Rose, 
Wyllyam  Merike,  John  Sparke,  and  Robert  Duckyngton  then  being  mayster  and  wardens 
of  the  same  company."  It  will  be  seen  that  these  names  are  the  same  as  those  given  by 
our  diarist  in  p.  239  ;  but  the  Christian  name  of  the  master  sorely  puzzled  him.  Emanuell 
Lucar  married  the  daughter  of  Paul  Withypoll ;  she  died  Oct.  29,  1537,  and  her  husband 
erected  a  monument  to  her  in  St.  Lawrence  Pountney,  with  a  very  remarkable  testimony 
to  her  varied  accomplishments,  written  in  English  verse,  which  is  preserved  in  Stowe's 
Survav. 


NOTES.  381 

P.  239.  Funeral  of  master  Her enden.  This  family  is  not  noticed  in  Hasted 's  Kent, 
but  some  of  their  epitaphs,  formerly  in  the  parish  church  of  "  St.  Anne's  in  the  willowes," 
in  the  ward  of  Aldersgate,  will  be  found  in  Stowe's  Survay  of  London,  1633,  p.  326. 
Richard  Herenden  of  West  Farleigh  in  Kent,  esq.  (probably  the  person  whose  funeral  is 
here  recorded)  was  father  of  Edward  Herenden  esquire,  citizen  and  mercer  of  London, 
who  died  1572. 

Ibid.  Accident  in  Crooked  lane.  This  passage,  so  imperfect  in  our  diary,  is  elucidated 
by  one  in  Stowe's  chronicle  of  1660  :  "The  fifth  of  July,  through  shooting  of  a  gunne 
which  brake  in  the  house  of  one  Adrian  Arten,  a  Dutchman  in  Crooked  lane,  and  setting 
fire  on  a  firken  and  barell  of  gunpowder,  four  houses  were  blown  up,  and  divers  other 
sore  scattered." 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  the  earl  of  Huntingdon.  Francis  second  earl  of  Huntingdon,  K.G. 
succeeded  his  father  in  1554.  He  died  at  Ashby  de  la  Zouche,  June  22,  1560  (MS.  Harl. 
897,  f.  80) ;  and  a  full  memoir  of  him  will  be  found  in  Nichols's  History  of  Leicestershire, 
vol.  iii.  pp.  580-583,  and  at  p.  619  a  description  of  his  monument  in  the  church  of  Ashby 
de  la  Zouche,  of  which  a  folio  engraving  is  given,  pi.  Ixxxiii.  It  bears  recumbent  effigies 
of  the  earl  and  of  his  countess,  who  was  a  niece  of  cardinal  Pole,  and  acted  in  1569  as 
administratrix  of  the  cardinal's  will. 

P.  240.  Funeral  of  lady  Chester.  Sir  William  Chester,  draper,  (son  of  John  Chester, 
citizen  and  draper  of  London,)  sheriff  in  1554-5,  lord  mayor  in  1560-1,  was  buried  "  with 
his  wives,"  in  the  church  of  St.  Edmund  the  King  in  Lombard-street.  He  was  the  son  of 
sir  John  Chester,  by  Margaret,  afterwards  re-married  to  sir  John  Milborne,  draper,  lord 
mayor  in  1522.  Several  memorials  to  these  and  other  of  his  relatives  were  in  the  church 
above  named  ;  but  Stowe's  account  of  them  is  confused.  Sir  William  Chester  "  dwelled 
at  the  upper  end  of  Lombard-street,  over  against  the  George,  nere  to  St.  Edmund's  church, 
where  he  is  buried."  Arms,  Per  pale  argent  and  sable,  a  chevron  engrailed  between  three 
goat's  heads  counterchanged,  horned  or,  within  a  bordure  gules  bezantee.  (List  by 
Wm.  Smith,  Rouge-dragon.) 

P.  24 1 .  Master  Folkes  proposed  for  sheriff.  Richard  Folkes,  cloth  worker,  was  an  alder- 
man, but  never  actually  served  sheriff.  Arms,  Sable,  two  bars  argent  charged  with  three 
cinquefoils  azure  ;  a  mullet  for  difference.     (List  by  Wm.  Smith,  Rouge-dragon.) 

Ibid.  Alderman  Draper.  Christopher  Draper,  son  of  John  Draper,  of  Melton  Mow- 
bray in  Leicestershire ;  sheriff  1560-1 ,  lord  mayor  1566-7.  Arms,  Argent,  on  two  chevronels 
between  three  escallops  sable,  six  martlets  or.  (List  by  Wm.  Smith,  Rouge-dragon.) 
He  was  buried  at  St.  Dunstan's  in  the  East,  and  Stowe  gives  his  epitaph,  but  with 
the  incorrect  date  1560.  He  died  in  1580,  aged  70.  His  daughters  were  married  to 
Sir  William  Webbe,  sir  Wolstan  Dixie,  and  sir  Henry  Billingsley,  all  subsequently  lord 
may  OX'S. 


382  DIARY  OF  A  RESIDENT  IN  LONDON. 

P.  241.  Funeral  of  lady  Warner.  "  Elizabeth,  late  wiff  to  sir  Edward  Warner  knight, 
lieutenaunte  of  the  tower  of  London ;  she  was  doter  of  Thomas  Cobham,  and  dysceased 
the  8.  of  August  1560,  and  left  issue  a  [son]  whosse  name  is  Edward."  (MS.  Harl. 
897,  f.  19.) 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  master  May,  dean  of  PaiWs.  William  May,  LL.D.  He  was  the 
"  new  dean  of  Paul's,"  inasmuch  as  he  had  replaced  Dr.  Cole,  but  he  had  been  previously 
dean  from  1545  to  the  accession  of  Mary.  At  the  time  of  his  death  he  was  designated  to 
the  archiepiscopal  see  of  York  :  see  in  Dugdale's  History  of  St.  Paul's  his  epitaph, 
formerly  in  the  choir  of  the  old  cathedral  church. 

P.  242.  Funeral  of  lady  North.  Alice,  daughter  of  Oliver  Squyer,  of  Southby,  near 
Portsmouth,  widow  of  Edward  Mirfyn  of  London  (son  of  sir  John  Mirfyn,  lord  mayor  in 
1519,)  and  also  widow  of  John  Brigadine,  of  Northampton.  After  this,  lord  North  mar- 
ried another  lady  who  had  had  three  husbands,  and  died  himself  before  the  end  of  1565. 
The  present  lady  was  the  mother  of  his  children. 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  lady  Amy  Dudley.  The  name  of  "  Amy  Robsart  "  is  invested  with 
a  prevailing  interest  as  the  heroine  of  poetry  and  romance.  I  have  collected  what  is  known 
of  her,  and  endeavoured  to  sift  the  mysterious  rumours  of  her  assassination,  in  a  memoir 
which  appeared  in  the  Gentleman's  Magazine  for  December,  J  845.  I  have  now  to 
append  the  following  additional  memorial :  **  Lady  Amie  Robsert,  late  wyff  to  the  right 
noble  the  lord  Robert  Dudley,  knight  and  companyon  of  the  most  noble  order  of  the 
garter,  and  master  of  the  horsse  to  the  queues  moste  excellent  majestic,  dyed  on  sonday 
the  8.  of  Septembre  at  a  howsse  of  Mr.  Foster,  iij.  myles  from  Oxford,  in  the  2,  yere  of 
queue  Elizabeth,  1560,  and  was  beryed  on  sonday  the  22.  of  September  next  enshewenge 
in  our  Lady  churche  of  Oxford."     (MS.  Harl.  897,  f.  80".) 

P.  243.  Funeral  of  sir  (Nicholas)  Pelham.  Sir  Nicholas  Pelham  (to  whom  our 
diarist  erroneously  gave  the  Christian  name  John,  which  was  that  of  his  son  and  heir),  was 
of  Laughton  in  Sussex,  and  lineal  ancestor  of  the  earls  of  Chichester.  He  was  M,P.  for 
Arundel  1547,  sheriff  of  Surrey  and  Sussex  1549,  and  knighted  Nov.  17  in  that  year,  and 
afterwards  twice  knight  of  the  shire  for  Sussex.  He  died  Dec.  15,  1560,  set.  44,  and  was 
buried  in  St.  Michael's  church,  Lewes,  where  is  his  monument,  with  a  kneeling  effigy  :  of 
which  see  an  engraving  in  Horsfield's  History  of  Lewes,  4to.  1824,  or  the  Gentleman's 
Magazine  for  Sept.  1825,  p.  215. 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  lord  Monteagle.  Thomas  Stanley  succeeded  his  father  1523;  made 
K.B.  at  the  coronation  of  queen  Anne  Boleyne  ;  married  first  lady  Mary  Brandon,  daugh- 
ter of  the  duke  of  Suffolk,  and  secondly  Helen  daughter  of  Thomas  Preston  esquire  of 
Levens  in  Westmerland,  and  widow  of  sir  James  Leybourne.  He  died  at  his  castle  of 
Hornby,  co.  Lancaster,  Aug.  18,  1560,  and  was  buried  on   the  16th  Sept.  at  the  parish 


NOTES.  383 

church  of  Melling.     His  funeral  is  in  the    College  of  Arms,  I.  13,  f.  27;  see  also  MS. 
Harl.  897,  f.  83. 

P.  243.  Reduction  of  the  coinage.  On  this  subject  see  Ruding's  Annals  of  the  Coinage, 
vol.  ii.  pp.  135-142,  Burgon's  Life  of  Sir  Thomas  Gresham,  vol.  i.  pp.  354-360,  and  the 
Zurich  Letters,  1st  Series,  p.  93. 

P.  244.  Funeral  of  Francis  earl  of  Shrewsbury,  K.O.  Misled  by  the  diarist's  spelling 
of  the  name  Frances,  the  word  **  countess"  was  inadvertently  inserted  instead  of  "  earl." 
He  died  at  his  manor  of  Sheffield  28  Sept.  1560,  and  the  funeral  took  place  at  the  same 
place  on  the  21st  Oct.  The  ceremonial  at  full  is  printed  in  Peck's  Desiderata  Curiosa, 
lib.  vii.  pp.  17-21;  and  also  in  Hunter's  Hallamshire,  p.  56. 

Ibid.  Burial  of  master  Bulstrode  ("  Btdthered '''').  Thomas  Bulstrode,  of  Hedgerley, 
Bucks,  died  9  Nov.  2  Eliz.  in  the  parish  of  St.  Sepulchre.  See  the  pedigree  of  Bulstrode 
in  Aungier's  History  of  Syon,  Isleworth,  and  Hounslow,  opposite  p.  495. 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  sir  John  Jermy.  Sir  John  Jermy  was  of  Metfield  and  Brightwell  in 
Suffolk,  the  latter  of  which  is  about  five  miles  from  Ipswich,  and  was  therefore  the 
residence  to  which  our  diarist  alludes.  He  had  been  one  of  the  knights  of  the  Bath  made 
at  the  coronation  of  queue  Anne  Boleyne. 

P.  245.  Funeral  of  mistress  Ltison  or  Leveson.  This  was  the  widow  of  "  Nicholas 
Leveson,  mercer,  sheriff  1535.  Buried  at  St.  Andrew's  Undershaft."  Arms,  Azure,  a 
fess  undy  argent  and  sable,  between  three  leaves  or.  (List  by  Wm.  Smith,  Rouge- 
dragon.) 

P.  246.  Funeral  of  master  Trapps,  goldsmith.  This  was  one  of  a  family  of  which 
several  memorials  were  in  the  church  of  St.  Leonard's,  Foster-lane,  which  will  be  found 
printed  in  Weever's  Funerall  Monuments,  and  the  several  histories  of  London  ;  par- 
ticularly some  curious  English  verses  (A°.  1529),  alluding  to  funeral  ceremonies,  which  begin 

"  When  the  bells  be  merrily  roung, 
And  the  masse  devoutly  soung. 
And  the  meate  [be]  merrily  eaten, 
Then  shall  Robart  Trappis,  his  wyffs  and  his  children  be  forgotten." 

Another  monument  to  Joyce  Frankland,  widow,  daughter  of  Robert  and  Joane  Trappes, 
was  the  erection  of  the  principal  and  scholars  of  Brazenose  college,  Oxford. 

Ibid.  Man  slain  in  Saint  Margaret's  (Westminster)  churchyard.  Buried,  "  Dec.  the 
xxij  day.     John  Harrys  kylde."     (Par.  Reg.) 

P.  247.  Installation  of  the  duke  of  Vanholtat  Windsor.  Adolphus  duke  of  Holstein, 
elected  10  June,  1560,  installed  (by  proxy)  the  15th  Dec.  (Beltz.)    He  died  Oct.  1, 1586. 


384  DIARY  OF  A  RESIDENT  IN  LONDON. 

P.  247.  Funeral  of  master  Scott.  The  registers  of  the  family  of  Scott  at  Camberwell 
were  printed  in  the  Collectanea  Topog.  et  Genealogica,  vol.  iii.  p.  145,  but  the  funeral 
described  in  this  paragraph  is  not  there  recorded.  He  appears,  however,  to  have  been  the 
Thomas  Scott  there  mentioned  in  a  note,  whose  name  occurs  in  Cole's  Escheats,  i.  441. 

P.  247.  Marriage  at  St.  Pancras.  This  was  St.  Pancras,  Soper-lane,  as  appears  from 
the  register  recording  another  event  in  the  same  family  in  the  previous  April  (see  p.  379). 

P.  254.  Funeral  of  lady  Jane  Seymour.  Daughter  of  Edward  duke  of  Somerset,  and 
supposed  to  have  been  destined  by  him  to  become  the  consort  of  his  nephew  king  Edward. 
A  Latin  letter  written  by  her  (of  course  under  the  dictation  of  her  tutor)  to  the  Reformers 
Bucer  and  Fagius,  dated  at  Syon,  June  12,  1549,  is  published  in  the  Third  Series  of 
Zurich  Letters,  printed  for  the  Parker  Society.  She  was  one  of  queen  Elizabeth's  maids 
of  honour,  and  shortly  before  her  death  she  had  taken  an  active  part  in  promoting  the 
clandestine  marriage  of  her  brother  the  earl  of  Hertford  with  her  companion  the  lady 
Katharine  Grey,  a  line  of  conduct  which  would  certainly  have  brought  upon  her  the 
anger  of  her  royal  mistress,  had  she  lived  until  it  was  discovered.  (See  Ellis's  Grig. 
Letters,  Second  Series,  vol.  ii.  p.  272.)  Her  age  was  only  nineteen.  See  an  engraving 
of  her  monumental  tablet,  with  the  inscription,  erected  by  "  her  deare  brother  "  the  earl, 
in  Dart's  Westminster  Abbey,  vol.  i.  pi.  12.  In  the  accounts  of  St.  Margaret's  parish, 
Westminster,  is  an  entry  of  IO5.  received  at  her  funeral. 

Ibid.  Death  of  sir  Arthur  Darcy.  Sir  Arthur  was  the  second  son  of  Thomas  lord 
Darcy,  who  suffered  death  for  his  share  in  the  Pilgrimage  of  Grace.  He  had  married 
Mary,  daughter  and  co-heiress  of  Sir  Nicholas  Carew,  K.G.  whence  his  death  at  Bedding- 
ton,  the  mansion  of  that  family.  Lady  Darcy's  funeral  has  before  occurred,  in  p.  222. 
Their  epitaph  in  St.  Botolph's,  Billingsgate,  will  be  found  in  Stowe's  Survay. 

P.  257.  Funeral  of  Bartholomew  Compagni,  a  Florentine.  See  a  licence  to  him  as  the 
king's  factor  in  Oct.  1550,  in  Strype,  Mem.  ii.  538,  and  his  name  occurs  elsewhere  Angli- 
cised to  Compayne.  Margaret,  his  daughter  and  heir,  was  mother  of  the  maids  to  queen 
Elizabeth,  and  married  to  John  Baptist  Castillion,  of  Benham  Valence,  Berks.  (Archae- 
ologia,  xxxii.  371.) 

P.  259.  Funeral  of  lady  Wharton.  "  Lady  Anne  Ratclyff,  daughter  to  Robert  erl  of 
Sussex  and  lady  Margaret  his  wyff  daughter  of  Thomas  erl  of  Darby,  late  wyff  to  sir 
Thomas  Wharton  knight,  son  and  heyr  to  Thomas  lord  Wharton,  dyed  the  7.  of  June, 
1561,  at  the  honner  of  Bewlew,  otherwysse  called  Newhall,  in  Essex,  and  was  beryed  in 
the  parishe  churche  of  Boreham  the  xiiij*''  of  the  mounthe  aforesaid  :  leaving  issue  Phelyp 
Wharton  son  and  heyre,  Thomas  Wharton  2  son,  Mary  Wharton,  Anne."  (MS.  Harl. 
897,  f.  18.) 

P.  260.  Proclamation  for  slips  and  half  slips.  This  proclamation  was  dated  12  June 
1661,  and  a  MS.  copy  is  in  the  library  of  the  Society  of  Antiquaries.     See  its  contents 


NOTES.  385 

described  in  Ruding's  Annals  of  the  Coinage,  s«6  anno.  The  name  "slips"  does  not 
occur  in  the  document,  but  it  appears  that  the  coins  referred  to  were  "  base  monies,"  one 
current  for  three  half-pence,  and  the  other  for  three  farthings  :  and  the  same  term  was  in 
use  for  many  years  after,  as  appears  by  the  example  frotn  Shakspere's  Romeo  and  Juliet, 
with  others  from  Ben  Jonson,  &c.  given  in  Nares's  Glossary,  From  "  Theeves  falling  out," 
by  Robert  Greene,  we  derive  this  exact  definition  :  "  Certain  slips,  which  are  counterfeit 
pieces  of  money,  being  brasse,  and  covered  over  with  silver,  which  the  common  people 
call  slips.''    (Harl.  Misc.  viii.  399.) 

P.  262.  The  king  of  Sweden.  In  Haynes's  Cecill  Papers,  p.  369,  is  the  minute  of  a 
curious  letter  from  the  secretary  to  the  lord  mayor,  dated  21  July,  1561,  commencing  with 
a  statement  that  "  The  queenes  majesty  understandeth  that  sondry  bookebynders  and 
stationers  do  utter  certen  papers,  wherin  be  prynied  the  faces  of  Mr  majesty  and  the  king  of 
Sweden.  And,  although  her  majesty  is  not  miscontented  that  ether  hir  owne  face  or  the 
sayd  kyng's  be  prynted  or  portracted,  yet,  to  be  joyned  in  one  paper  with  the  sayd  king, 
or  with  any  other  prynce  that  is  knowne  to  have  made  any  request  for  mariadg  to  hir 
majesty,  is  not  to  be  allowed;"  and  the  said  portraits  were  therefore  to  be  withdrawn  from 
sale. 

P.  264.  Burial  of  [  William']  Bill,  dean  of  Westminster.  His  sepulchral  brass  remains 
in  the  abbey,  and  has  been  engraved,  as  also  a  portrait  derived  from  it,  for  the  series  of 
portraits  of  the  deans  of  Westminster  which  accompany  their  lives  in  Neale  and  Brayley's 
History  of  Westminster  Abbey.     See  also  an  engraving  in  Dart,  i.  101. 

Ibid.  Christening  of  Robert  Dethick.  It  was  no  unfrequent  honour  paid  by  queen 
Elizabeth  to  her  subjects  to  stand  godmother  to  their  children.  In  a  list  of  her  presents 
of  plate  there  are  nine  instances  between  the  21st  April  and  the  24th  Nov.  1561,  and 
among  them,  "  Item,  given  by  her  Majestic  the  15th  of  July,  to  the  chrystenyng  of  sir 
William  Dethyk,  aliaa  Garter  king  at  armes,  his  childe,  oone  guilte  cup  with  a  cover,  per 
oz.  19  J  dim.  oz.  Bought  of  the  Goldsmyth."  Queen  Elizabeth's  Progresses,  edit.  1823, 
vol.  i.  p.  129. 

P.  265.  Master  Avenon  chosen  sheriff.  Son  of  Robert  Avenon,  or  Avenand,  of  King's 
Norton  in  Worcestershire  ;  sheriff  1561-2 ;  lord  mayor  1569-70,  and  knighted.  He  was 
**  buried  at  St.  Peter's,  at  the  Cross  in  Cheap."  Arms,  Ermine,  on  a  pale  gules  a  cross 
flory-de-lis  argent,  on  a  chief  sable  a  mascle  between  two  escallops  of  the  third.  (List  by 
Wm.  Smith,  Rouge-dragon.)  The  epitaph  of  his  widow  "  the  lady  Alice  Avenon,"  at  St. 
Laurence  in  the  Jewry,  will  be  seen  in  Stowe.  She  was  the  daughter  and  co-heir  of 
Thomas  Huchen,  citizen  and  mercer,  and  married  first  Hugh  Methwold  mercer,  and 
secondly  John  Blundell  mercer,  and  had  children  by  both,  who  are  enumerated.  The 
marriage  took  place  in  his  mayoralty,  as  thus  recorded  in  the  register  of  Allhallows,  Bread- 
street:  "  1570,  Oct.  22,  was  married  sir  Alexander  Avenon,  lord  mayor,  and 
Blunden,  widow,  by  a  license,  within  his  own  house."     Malcolm,  ii.  12. 

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386  DIARY  OF  A  RESIDENT  IN  LONDON. 

P.  265.  Master  Basherville  chosen  sheriff.  Humphrey  Baskervilie,  mercer,  buried  in  the 
Mercers'  chapel,  1563.  Arms,  Argent,  on  a  chevron  gules  between  three  hurts  a  crescent 
or.     (List  by  Wm.  Smith,  Rouge-dragon.) 

Ibid.  Master  Gilbert  chosen  alderman.  Edward  Gilbert,  goldsmith.  Never  sheriff  or 
lord  mayor.  Arms,  Azure,  a  chevron  engrailed  ermine  between  three  spread  eagles  or. 
(List  by  "Wm.  Smith,  Rouge-dragon.) 

P.  266.  Funeral  of  auditor  Swift.  He  was  auditor  to  the  church  of  St.  Paul's,  and 
had  this  epitaph  on  a  stone  in  the  south  aile  of  St.  Botulph's  without  Bishopsgate  :  "  Hie 
jacet  Petrus  Swift  de  London,  generos,  dum  vixit  auditor  eccles.  cathedrali  D.  Pauli 
London.     Qui  obiit  2.  die  Septemb.  An.  Dom.  1562.     Cujus,  &c."    (Stowe.) 

Ibid.  The  young  earl  of  Hertford  brought  to  the  Tower.  This  was  on  account  of  his 
marriage  with  lady  Katharine  Grey,  sister  to  the  late  queen  Jane.  Respecting  this  stolen 
alliance  see  several  letters  in  Ellis's  Second  Series,  vol.  ii.  pp.  272,  et  seq.  and  Bayley's 
History  of  the  Tower  of  London,  pp.  458-460. 

Ibid.  Master  Swift  of  Rotherham.  Robert  Swift  esquire,  mercer,  of  Rotherham, 
where  he  "  lyvyde  many  yeares  in  vertuous  fame,  grett  wellthe,  and  good  woorship,"  and 
had  attained  his  84th  year.  See  his  epitaph  in  Hunter's  South  Yorkshire,  vol.  ii.  p.  18, 
and  further  particulars  of  him  and  his  family  in  vol.  i.  of  that  work,  p.  205.  The  name  of 
his  eldest  son  is  of  constant  occurrence  in  Lodge's  Illustrations,  as  one  of  the  servants  and 
most  frequent  correspondents  of  the  earl  of  Shrewsbury. 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  sir  Jarrces  Boleyne.  One  of  the  uncles  of  queen  Anne  Boleyne.  He 
was  of  Blickling,  co.  Norfolk,  and  was  buried  there  on  the  5th  Dec.  1561  ;  having 
died  without  issue.  See  the  pedigree  of  Boleyne  in  Clutterbuck's  Hertfordshire,  vol.  iii. 
p.  94;  and  see  the  History  of  Norfolk,  by  Blomefield  and  Parkin,  fol.  vol.  iii.  p.  627. 

Ibid.     Great  reches  that  myght  have  bene  sene,  and  gyffyne  to   The  "great 

nches  "  burnt  were  church  books  and  ornaments  deemed  superstitious.  The  MS.  is  as 
above;  but  it  seems  probable  that  the  Diarist,  repining  against  the  act,  with  his  Old  Church 
bias,  was  thinking  of  the  apostles'  complaint  against  Mary  Magdalene,  and  that  the  articles 
burnt  "  might  have  been  sold,  and  given  to  the  poor." 

P.  267.  Funeral  of  master  Cotgrave.  This  may  very  probably  have  been  the  father  of 
Hugh  Cotgrave,  who  soon  after  became  Richmond  herald.  His  kinsman  "  master  Tott, 
Serjeant  painter  to  Henry  VIII."  was  an  Italian,  Antonio  Toto,  whose  naturalisation 
occurs  in  Rymer,  xiv.  595,  and  several  notices  of  whom  will  be  found  in  the  Privy  Purse 
Expenses  of  Henry  VIII.  edited  by  Sir  Harris  Nicolas,  8vo.  1827. 

P.  268.     Christening  of  the  earl  of  Hertford''s  son.     This  was  the  first  offspring  of  the 


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stolen  alliance  noticed  in  the  preceding  page.  The  son  was  christened  Edward,  but  died 
in  infancy;  and  the  second  son,  whose  birth  is  afterwards  mentioned  in  p.  300,  received 
the  same  name. 

P.  268.  Master  Harper  elected  lord  mayor.  Sir  William  Harper,  son  of  William 
Harper,  of  the  town  of  Bedford,  sheriff  1556-7,  lord  mayor  1561-2.  "He  dwelled  in 
Lombard-streete,  where  Mr.  Butler  now  (1605)  dwelleth.  But  was  buried  at  Bedford, 
where  he  was  borne."  Arms,  Azure,  on  a  fess  between  three  spread  eagles  or  a  fret 
between  two  martlets  azure.  (List  by  Wm.  Smith,  Rouge-dragon.)  This  was  another 
of  those  worthy  citizens,  so  many  of  whom  have  occurred  in  these  pages,  whose  names  are 
still  remembered  as  the  founders  of  our  great  educational  establishments.  The  estates  left 
by  sir  William  Harper  for  the  grammar-school  of  Bedford,  lying  in  the  vicinity  of  Bedford 
Row,  the  Foundling  Hospital,  and  Lamb's  Conduit-street,  have  of  late  years  vastly  in- 
creased in  value,  and  proportionately  benefited  his  foundation.  He  died  Feb.  27,  1573, 
aged  77;  and  was  buried  in  St.  Paul's  at  Bedford,  where  is  his  effigy  in  brass  plate,  from 
which  an  engraving  was  published  in  Waller's  Monumental  Brasses,  fol.  1841. 

P.  269.  Master  Oowth.  This  preacher,  who  our  Diarist  informs  us  to  have  been  son  of 
John  Gough  the  printer  (see  Ames's  Typographical  Antiquities,  by  Dibdin,  vol.  iii.  pp. 
202-416)  is  again  mentioned  in  p.  285  as  the  parson  of  St.  Peter's  in  Cornhill.  He  was 
John  Gough  clerk,  presented  to  the  vicarage  of  Braintree  in  Essex  by  John  Gooday 
clothier,  3  Dec.  1554,  deprived  1556  ;  presented  to  St.  Peter's  Cornhill,  by  the  mayor, 
aldermen,  and  commonalty  of  London  15  Nov.  1560,  deprived  1567.  (Newcourt,  Repert. 
Lond.i.  526;  ii.  89.) 

P.  271.  Death  and  funeral  of  the  good  sir  Rowland  Hill.  This  reverend  senator  has 
the  highest  character  given  him  in  his  epitaph,  which  was  placed  "  on  a  faire  stone  in  the 
south  aile  of  St.  Stephen's  Walbrook:" 

A  friend  to  venue,  a  lover  of  learning, 

A  foe  to  vice,  and  vehement  corrector, 
A  prudent  person,  all  truth  supporting  ; 

A  citizen  sage,  and  worthy  counsellor  ; 
A  lover  of  wisdome,  of  justice  a  furtherer, 

Loe,  here  his  corps  lyeth,  sir  Rowland  Hill  by  name, 
Of  London  late  lord  maier,  and  alderman  of  fame. 

He  was  the  son  of  Thomas  Hill,  of  Hodnet  in  Shropshire;  was  sheriff  1541-2;  lord  mayor 
1549-50.  He  founded  a  grammar  school  at  Drayton  in  Shropshire,  and  performed  other 
admirable  acts  of  beneficence  recorded  by  Stowe  in  his  Survay,  in  his  chapter  "  Honour 
of  Citizens."  "He  dwelled  in  Walbrook,  over  against  the  said  church  of  St.  Stephen; 
and  was  buried  at  St.  Stephen's  in  Walbrook  1561."  Arms,  Azure,  two  bars  argent,  on 
a  canton  sable  a  chevron  between  three  pheons  of  the  second,  an  eagle's  head  erased  of 
the  third,  between  two  mullets  gules.     (List  by  Wm.  Smith,  Rouge-dragon.) 


388  DIARY  OF  A  RESIDENT  IN  LONDON. 

P.  272.  Proclamation  onjoreign  coins.  This  proclamation  was  dated  the  15th  of 
Nov.  1661,  and  is  extant  among  the  collection  in  the  Society  of  Antiquaries'  library.  It 
is  curious  as  representing  in  woodcuts  the  counterfeit  angels  of  Tournay  and  Holland,  in 
comparison  with  a  genuine  angel  of  Henry  VIII.  (See  Ruding's  Annals  of  the  Coinage, 
sub  anno.)     The  same  proclamation  is  noticed  in  a  Norwich  Chronicle  as  follows : 

"  This  year,  upon  sunday  the  23d  of  November,  there  was  sent  from  the  Queen  a 
Proclamation  to  be  published,  that  pistoles  and  other  foreign  crowns  of  gold  and  silver, 
only  French  crowns  excepted,  should  not  pass  from  man  to  man  as  current  money,  but  as 
bullion  be  brought  into  the  Tower,  there  to  have  as  much  as  they  are  worth."  Papers  of 
the  Norwich  and  Norfolk  Archaeol.  Soc.  vol.  i.  p.  145. 

P.  273.  Funeral  of  Laurence  Dalton,  Norroy  hing  of  arms.  See  his  epitaph  in  Stowe, 
and  his  funeral  insignia  described  in  the  Collectanea  Topogr.  et  Geneal.  1837,  vol.  iv. 
pp.  101-111.  His  funeral  ceremony  is  recorded  in  the  College  of  Arms.  I.  13,  f.  32, 
and  his  brass  is  drawn  in  the  MS.  Harl.  1099. 

P.  274.  Christmas  festivities  in  the  Temple.  A  long  account  of  the  celebration  of  these 
festivities  will  be  found  in  Dugdale's  Origines  Juridiciales,  pp.  150  et  seq.  and  extracted 
in  Nichols's  Progresses,  &c.  of  Queen  Elizabeth,  1823,  vol.  i.  p.  131. 

Ibid.  The  great  O^Neill  of  Ireland.  This  person,  whom  our  Diarist  in  the  next  page 
takes  the  liberty  to  call  "  the  wild  Irishman,"  was  John  or  Shane  O'Neill,  eldest  son  of 
Connac  O'Neill,  created  earl  of  Tyrone  by  Henry  VIII.  in  1542.  After  a  career  the  turbu- 
lence of  which  fully  justifies  Machyn's  epithet,  he  was  slain  in  the  year  1567,  by  Alexander 
Oge  MacConnell. 

P.  275.  Funeral  of  the  countess  of  Bath.  Margaret,  only  child  of  John  Donnington, 
of  Stoke  Newington  in  Middlesex,  married  successively  to  sir  Thomas  Kytson,  sir  Richard 
Long,  and  John  Bourchier  earl  of  Bath.  The  last  died  in  1560.  Her  monument  in 
Hengrave  church,  Suffolk,  with  recumbent  effigies  of  herself  and  her  three  husbands,  is 
engraved  in  Gage's  History  of  that  parish,  1822,  4to.  p.  65;  and  in  the  same  volume  are 
several  letters  to  and  from  her,  an  inventory  of  her  property,  her  will,  and  an  account  of 
her  funeral  expenses,  &c. 

Ibid.  Play  by  the  gentlemen  of  the  Temple.  This  play  was  the  celebrated  "  Ferrex  and 
Porrex,"  written  by  Sackville  and  Norton,  the  old  editions  of  which  bear  in  their  title- 
page,  that  it  was  "  shewed  before  the  Queenes  most  excellent  Majestic,  in  her  Highnes 
court  of  Whitehall,  the  18th  Jan.  1561,  by  the  gentlemen  of  the  Inner  Temple."  Col- 
lier's Hist,  of  English  Dramatic  Poetry,  i.  180. 

Ibid.  Robert  Cooke,  afterwards  Clarenceux  king  of  arms,  was  created  Rose- Blanch 
pursuivant  Jan,  25,  and  Chester  herald  Jan.  29, 1561 ;  his  patent  for  the  latter  office  is  printed 


NOTES.  389 

in  Rymer's  Foedera,  &c.  vol.  xv.  p.  620;  followed  by  that  advancing  his  predecessor, 
William  Flower,  to  the  office  of  Norroy  (see  the  ceremony  of  creation  mentioned  in  p.  276). 

P.  275.  Funeral  of  Charles  WryotJiesley,  Windsor  herald.  He  died  "  at  Camden's 
HOWSSE,  in  the  parish  of  St.  Pulcres  in  London."  (MS.  Harl.  897,  f.  27''.)  "  Item.  On 
Sounday  the  25th  of  January,  An°.  1561,  departed  out  of  this  world  about  sixe  of  the 
cloacke,  Charles  Wryotheley  al's  Windsour  herauld,  who  was  buryed  at  Saint  Sepulcres 
churche  w'hout  Newgate,  on  Tuesday  in  the  morning,  at  the  which  buriall  the  sayd 
corsse  was  covered  with  a  pall  of  blacke  velvett,  and  on  the  same  was  laid  a  rich  coate  of 
armes,  and  of  each  corner  of  the  sayd  corpes  went  a  pursivant  of  armes  in  a  mourning 
gowne  and  hood,  and  in  their  coates  of  armes.  And  after  the  corsse  went  Somersett 
herauld  in  his  gowne  and  hood,  and  after  him  Mr.  Garter  and  Mr.  Clarencieux,  and  after 
them  the  rest  of  the  office  of  armes  not  in  blacke."  From  the  Papers  of  Sir  Edward 
Walker,  Garter,  «  Heralds,  vol.  I.  p.  120,  Coll.  Arm,,''    See  also  the  MS.  I.  13,  f.  34. 

P.  276.  Julyus  Sesar  ^^ played.""  I  appended  the  editorial  note  to  the  word  played  in 
this  passage,  because  it  appeared  to  me  very  doubtful  whether  it  was  not  added  by  a  person 
who  misunderstood  what  our  Diarist  meant  to  record.  It  is  possible  there  was  no  play  of 
Julius  Caesar  performed  on  this  occasion,  beyond  his  personation  among  the  men  of  arms, 
in  the  cavalcade,  like  one  of  the  "  men  in  armour  "  in  my  Lord  Mayor's  show.  Mr. 
Collier,  however,  (Hist,  of  English  Dramatic  Poetry,  i.  180;  ii.  415,)  has  quoted  this 
passage  of  our  Diary  as  attesting  the  existence  of  an  historical  play,  called  Julius  Caesar, 
and  which  would  have  been  the  first  English  drama  derived  from  Roman  history. 

P.  277.  Christening  of  master  CromweWs  daughter.  The  first  supposition  in  the  foot- 
note is  correct.  The  child's  mother  was  the  daughter  of  sir  Ralph  Warren,  formerly  lord 
mayor  of  London,  and  "my  lady  White  "  was  grandmother  as  well  as  godmother,  as  will 
be  seen  by  consulting  the  note  already  given  in  p.  330. 

P.  279.     Funeral  of  Robert  Mellish.     Died  March,  1562.     Epitaph  in  Stowe. 

P.  280.  Marriage  of  master  Bacon's  daughter.  James  Bacon,  a  brother  of  the  lord 
keeper,  was  a  fishmonger  and  alderman  of  London,  and  sheriff  in  1569,  but  died  in  1573, 
before  arriving  at  the  mayoralty.  He  was  buried  at  St.  Dunstan's  in  the  East,  and  his 
epitaph  will  be  found  in  Stowe's  Survay,  edit.  1633,  p.  139. 

P.  281.  Funeral  of  sir  Giles  Strangways.  This  was  the  name  of  the  knight  our 
Diarist  calls  Strange.  "  Sir  Gyles  Strangwysh,  of  Melbury  Sanford,  in  the  county  of 
Dorset,  knight,  dysceased  the  xj^^  of  Apryll,  1562,  and  is  beryed  in  the  churche  of  Mel- 
bury. He  maryed  Jone  doter  of  John  Wadham  of  Meryfelde  in  the  county  of  Somerset, 
and  by  her  had  issue  John  Stranguysh  son  and  heyr,  George  2  son,  Nycolas  3  son,  Anne." 
(MS.  Lansd.  897,  f.  20^.) 

P.  281.  Monstrous  child.  The  prodigious  births  of  the  year  1562  (see  pp.  281,  282, 
284)  will  be  found  duly  chronicled  by  Stowe,  and  they  arc  thus  noticed  in  a  letter  of 


390  DIARY  OF  A  RESIDENT  IN  LONDON. 

bishop  Jewell  to  H.  BuUinger :  "  Incredibilis  fuit  hoc  anno  toto  apud  nos  coeli  atque  aeris 
intemperies.  Nee  sol,  nee  luna,  nee  hyems,  nee  ver,  nee  aestas,  nee  autumnus,  satisfecit 
officium  suum.  Ita  effatim  et  pene  sine  intermissione  pluvit,  quasi  faeere  jam  aliud  coelum 
non  queat.  Ex  hac  contagione  nata  sunt  monstra :  infantes  foedum  in  modum  deformatis 
corporibus,  alii  prorsus  sine  capitibus,  alii  capitibus  alienis  ;  alii  trunei  sine  braehiis,  sine 
tibiis,  sine  eruribus ;  alii  ossibus  soils  cohserentes,  prorsus  sine  ullis  carnibus,  quales  fere 
imagines  mortis  pingi  solent.  Similia  alia  complura  nata  sunt  e  porcis,  ex  equabus,  e 
vaccis,  e  gallinis.  Messis  hoc  tempore  apud  nos  augustius  quidem  provenit,  ita  tamen  ut 
non  possimus  multum  conqueri.  Sarisberiae,  14  Augusti,  1562."  Zurich  Letters,  1st 
Series,  epist.  L. 

P.  283.  Funeral  of  master  Godderylce.  It  seems  not  improbable,  from  the  attendance 
at  this  funeral,  that  this  was  a  brother  or  near  relative  of  the  late  bishop  of  Ely  and  lord 
chancellor.    In  the  register  of  St.  Andrew's  he  is  styled  sir  Richard  Goodricke.    (Malcolm.) 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  lady  Cheney.  See  the  note  on  sir  Thomas  Cheney  in  p.  369.  There 
is  an  effigy  of  the  lady  at  Toddington;  see  the  Topographer,  1846,  vol.  i.  p.  156. 

P.  284.  The  Ironmongers'  Feast.  At  "A  courte  holden  the  xxvij.  day  of  May, 
A®  1562,"  the  following  order  was  made,  "  Whereas  the  dyner  hath  hearetofore  bene  used 
to  be  kept  upon  the  sondaye  next  after  Trynitie  sondaye,  that  the  dyner  shall  from  hence- 
forthe  be  kepte  upon  the  monday  sevennight  after  Trynitie  sonday,  that  is  to  saye,  the 
mondaye  next  after  the  olde  accustomed  daye;  and  that  the  yeomondrye,  as  well  house- 
houlders  as  others,  must  be  warned  to  be  at  the  hall  upon  the  sayd  monday  in  their  best 
arraye,  as  they  have  bene  accustomed  to  be  heretofore  upon  the  sondaye,  for  to  offer  at  the 
churche  as  aforetime  ewssid."  This  was  an  alteration  in  accordance  with  the  increased 
respect  for  the  sabbath  enjoined  by  the  Reformation.  Mr.  Christopher  Draper,  alderman, 
was  master  of  the  company  on  this  occasion  ;  William  Done  and  John  Miston,  wardens. 
(Communicated  by  John  Nicholl,  esq.  F.S.A.) 

P.  284.  Helyas  Hall.  The  real  name  of  this  prophet  was  Elizeus  Hall :  many  par- 
ticulars respecting  him  will  be  found  in  Strype,  Annals,  chap.  25. 

P.  285.  The  monument  of  sir  William  Walworth.  This  memorable  civic  hero 
had  founded  a  college  for  chantry  priests  attached  to  the  church  of  St.  Michael's,  Crooked- 
lane  ;  see  his  will  printed  in  the  Excerpta  Historica,  1831.  8vo.  The  college  shared  the 
fate  of  other  religious  foundations  ;  but  the  monument  was  now  restored  by  the  zeal  of  a 
member  of  the  Fishmongers'  Company,  which  afterwards  kept  it  in  repair,  until  it  was 
destroyed  in  the  great  fire  of  1665.  The  poetical  epitaph,  which  was  added  at  one  of  the 
repairs,  will  be  found  in  Weever's  Funerall  Monuments  and  the  several  Histories  of 
London.  Stowe  states  the  epitaph  in  his  time  bore  the  name  of  Jack  Straw  in  lieu  of  that 
of  Wat  Tyler, — an  historical  error  for  which  he  severely  censures  the  Fishmongers  as 
"  men  ignorant  of  their  antiquities  ;"  but  our  own  Diarist  has  made  a  still  graver  error  in 
naming  Jack  Cade,  the  rebel  of  the  days  of  Henry  VI. 


NOTES.  391 

P.  286.  Master  Fuwilliam.  This  probably  records  the  burial  of  Thomas  Fitz- 
William  alias  Fisher,  who  was  a  natural  son  of  the  Earl  of  Southampton,  mentioned  by 
Ralph  Brooke  in  his  Catalogue  of  Nobility.  The  Earl,  who  died  at  Newcastle  when  com- 
manding the  Van  of  the  army  sent  against  Scotland  in  1542,  left  no  legitimate  issue. 

P.  288.  Marriage  of  master  Coke  and  master  NicholWs  daughter.  *'  John  Nicolls  of 
London,  gentleman,  at  this  present  ^1568)  comtroUer  of  the  workes  at  London  bridge,  and 
all  other  lands  and  revenues  of  the  same,  and  in  charge  for  provision  of  corne  for  the  city 
of  London,"  married  for  his  first  wife  Christian  Thompson,  and  had  issue  two  daughters, 
Mary  married  to  Francis  Gerrard,  and  Elizabeth  married  to  Edmond  Cooke  of  Lizens  in 
Kent  gentleman — the  marriage  mentioned  by  Machyn.  Mr.  Nicholls  married,  secondly, 
Elen  daughter  of  James  Holt  of  Stubley,  co.  Lancaster.  (Visitation  of  Middlesex,  by 
Robt.  Cooke,  Clarencieux,  1568.)  Machyn  has  afterwards  (p.  305)  noticed  a  christening  at 
Mr.  Nicholls' s,  probably  of  a  daughter,  by  his  second  marriage.  The  descendants  of  his 
brother  Thomas  Nicholls  (among  whom  was  William  Nicholls,  dean  of  Chester,)  are 
recorded  in  the  Bedfordshire  visitation  of  1628.     MS.  Harl.  1531,  f.  158. 

Ibid.  My  lord  Giles's  datighter.  Another  daughter  of  lord  Giles  Pawlet  was  christened 
the  next  year  at  the  same  church :  "  lady  Elizabeth  Pawlett,  31  Aug.  1563  :"  and  on  the 
25th  Julie,  1572,  was  buried  at  St.  Botulph's  "  Lady  Pallat,  wife  to  the  right  hon.  lord 
Gyles  Pallat."     Malcolm's  Lond.  Rediv.  i.  344. 

P.  289.  Alderman  Chamherlain  chosen  sheriff.  *•  Rychard  Chamberlen,  ironmonger, 
alderman  and  late  shreve  of  London,  dyed  on  tuesday  the  xix***  of  November,  1566,  in  A" 
9**  Elizabeth'  Regine,  at  his  howsse  in  the  parishe  of  St.  Olyff  in  the  Old  Jury,  and  was 
beryed  on  Monday  25.  of  November,  in  the  parishe  churche  there.  He  married  first  Anne, 
doughter  of  Robert  Downe  of  London,  ironmonger,  and  hadissue  Elizabeth  wyff  to  Hugh 
Stewkley  of  London  lawyar,  Thomas  Chamberlen,  Rychard,  Alexander,  Robert,  Margery, 
John,  George;  secondly,  Margarat,  wedo  of  Bristo  groser  of  London,  doter  and  one  of 
th'eyrs  of  Nycolas  Hurleton,  of  Cheshire,  somtyme  clerk  of  the  grene  cloth  to  king  H.  8. 
She  dyed  sans  issu."  (MS.  Harl.  897,  f.  30.)  Alderman  Chamberlain's  epitaph  will  be 
found  in  Stowe. 

P.  290.  Funeral  of  the  earl  of  Oxford.  "  This  John  Vere,  erl  of  Oxford,  dysseased  at 
his  castell  of  Hemyngham  in  Essex  on  Monday  the  3.  of  August,  in  the  4.  yere  of  the  queue 
our  soveraigne  lady  Elizabeth,  &c.  1562,  and  was  beryed  on  tewsday  the  25.  of  August 
next  enshewing,  at  the  parishe  churche  of  Hemyngham.  He  married  first  Doraty,  dough- 
ter of  Raff  erle  of  Westmerland,  and  had  issue  Kateren  wyff  to  Edward  lord  Wyndesor  ; 
secondly,  Margery  doughter  of  Golding,  syster  to  sir  Thomas  Goldinge,  and  hud  isstie 
Edward  erl  of  Oxford,  and  Mary."     (MS.  Harl.  897,  f.  81.) 

P.  291.  Master  Hidsun  master  Heyxvord''s  deputy.  Sir  Rowland  Hay  ward  died  Dec. 
5,  1593,  having  lived  "an  alderman  the  space  of  30  yeares,  and  (at  his  death)  the 
ancientest  alderman  of  the  said  city."     (Epitaph  in  St.  Alphage,  where  his  monument 


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still  remains,  with  effigies  of  two  wives  and  sixteen  children,  and  was  repaired  in  1777, 
when  the  church  was  rebuilt.)  He  was  sheriff  in  1563-4,  It  is  there^re  possible 
that  sir  Rowland  may  have  been  the  "master  Keyword  "  mentioned  in  this  page;  but 
then  he  appears  to  have  been  alderman  of  Cripplegate  ward,  and  dwelt  in  Philip  lane,  by 
Cripplegate,  in  the  house  adjoining  St.  Alphage's  church.  (Arms  of  the  Lord  Mayors, 
by  Wm.  Smith,  Rouge-dragon.)  Master  Hulsun  may  have  been  **  deputy  "  alderman  of 
the  same  ward ;  but  buried  at  saint  Bride's  in  Fleet-street  on  account  of  his  connection 
with  Bridewell  hospital. 

P.  291.  Funeral  of  the  countess  of  Bedford.  Margaret  daughter  of  sir  John  St.  John 
of  Bletsoe,  and  first  wife  of  Francis  second  earl  of  Bedford.  "  Lady  Margaret,  countess 
of  Bedford,  dyed  at  Owborne  the  xxviij'^^  of  August,  and  was  beryed  the  x'^  of  September 
at  Chenyes,  in  A"  1562."     (MS.  Harl.  897,  f.  84.) 

P.  292.  Funeral  of  lord  (not  lady)  Mordaunt.  John  first  lord  Mordaunt,  summoned 
to  parliament  in  1558,  died  28  Aug.  1562,  at  Tui'vey,  co.  Bedford,  where  he  was  buried, 
and  a  sumptuous  monument  erected  with  effigies  of  himself  and  lady,  of  which  there  is  an 
engraving  in  Halstead's  Genealogies,  fol.  1785,  p  593. 

P.  293.  Funeral  of  sir  Harry  Grey,  hrother  to  the  earl  of  Kent.  Richard  earl  of  Kent, 
having  much  wasted  his  estate  by  gaming,  died  at  the  sign  of  the  George  in  Lombard- 
street,  in  15  Hen.  VIII.  and  was  buried  at  the  White  Friars  in  Fleet-street,  Whereupon 
his  brother  and  heir  male,  sir  Henry  Grey  of  Wrest,  by  reason  of  his  slender  estate,  de- 
clined to  take  upon  him  the  title  of  Earl.  (Ralph  Brooke's  Catalogue  of  Nobilitie.)  He 
died  Sept.  24,  1562;  and  in  his  epitaph  at  St.  Giles's,  Cripplegate,  was  styled  "  Sir  Henry 
Grey  knight,  sonne  and  heire  to  George  lord  Grey  of  Ruthen  and  earl  of  Kent." 
(Stowe's  Survay.)  The  dignity  was  resumed  by  his  grandson  Reginald,  in  1571.  "  Sir 
Harry  Grey  knight  dyed  at  his  howsse  in  London  in  Sant  Gyles  parishe  the  xvj'''  day  of 
September,  in  the  4*^  yere  of  our  soveraigne  lady  queue  Elizabethe,  and  was  buryed  in  the 
parishe  churche  there  the  xxij''*  of  the  same  mounthe,  and  lyeth  in  the  chapel  of  the  south 
syde  the  quere.  The  said  sir  Henry  maryd  Anne  doghter  of  John  Blenerhasset,  in  the 
county  of  Suffolk."     (MS.  Harl.  897,  f.  20  ^,  where  his  issue  is  also  stated.) 

P.  294.  Cree-church.  The  duke  of  Norfolk's  town  mansion  (here  written  "  Chrychyre") 
was  near  the  church  called  St.  Katharine's  Cree-church  or  Christ's  church,  in  the  ward  of 
Aldgate.     It  has  been  before  mentioned  in  p.  186. 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  mistress  Chamley.  This  paragraph  is  so  imperfect  that  it  is  not 
certain  that  it  relates  to  the  wife  of  the  Recorder.     He,   however,   was  buried  at  St. 

Dunstan's  in  the  West  in  the  following  April  (see  p.  395),  and  his  epitaph  commenced 

*'  Ranulphus  Cholmeley  chara  hie  cum  conjuge  dormit." 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  mistress  Lewen.  See  a  former  note  (p.  344)  on  this  lady's  husband. 
At  "  a  quarter  court  (of  the  Ironmongers'  company)  19  Jan.  1562[-3]  was  brought 
into  this  house  2  salts  with  a  cover,  all  gilt,  weighing  Ixv,  oz.  which  Mrs.  Agnes  Lewen 
lately  gave  at  hir  deceas  to  this  company."     Richard  Chamberlain  the  sheriff,  executor, 


NOTES.  393 

and  William  Draper  the  overseer,   of  mistress  Lewen's  will,  were  both  members  of  the 
same  fraternity. 

P.  296.  Master  Hunton  that  married  my  lady  of  Warwick.  Sir  Edward  Unton,  K.B. 
on  the  29th  April,  1555,  married  Anne,  one  of  the  daughters  of  the  protector  Somerset, 
and  widow  of  John  Dudley,  earl  of  Warwick,  the  eldest  son  of  John  duke  of  Northum- 
berland.    See  the  memoirs  prefixed  to  Unton  Inventories,  1841,  4to.  p.  xxxvii. 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  Arthur  Dericote  esquire.  Citizen  and  draper :  see  his  poetical 
epitaph  in  Robinson's  History  of  Hackney,  vol.  ii.  p.  27,  accompanied  by  some  account  of 
his  funeral,  derived  from  the  present  Diary.     See  also  the  MS.  Lansdowne  874,  f.  123''. 

P.  297.  Funeral  of  sir  Humphrey  Browne.  This  venerable  judge  of  the  common 
pleas  had  been  first  appointed  in  the  34  Hen.  VIII.  1543,  and  had  continued  to  sit  on  the 
bench  through  the  reigns  of  Edward  and  Mary.  Stowe  records  that  he  bequeathed 
*  *  divers  houses  "  to  the  parish  of  St.  Martin  Orgar's,  but  describes  no  other  memorial  of 
him. 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  William  lord  Grey  of  Wilton,  K.O.  The  circumstancial  account  of 
this  ceremonial,  drawn  up  by  one  of  the  attendant  heralds,  is  appended  to  the  "  Com- 
mentarie  of  the  Services  "  of  this  nobleman,  in  the  volume  edited  for  the  Camden  Society 
by  Sir  Philip  Grey  Egerton,  Bart.  The  church  (left  blank  in  p.  298,)  was  Cheshunt, 
CO.  Hertford  ;  the  preacher  was  Michael  Reniger  ;  and  in  line  17,  for  '*  master  de[an's] 
plase,"  read  "  master  De[nny's]  plase." 

P.  299.  Funeral  of  lady  Dormer.  Sir  Michael  Dormer,  who  had  been  lord  mayor  in 
1541,  died  in  1545,  directing  his  body  to  be  buried  in  the  churchyard  of  St.  Lawrence  (not 
St.  Olave's)  in  the  Jury,  London,  where  Elizabeth  his  wife  lay  ;  leaving  issue  by  his  wife 
Katharine  (who  was  the  lady  here  recorded)  several  children,  whose  names  will  be  found 
in  Collinses  Peerage,  tit.  Dormer. 

P.  300.  The  double  marriage  of  lord  Talbot  to  lady  Anne  Herbert,  and  lord  Herbert  to 
lady  Katharine  Talbot.  Francis  lord  Talbot  died  before  his  father,  and  without  issue, 
in  1582.  The  marriage  here  recorded  of  Lord  Herbert,  afterwards  second  earl  of  Pem- 
broke, (who  had  been  previously  contracted  to  the  lady  Katharine  Grey,  and  whose  third 
wife  was  the  celebrated  Mary,  sister  to  Sir  Philip  Sidney,)  was  also  finiitless.  On  the 
occasion  of  Lady  Katharine  Talbot's  marriage,  her  father  inforced  the  ancient  feudal  right 
of  receiving  a  benevolence  from  his  tenants  as  ayde  pour  fllle  marier.  See  a  letter  of  his 
on  the  subject,  dated  "  From  Coldharbar,  the  xx'*»  of  Marche,  1562 [-3],"  in  Lodge's  Illus- 
trations of  British  History,  i.  348 ;  followed  by  an  account  of  the  sums  collected  in  the 
counties  of  York,  Nottingham,  and  Derby,  which  amounted  to  321^.  7s.  Qd. 

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P.  301.  Expostvre  of  a  termagant  wife.  A  custom  somewhat  similar  still  existed  in 
parts  of  Berkshire  towards  the  end  of  the  last  century,  and  about  1790  one  of  the  mem- 
bers of  the  Camden  Society  witnessed  a  procession  of  villagers  on  their  way  to  the  house 
of  a  neighbouring  farmer,  in  the  parish  of  Hurst,  who  was  said  to  have  beaten  his  wife. 
The  serenaders,  consisting  of  persons  of  all  ages  and  denominations,  were  well  supplied 
with  kettles,  tin  cans,  cover-lids,  hand-bells,  pokers  and  tongs,  and  cows'  horns,  and, 
drawing  up  in  front  of  the  farm,  commenced  a  most  horrible  din,  showing  at  least  that  the 
ceremony  was  properly  known  by  the  name  of  "  rotigh  music.^'*  After  some  time  the  party 
quietly  dispersed,  apparently  quite  satisfied  with  the  measure  of  punishment  inflicted  by 
them  on  the  delinquent. — For  similar  practices  see  Brand,  ii.  151,  and  MS.  Sloane  886. 

P.  302.  Sir  William  FitzWilliam,  who  died  in  the  time  of  king  Henry  VIII.  in  the 
year  1534,  was  a  merchant-taylor  of  London,  and  alderman  of  Bread-street  ward.  He 
was  the  first  of  his  family  at  Milton,  co.  Northampton  (now  the  seat  of  his  descendant  earl 
Fitz William),  and  was  buried  at  Marham  in  that  county  :  see  Bridges's  History  thereof, 
vol.  ii.  p.  520. 

Ibid.  Loss  of  the  q^ueeii's  ship  the  Greyhound.  A  short  account  of  this  event  will  be 
found  in  Stowe's  Chronicle.  Sir  Thomas  Finch  had  been  appointed  to  succeed  sir  Adrian 
Poynings  as  knight  marshal  of  the  army  in  France  ;  and,  having  previously  sent  over  his 
brother  sir  Erasmus  Finch  to  have  charge  of  his  band,  and  his  kinsman  Thomas  Finch  to 
be  provost  marshal,  he  at  length  embarqued  in  the  Greyhound,  "  having  there  aboord  with 
him,  besides  three  score  and  sixe  of  his  own  retinue,  foure  and  forty  other  gentlemen,  two 
of  them  being  brethren  to  the  lord  Wentworth,  to  wit,  James  Wentworth  and  John  Went- 
worth,  with  divers  others,  who  in  the  whole  (accompting  the  marriners)  amounted  to  the 
number  of  two  hundred  persons  and  upward."  Having  been  driven  back  from  New- 
haven,  they  unwisely  urged  the  captain  "  to  thrust  into  the  haven  "  of  Rye  "before  the 
tide,"  and  consequently  the  lives  of  all  were  lost,  except  four  "  of  the  meaner  sort." 

Ibid.  Sir  Thomas  Finch  was  of  Eastwell,  co.  Kent,  by  marriage  with  Katharine,  elder 
daughter  and  co-heir  of  Sir  Thomas  Moyle,  chancellor  of  the  court  of  augmentations  ;  his 
eldest  son,  sir  Moyle  Finch,  was  created  a  baronet  in  1611,  and  was  direct  ancestor  of  the 
earls  of  Winchelsea  and  Nottingham. 

P.  303.  Funeral  of  lady  Chester.  Katharine,  daughter  of  Christopher  Throckmorton 
esquire,  of  Coorse  Court,  co.  Glouc.  and  the  first  wife  of  sir  Robert  Chester,  receiver  of 
the  court  of  augmentations  :  see  before,  p.  316,  and  the  pedigree  of  Chester  in  Clutter- 
buck's  Hertfordshire,  vol.  iii.  p.  363. 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  lady  Lane.  Sir  Robert  Lane  was  of  Horton  in  Northamptonshire, 
being  the  son  of  sir  Ralph  Lane  by  Maud  daughter  of  William  lord  Parr  of  Horton.  By 
Katharine  his  first  wife,  daughter  of  sir  Robert  Copley  of  Bermondsey,  (see  before,  p.  378) 


NOTES.  395 

who  is  the  lady  here  commemorated,  he  had  three  sons,  all  afterwards  knighted,  sir  Wil- 
liam Lane,  sir  Parr  Lane,  and  sir  Robert  Lane.  Bridges's  Northamptonshire,  vol.  1. 
p.  368. 

P.  303.  Funeral  of  alderman  David  Woodroffe.  Son  of  John  Woodroffe,  of  Uscombe, 
Devonshire;  sheriff  1554.  In  that  capacity  he  was  present  at  the  executions  of  Bradford 
and  Rogers  the  protestant  martyrs,  and  John  Foxe  much  abuses  his  cruel  behaviour,  con- 
trasting it  with  the  mildness  of  his  colleague  sir  William  Chester.  "  But  what  happened  ? 
Hee  was  not  come  out  of  his  office  the  space  of  a  weeke,  but  he  was  stricken  by  the 
sudden  hand  of  God,  the  one  halfe  of  his  bodie  in  such  sort,  that  he  lay  benumned  and 
bed-red,  not  able  to  move  himself,  but  as  he  was  lifted  of  other,  and  so  continued  in  that 
infirmity  the  space  of  seven  or  eight  years,  till  his  dying  day."  He  gave  201.  towards 
the  conduit  at  Bishopsgate.  (Stowe's  Survay.)  His  son  Stephen  died  Sept.  25,  1572, 
and  was  buried  at  St.  Andrew  Undershaft  (Ibid.);  and  his  grandson  sir  Nicholas  Wood- 
roffe, who  lived  at  Leadenhall  (in  that  parish),  was  lord  mayor  in  1579.  A  pedigree  of 
the  family,  which  was  allied  to  others  of  eminence  in  the  city,  will  be  found  in  the  History 
of  Surrey,  by  Manning  and  Bray,  vol.  iii.  pp.  176,  177. 

P.  307.  Funeral  of  Ramdph  Gliolmley  esquire,  Recorder  of  London.  He  had  been 
elected  Recorder  in  1553.  See  his  epitaph  in  Stowe's  Survay,  and  his  armorial  insignia 
in  the  Collectanea  Topogr.  et  Geneal.  1837,  vol.  iv.  p.  102.  His  place  in  the  pedigree  of 
Cholmondeley  will  be  seen  in  Ormerod's  Cheshire,  vol.  ii.  p.  356. 

P.  308.  Funeral  of  sir  James  Stump.  This  was  the  son  and  heir  of  a  wealthy  Wilt- 
shire clothier,  who  made  his  fortune  at  Malmesbury,  where  he  set  up  his  looms  in  the 
abbey  church  and  buildings  immediately  after  the  Dissolution,  as  related  by  Leland  in  his 
Itinerary.  See  the  pedigree  of  this  family,  whose  inheritance  passed  to  the  Knyvetts  and 
so  to  the  earls  of  Suffolk  and  Berkshire,  in  the  Collectanea  Topogr.  et  Genealogica,  vol.  vii. 
p.  81 ;  also  the  funeral  certificate  of  his  daughter  lady  Knyvett  and  her  husband  in  the 
Topographer,  1846,  vol,  i.  p.  467.  The  churchwardens  of  St.  Margaret's  Westminster, 
received,  "  Item,  of  the  overseers  of  the  last  will  of  sir  James  Stumpe  knight,  for  a  fyne  of 
certen  black  clothe  hanged  up  in  our  Lady  chappelle  the  tyme  of  his  buryall  ijs.  \jd, ;  for 
his  grave  xiijs.  iiijcZ.;  for  the  belles  iiijs.  viijc?," 

Ibid.  Funeral  insignia  of  master  Gyfford.  For  "  Northamptonshire "  the  Diarist 
should  have  written  Southamptonshire  :  for  this  funeral  gear  was  doubtless  made  for 
"  John  Gyfford  esquire,  heir  apparent  of  syr  William  Gyfford  knyght,"  who  died  1  May, 
1563,  and  was  buried  at  Crondall,  Hants.  See  his  epitaph  in  Collectanea  Topograph,  et 
Genealogica,  vol.  vii.  p.  223. 

P.  309.  Funeral  of  lord  Paget.  The  first  peer  of  that  family,  whose  active  part  as  a 
statesman  is  familiar  from  general  history.  •*  This  William  lord  Paget  dysseased  at  his 
howsse  called  Drayton,  on  wensday  the  ix*''  of  June,  in  the  5.  yere  of  queue  Elizabethe, 


396  DIARY  OF  A  RESIDENT  IN  LONDON. 

1563,  and  was  beryed  on  Thursday  the  xviij'*»  of  July  next  enshewinge."  (MS.  Harl. 
897,  f.  81.)  There  is  a  monument  with  his  effigies  in  Lichfield  Cathedral,  an  engraving 
of  which  forms  PI.  XVI.  of  Shaw's  History  of  Staifordshire. 

P.  310.  Ringing  on  the  qiteen''s  removes.  The  ringing  of  bells  at  these  times  was  a 
constant  observance  :  see  particularly  the  extracts  from  the  parochial  accounts  of  Lambeth 
and  St.  Margaret's  Westminster,  published  in  Nichols's  "  Illustrations  of  the  Manners 
and  Expenses  of  Ancient  Times,"  1797,  4to.  and  continual  entries  throughout  the  Pro- 
gresses of  Queen  Elizabeth  and  King  James  I.  On  the  20th  of  April,  1571,  the  ringers 
of  Lambeth  were  paid  Is.  "  for  rynging  when  the  queenes  majestie  rode  about  St.  George's 
fields."  It  might  be  supposed  that  Elizabeth  was  very  fond  of  this  noisy  salutation ;  but  the 
truth  is,  that  her  harbingers  enforced  their  fines,  as  noticed  in  the  present  passage  of  the 
Diary,  if  the  service  was  omitted.  The  same  usage  was  customary  at  an  earlier  date,  as 
shown  by  the  following  entry  from  the  accounts  of  St.  Margaret's  for  the  years  1548  and 
1549,  "  Also  payd  to  the  kyng's  amner,  w^hen  he  would  have  sealyd  up  the  church  doors  at  the 
departure  of  the  kyng's  majestie  the  ij  day  of  July,  because  the  bells  were  not  rung,  iJ5.  iiijc?." 

Ibid.  A  cross  of  blue  set  at  every  door.  These  sad  badges  of  the  plague  seem  to  have 
been  made  separately,  probably  painted  on  canvas.  The  churchwardens  of  St.  Margaret's 
Westminster  paid  at  this  time,  "  Item,  to  the  paynter  of  Totehill-street  for  payntinge  of 
certeyne  blewe  crosses  to  be  fyxed  upon  sondrie  houses  infected,  vjc?." 

P.  311.  Proclamation.  On  further  consideration  the  sense  of  this  paragraph  seems  to 
be  that  Englishmen  were  to  be  allowed  privateering  against  the  French  :  therefore,  for  the 
word  "no,"  read  "any"  or  "  every."  The  proclamation  next  mentioned  (p.  312)  would 
be  one  relating  to  liondon  only,  where  the  French  residents  were  to  remain  unmolested. 

P.  312,  Talcing  of  Nexohaven.  The  28th  of  July  was  the  day  the  town  of  Havre  de 
Grace  surrendered  to  the  prince  of  Conde  and  his  English  allies.  See  Stowe's  Chronicle 
under  this  date.     On  this  subject  see  also  the  preface  to  the  Chronicle  of  Calais,  p.  xvii. 

Ibid.  Proclamation  for  hilling  dogs.  This  was  on  account  of  their  carrying  the 
plague  from  house  to  house.  The  churchwardens  of  St.  Margaret's  Westminster  paid 
this  year,  "  Item,  to  John  Welche  for  the  killinge  and  carreinge  awaye  of  dogges  during 
the  plague,  and  for  the  putting  of  theym  into  the  ground  and  covering  the  same,  iij5.  ijcZ." 
The  like  measure  was  adopted  on  the  recurrence  of  the  plague  in  1603,  when,  at  seven 
payments  from  the  19th  June  to  the  30th  July,  the  churchwardens  of  St.  Margaret's  paid 
for  the  slaughter  of  no  fewer  than  327  dogs,  at  Id.  each. 


P.  8.  Henry  Williams  (Note  in  p.  320).  "An  epitaph  of  maister  Henrie  Williams, 
written  by  Tlmmas  Norton  (one  of  the  versifiers  of  the  Psalms),  is  extracted  from  The 
Songes  and  Sonnettes  of  lord  Surrey,  by  Tottel,  1565,  in  Dr.  Bliss's  edition  of  Wood's 
Athenae  Oxon.  i.  186. 


NOTES.  397 

P.  9.  The  king  wearing  the  order  of  St.  Michael.  The  robes  of  Saint  Michael  worn  by 
king  Edward  the  Sixth  were  preserved  for  fifty  years  after  in  the  royal  wardrobe, — Eliza- 
beth, who  never  parted  with  any  of  her  own  gowns,  nor  with  those  of  her  sister  that  had 
come  into  her  possession,  retaining  these  also  among  her  stores.  They  were  thus  described 
in  the  year  1600  :  "  Robes  late  king  Edwarde  the  Vlth's.  Firste,  one  robe  of  clothe  of 
silver,  lyned  with  white  satten,  of  th'order  of  St.  Michale,  with  a  brode  border  of  em- 
brodirie,  with  a  wreathe  of  Venice  gold  and  the  scallop  shell,  and  a  frenge  of  the  same 
golde,  and  a  small  border  aboute  that ;  the  grounde  beinge  blew  vellat,  embrodered  with 
half-moones  of  silver;  with  a  whoode  and  a  tippet  of  crymsen  vellat,  with  a  like  em- 
broderie,  the  tippet  perished  in  one  place  with  ratts  ;  and  a  coate  of  clothe  of  silver,  with 
demi-sleeves,  with  a  frenge  of  Venice  golde."  Nichols's  Progresses,  &c,  of  Queen  Eliz. — 
In  the  Addit.  MS.  (Brit.  Mus.)  6297,  art.  7  describes  "  How  king  Edward  VI.  received 
the  order  of  St.  Michael." 

P.  27.  Funeral  of  sir  Thomas  Jermyn.  Sheriff  of  Norfolk  and  Suffolk  in  33  Hen. 
VIII.  1541.  His  brave  housekeeping  and  goodly  chapel  of  singing-men  were  kept  at 
Rushbrooke  hall,  near  Bury  St.  Edmund's,  where  his  family  had  been  seated  from  a  very 
early  period.  He  was  the  lineal  ancestor  of  Henry  Jermyn,  created  lord  Jermyn  of 
Edmundsbury  by  king  Charles  I.  and  earl  of  St.  Alban's  by  Charles  II. 

P.  35.  Proclamation  of  queen  Jane.  In  consequence  of  Grafton  having  printed  this 
proclamation,  he  was  declared  to  have  forfeited  the  office  of  queen's  printer;  see  the  patent 
of  John  Cawoode's  appointment  in  Rymer's  Foedera,  vol.  xv.  p.  356,  and  Ames's  Typo- 
graphical Antiquities,  by  Dibdin,  vol.  iii.  p.  482.  The  proclamation  has  been  reprinted 
in  the  Harleian  Miscellany,  (Park's  edition,)  vol.  i.  p.  405. 

P.  37.  The  royal  livery.  The  passage  relating  to  the  princess  Elizabeth's  entry  should 
conclude  thus, — "  all  in  green  guarded  with  white,  velvet,  satin,  taffety,  and  cloth,  ac- 
cording to  their  qualities."  Green  and  white  formed  the  livery  of  the  Tudors.  At  the 
marriage  of  Arthur  prince  of  Wales  the  yeomen  of  the  guard  were  in  large  jackets  of 
damask,  white  and  green,  embroidered  before  and  behind  with  garlands  of  vine  leaves,  and 
in  the  middle  a  red  rose.  In  the  great  picture  at  Windsor  castle  of  the  embarkation  at 
Dover  in  1520,  the  Harry  Grace  a  Dieu  is  surrounded  with  targets,  bearing  the  various 
royal  badges,  each  placed  on  a  field  party  per  pale  white  and  green.  The  painting  called  king 
Arthur's  round  table  at  Winchester  castle,  supposed  to  have  been  repainted  in  the  reign 
of  Henry  VII.  is  divided  into  compartments  of  white  and  green.  The  "  queenes  colours  " 
are  also  alluded  to  in  the  following  story  of  a  rude  jest  passed  on  the  new  Rood  in  Saint 
Paul's : 

"  Not  long  after  this  (in  1554)  a  merry  fellow  came  into  Pauls,  and  spied  the  Rood  with 
Mary  and  John  new  set  up  ;  whereto,  among  a  great  sort  of  people,  he  made  low  curtesie, 
and  said  :  Sir,  your  Mastership  is  welcome  to  towne.  I  had  thought  to  have  talked 
further  with  your  Mastership,  but  that  ye  be  here  clothed  in  the  Queenes  colours.     I  hope 


8^8  DIARY  OF  A  RESIDENT  IN  LONDON. 

ye  be  but  a  summer's  bird,  in  that  ye  be  dressed  in  white  and  greene."  (Foxe,  Actes 
and  Monuments,  iii.  114.) 

Among  the  attendants  on  queen  Mary  in  p.  38,  three  liveries  are  mentioned,  green  and 
white,  red  and  white,  and  blue  and  green.  The  men  in  red  and  white  were  the  servants 
of  the  lord  treasurer  (see  p.  12,  where  several  other  liveries  are  described"),  and  the  blue 
and  green  would  be  those  of  the  earl  of  Arundel  or  some  other  principal  nobleman.  Blue 
and  white  was  perhaps  king  Philip's  livery  (p.  79). 

In  p.  69  we  find  that  in  1554  even  the  naval  uniform  of  England  was  white  and  green, 
both  for  officers  and  mariners.  In  note  ^  in  that  page  for  "wearing"  read  "were  in," 
which,  without  altering  the  sense,  completes  the  grammar. 

The  city  trained  bands  were,  in  1557,  ordered  to  have  white  coats  welted  with  green, 
with  red  crosses  (see  p.  164). 

The  lady  Elizabeth,  however,  did  not  give  green  and  white  to  her  own  men.  From 
two  other  passages  (pp.  67,  120)  we  find  her  livery  was  scarlet  or  fine  red,  guarded  with 
black  velvet;  and  from  the  description  of  her  coronation  procession  in  p.  186,  it  seems  that 
red  or  "  crimson  "  was  retained  for  her  livery  when  queen. 

P.  41.  Master  Thomas  a  Bruges.  The  person  drowned  is  called  by  Stowe  "  Master 
T.  Bridges  sonne."  He  was  therefore  not  a  son,  but  a  nephew,  of  the  lieutenant  of  the 
Tower,  sir  Jolm  Brydges.  In  Foxe's  Actes  and  Monuments,  bishop  Ridley  relates  a  con- 
versation  which  he  had  with  doctor  Feckenham  and  secretary  Bourn,  when  in  the  Tower, 
which  was  commenced  thus,  "  Master  Thomas  of  Bridges  said,  at  his  brother  master  lieu- 
tenant's boord,  I  pray  you,  master  doctors,  tell  me  what  a  heretike  is."  (Foxe,  vol. 
iii.  p.  42.) 

P.  44.  Funeral  of  John  lord  Dudley.  This  is  thus  recorded  in  the  register  of  St. 
Margaret's  Westminster  :  "  1653,  September  18.  Sir  John  Sutton  knyght,  Lorde  Baron 
of  Dudley."  And  that  of  his  widow  (see  p.  61,  and  Note  in  p.  338)  occurs  under  her 
maiden  name:  "  1664,  April  28,  The  Lady  Cysslye  Gray."  The  latter  extraordinary 
circumstance  is  probably  attributable  only  to  the  high  rank  of  the  Greys : — she  was  great- 
aunt  to  the  Lady  Jane.  His  son, "  The  right  honorable  sir  Edwarde  Dudley  knighte.  Baron  of 
Dudleye,  the  lord  Dudleye,"  was  buried  in  the  same  church  on  the  12th  August,  1586;  and 
his  great-grandson,  "  Sir  Ferdinando  Sutton  knight,  Baro:  Dudley,"  [but  really  the  son 
and  heir  apparent  of  Edward  then  lord  Dudley,]  Nov.  23,  1621.  Also  in  1600,  Mary 
lady  Dudley,  widow  of  the  former  Edward,  and  sister  to  Charles  lord  Howard  of  Effing- 
ham, lord  admiral.  She  died  Aug.  21,  1600,  and  a  monument  with  her  recumbent 
effigy,  and  a  kneeling  effigy  of  her  second  husband  Richard  Mompesson  esquire,  now 
remains  near  the  south-east  door  of  the  church.  See  the  History  of  St.  Margaret's  Church 
by  the  Rev.  Mackenzie  E.  C.  Walcott,  M.A.  1847,  8vo.  p.  19. 

P.  50.     No  priest  that  has  a  ivife  s/uill  not  minister  or  say  mass.     The  numbei-s  to  whom 


NOTES.  399 

this  prohibition  would  apply  may  be  imagined  from  the  many  marriages  of  priests  which 
occur  within  a  short  period  in  the  register  of  one  parish,  St.  Margaret's  Westminster  : — 

1549.  Feb.  The  fyrste  day.    M'  Docto'  Henry  Egylsby,  prieste,  with  Tamasyne  Darke. 

1551.  April.  The  vj'*"  day.     M"^  John  Reed,  priest,  with  Isbelle  Wyldon. 

Oct.  The  vj'^  day.     Syr  William  Langborow,  prieste,  with  Helen  Olyver. 

Dec.  The  xxxj  day.     Raffe  Felde,  prieste,  with  Helen  Chesterfyld. 

1551.  April.  The  xxiij''  day.     Sir  William  Harvarde,  prieste,  with  Alyce  Kemyshe. 

Dec.  The  xxvij  day.     Sir  Frauncis  Constantyne,  priest,  with  Alyce  Warcoppe. 

1552.  Jan.  The  xxiij'*  day.     Sir  Marmaduce  Pullen,  priest,  with  Margaret  Pen. 

On  the  miseries  and  scandals  which  ensued  on  the  forced  dissolution  of  these  marriages 
it  is  sufficient  to  refer  to  the  works  of  Foxe,  Strype,  &c. 

P.  50.  Every  parish  to  make  an  altar,  and  to  have  a  cross  and  staff.  Among  many 
expenses  incurred  on  the  restoration  of  the  Romish  worship  at  St.  Margaret's  Westminster 
for  rebuilding  and  adorning  the  altars,  erecting  a  holy- water  stock,  making  church  furni- 
ture and  vestments,  and  providing  sacred  utensils,  occur  the  following  entries,  having 
special  reference  to  the  order  mentioned  in  the  text : 

"  Item,  payde  to  a  paynter  for  wasshyng  owte  of  the  scriptures  of  the  highe  altar 
table  .........  xijc?. 

"  Item,  payde  for  a  crosse  of  copper  and  gylte,  with  Mary  and  John,  with  a  foote  of 
copper  .........  xxxj. 

"  Item,  payde  for  a  crosse-clothe  of  taffata,  with  a  picture  of  the  Trynytie,  and  for  a 
table  of  waynskot,  and  for  the  payntyng  of  the  Crucifix,  Mary,  and  John,  in  the  highe 
altar  table  ........  xlij5.  viijc?. 

"  Item,  payde  for  tenne  pottelles  of  oyle     .....         xj*.  xdJ. 

"  Item,  payde  for  the  Roode,  Mary  and  John  .  .  .  .  yili. 

And,  next  year,  "  Item,  payde  for  payntyng  the  Roode,  Mary  and  John      ,  xl«. 

In  the  first  year  of  Elizabeth  all  was  again  destroyed — 

"  Payde  to  John  Rialle,  for  his  iij  dayse  work,  to  take  down  the  Roode,  Mary  and 
John  .........       ijs.  \u]d. 

"  Item,  payde  to  James  Anderson  for  ij  dayse  work  labouryng  about  the  same,  and  for 
carieng  of  the  stones  and  rubbishe  abowt  th'  altars  .  .  .  xijc?. 

(Then  follow  several  similar  payments  to  other  workmen). 

"  Item,  to  John  Rialle,  for  taking  down  the  tabille  on  the  high  altar,  and  takyng  down 
the  holly- water  stock  .  .  .  .  .  ,  ,  xijd. 

"  Item,  to  iij  poore  men  for  beryng  of  the  allter  tabelle  to  Mr.  Hodgis        .  iiijd. 

"  Item,  for  clevyng  and  sawyng  of  the  Roode,  Mary  and  John        .  .  xijti. 

Pp.  63,  139.  Corpus  Christi  day.  After  the  accession  of  Mary  fsays  our  Diarist,  p.  63) 
this  festival  was  kept  with  goodly  processions,  and  torches  garnished  in  the  old  fashion, 
and  staff  torches  burning,  and  many  canopies.     All  these  particulars  are  confirmed  by  the 


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parochial  accounts  of  Saint  Margaret's  Westminster  (still  in  perfect  preservation  at  this 
and  a  still  earlier  period),  from  which  the  following  extracts  are  made : 

(In  1  Marias)  Item,  payde  for  breade,  ale,  and  beere  on  Corpus  Christie  day  xixd. 

Item,  payde  for  a  ffrynge  of  si[l]ke  for  the  canypye,  wayenge  xviij  ounces  q^'rter  di. 
price  the  ownce  xijd.  summa  ......  xviijs.  iiijt^. 

Item,  payde  to  the  brotherer  for  fasshonyng  of  the  canopie  and  settyng  on  of  the 
ffrynge  .........  xinjd. 

Item,  for  iiij  knoppes  for  the  canopie  staves,  alle  gilte         .  .  .  iiijs. 

Item,  payde  for  garnysshyng  the  iiij  torches  for  Corpus  Christye  day,  and  the  cariage  of 


them  from  Londone  ...... 

Item,  flowres  to  the  same  torches  .... 

Item,  payde  to  iiij  torche-bearers  on  Corpus  Christye  day  . 

(In  2  Mariae)  Item,  payde  for  flowres  for  the  torches  on  Corpus  Christie  day 

Item,  payde  for  v  staf  torches         ..... 

Item,  payde  for  the  garnyshyng  of  them     .... 

Item,  payde  to  v  men  for  beryng  of  the  sayde  torches 

Item,  payde  for  breade,  ale,  and  beere        .... 

(In  3  Mariae)  Item,  payde  for  iiij  newe  torchis  wayeng  Ixxxxij^t.  di.  at 


Item,  payde  for  bote-hyre  and  for  cariage  of  thame  torchis 
Item,  payde  for  garnysshyng  of  the  sayde  iiij  torchis 
Item,  payde  to  iiij  men  for  beryng  of  the  iiij  great  torchis 
Item,  payde  to  iiij  children  for  bering  the  iiij  staf  torchis 
Item,  payde  to  a  man  for  beryng  the  great  stremer 
Item,  payde  hym  that  did  beare  the  crosse 
Item,  payde  for  breade,  wyne,  ale,  and  beere 
Item,  payde  for  flowres  the  same  day 


1J6-. 

yjrf. 
viijrf. 
yijd. 
xs.  xd. 
xxd. 
xd. 
xxd. 


vd.  the  li. 

xxxviij5.  y\\]d, 

y)d. 

xxd. 

viijrf. 

iiij(2. 

j^. 

\^d. 
xx)d. 
iiijc?. 


Pp.  64,  69,  74,  75.  Removes  of  Icing  Philip  and  queen  Mary.  These  are  thus  recorded 
in  the  churchwardens'  accounts  of  St.  Margaret's  Westminster  : 

"  Allso  payde  to  the  ryngers  the  xij  day  of  August  (1553)  when  the  queenes  grace  wente 
to  Richmonde  ;  and  the  xxij  day  of  September  when  she  came  from  Richmonde  to  West- 
minster ;  and  the  xix***  day  of  December,  when  her  grace  wente  to  Richemont,  and  the 
XXX  day  of  December  when  her  grace  cam  to  Westminster     .  .  .  xyjc?. 

"  Item,  payde  to  the  ryngers  when  the  queenes  majestic  went  from  Westminster  to 
Rychmond  the  xxix  of  May  [1554;  see  p.  64]  ....  m]d. 

"  Item,  payde  the  xvij.  and  xviij.  day  of  August,  when  the  kyng  and  the  quene  cam 
from  Richemonde  to  Sowthwarke,  and  so  from  thens  to  Westmynster,  for  bread  and  drynk 
to  the  ryngers  ........  vjc^. 

"  Item,  the  xxj.  day  when  they  came  to  the  mynster,  and  allso  the  xxiij.  day  when  they 
went  to  Hampton  Coorte        .......  viijc^. 

"  Item,  payde  to  the  ryngers  the  xviij''  [read  28th]  day  of  September,  when  the  kyng 
and  the  queenes  majestic  cam  to  Westmynster  [see  p.  69]       .  .  .  iiij^. 


NOTES.  401 

"  Item,  payde  to  the  ryngers  of  the  belles  the  xij.  day  of  November,  when  the  kyng  and 
the  queenes  majesties  cam  to  the  mynster  to  the  masse  of  the  holy  gost  [see  p.  74]       iiijd. 

**  Item,  payde  to  the  ryngers  on  sayncte  Andrewis  day,  when  the  kynges  majestie  came 
to  the  mynster  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  iiijd. 

See  this  last  mentioned  in  p.  77,  but  without  noticing  that  it  was  the  feast  of  Saint 
Andrew. 

P.  67.  King  and  Queen's  style.  The  letters  patent  directing  the  lord  chancellor  to 
issue  writs  announcing  the  king  and  queen's  style,  dated  at  Winchester  27  July,  1554, 
are  printed  in  Rymer's  Fcedera,  xv.  404. 

Pp.  76,  82,  83.  Juego  de  cannas.  This  sport,  which  the  Spanish  cavaliers  brought 
with  them  from  their  native  country,  was  long  a  favourite  there.  When  Lord  Berners 
was  ambassador  in  Spain  in  1518,  "  on  midsummer  daye  in  the  morninge  the  king,  with 
xxiij  with  him,  well  apparelled  in  cootes  and  clokes  of  goulde  and  gouldsmythe  work,  on 
horsback,  in  the  said  market-place  (at  Saragossa),ranne  and  caste  canes  after  the  countreye 
maner,  whearas  the  kinge  did  very  well  (and  was)  much  praysed  ;  a  fresh  sight  for  once 
or  twise  to  behold,  and  afterward  nothing.  Assoone  as  the  cane  is  caste,  they  flye;  wherof 
the  Frenche  ambassador  sayd,  that  it  was  a  good  game  to  teche  men  to  flye.  My  lord 
Earners  answered,  that  the  Frenchmen  learned  it  well  besides  Gingate,  at  the  jurney  of 
Spurres."  (Letter  from  the  ambassador  in  MS.  Cotton.  Vesp.  C.  i.  177.)  It  continued 
in  practice  when  Charles  prince  of  Wales  visited  Spain  in  1623,  and  a  pamphlet  entitled, 
"  A  relation  of  the  Royal  Festivities  and  Juego  de  Canas,  a  turnament  of  darting  with 
reedes  after  the  manner  of  Spaine,  made  by  the  king  of  Spaine  at  Madrid,  the  21st  of 
August  this  present  yeere  1623,"  is  reprinted  in  Somers's  Tracts  and  in  Nichols's  Pro- 
gresses of  King  James  I.  vol.  iv. — "The  Juego  de  Cannas,"  remarks  Sir  Walter  Scott, 
"  was  borrowed  from  the  Moors,  and  is  still  practised  by  Eastern  nations,  under  the 
name  of  El  Djerid.  It  is  a  sort  of  rehearsal  of  the  encounter  of  their  light  horsemen, 
armed  with  darts,  as  the  Tourney  represented  the  charge  of  the  feudal  cavaliers  with  their 
lances.  In  both  cases,  the  differences  between  sport  and  reality  only  consisted  in  the 
weapons  being  sharp  or  pointless." 

"  So  had  he  seen  in  fair  Castile 

The  youth  in  glittering  squadrons  start, 
Sudden  the  flying  jennet  wheel, 
And  hurl  the  unexpected  dart." 

(Scott's  Lay  of  the  Last  Minstrel.) 

P.  79.  A  Spanish  lord  buried  at  Saint  MargareVs  Westminster.  From  the  records  of 
that  church  this  is  shown  to  have  been  "John  de  Mendoca,  knyght."  During  the  time 
that  the  servants  of  king  Philip  were  about  the  court  at  Westminster,  several  other 
Spaniards  occur  in  the  same  register :  their  names  are  here  extracted  : 

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1554.  Sept.  The  xvij  day.     Martyne,  a  spanyard. 
— —    Oct.  The  xj*"*  day.     Martyne,  a  spanearde. 

„     The  xvijt''  day.     S'  Uther,  a  launce  knyght. 

• „     The  xviij***  day.     S'  Henry,  a  launce  knyght. 

— —    Dec.  The  xxiij  day.     Joh'n  de  mendoca,  a  knyght  spaynearde. 

March  2.     Joh'n  de  bevaunte  [Debevaunco  in  the  churchwardens'  accounts]. 

„     The  x*''  day.     Philippe,  a  spaynyshe  childe. 

„     The  xiij***  day.     Peter,  a  spaynearde,  slayn  w*  a  horsse. 

1555.  May.  The  vj*^  day.     Francisco  de  espilla. 

Auguste.  The  xxvij  day.     Peter,  a  spaynearde. 

— —    September.  The  xj***  day.     Agnes  ,  a  spaynearde. 

— —    November.  The  firste  day.     Fraunces,  a  spaynyshe  childe. 

„  The  vj*''  day.     Margaret,  uxor  Ispanie. 

January.  The  xv*'»  day.     Corby,  a  portyngal. 

1556.  November.  6**'  die.     Marie  Spaniard. 

1557.  March  28.     Cornelius,  spanyard. 

May.  primo  die.     Peter  Angle,  spanyard. 

June.  28  die.     Alberte,  a  spanyerd,  off  syknesse,  of  the  house  [i.  e.  a  servant  of 

the  royal  household. 

The  names  of  most  of  these  are  repeated  in  the  churchwardens'  accounts,  indeed  several 
times  over,  in  this  way  : 

Item,  of  Uther,  a  launceknyght,  for  iiij  tapers       ....  xvj<?. 

Item,  of  Uther,  the  launceknyght,  for  iiij  torches                ,             .             .  y\\]d. 

Item,  of  Uther,  the  launceknyght,  for  his  grave      ,             .             ♦             .  yjs.  viijcZ. 

Item,  of  Uther,  the  launceknyght,  for  the  clothe     ....  viij(2. 

Item,  of  Mr.  Joh'n  Demendoca,  for  knylle  and  peales         .  .  .  xviijc?. 

Item,  at  the  obsequy  of  Mr.  Mendoca,  kept  the  second  and  third  day  of  January,  for 
iij.  tapers      .........  xxc?. 

Item,  at  the  obsequy  of  Mr.  Joh'n  Mendoca,  for  the  belles  .  •  xviijc?. 

There  is  one  Spanish  marriage  recorded  in  the  register,  but  without  names,  merely 
thus  :  **  1555  Nov.  the  x***  day  a  Spanyeard,"  and  a  similar  difficulty  was  felt  in  chris- 
tenings, as  "  1558,  Feb.  the  ix***  day  Mariana  ispanica,''  and  "  March  the  xxj  day  Franciscus 
jspanicus."     In  Oct.  that  year  occurs  "  The  xxij''  day,  Philippe  Ruyz  a  spaynearde." 

P.  90.  At  the  Grocers''  feast  my  lord  mayor  did  choose  master  Lee  sheriff  for  the  hing. 
The  order  observed  "Upon  Midsummer  day,  for  the  election  of  the  Sheriff es  of  London, 
&c."  will  be  found  in  Stowe's  Survay,  under  the  head  of  "Temporall  Government."  On 
that  day  (as  still)  the  sheriffs  were  elected;  but  one  had  been  previously  "  nominated  by 
the  Lord  Maior  according  to  his  prerogative."  This  was  done  in  the  way  intimated  more- 
than  once  in  these  pages,  by  drinking  to  him  at  a  feast.  A  full  and  curious  account  of 
the  mode  in  which  this  ceremony  was  performed  at  the  Haberdashers'  feast  in  the  year. 


NOTES.  403 

1583,  is  given  in  a  letter  of  Mr.  recorder  Fleetwood  to  lord  Burghley,  printed  in  Ellis's 
Orig.  Letters,  1st  Series,  ii.  290. 

P.  101.  The  blazing  star  which  is  noticed  in  this  page,  and  of  which  Stowe's  account 
has  been  quoted  in  p.  348,  was  calculated  by  Halley  to  have  been  the  same  comet  which 
had  before  appeared  in  the  year  1264,  and  which,  having  completed  its  presumed  revo- 
lution of  two  hundred  and  ninety-two  years,  may  be  expected  to  appear  again  in  the 
present  year,  1848.  The  learned  Fabricius  described  the  comet  of  1556  as  of  a  size  equal 
to  half  that  of  the  moon.  Its  beams  were  short  and  flickering,  with  a  motion  like  that  of 
the  flame  of  a  conflagration  or  of  a  torch  waved  by  the  wind.  It  alarmed  the  Emperor 
Charles  the  Fifth,  who,  believing  his  death  at  hand,  is  said  to  have  exclaimed 
His  ergo  indiciis  me  meafata  vacant. 

This  warning,  it  is  asserted,  contributed  to  the  determination  which  the  monarch 
formed,  and  executed  a  few  months  later,  of  resigning  the  imperial  crown  to  his  brother 
Ferdinand. 

P.  111.  Funeral  of  (RobeH)  Heneage  esquire.  Machyn  was  wrong  in  the  christian 
name,  giving,  as  in  some  other  cases,  the  name  of  the  son  to  the  father.  This  was  Robert 
Heneage  esquire,  auditor  of  the  duchy  of  Lancaster,  and  surveyor  of  the  queen's  woods 
beyond  Trent ;  and  father  of  sir  Thomas  Heneage,  afterwards  chancellor  of  the  duchy  of 
Lancaster,  and  a  privy  councillor  to  queen  Elizabeth.  Though  Stowe  does  not  mention 
his  monument  at  St.  Katharine  Creechurch,  Collins  (in  Peerage,  tit.  Finch  earl  of  Win- 
chelsea)  states  that  effigies  in  brass  of  Robert  Heneage  and  his  wife,  who  was  Margaret 
sister  to  Thomas  earl  of  Rutland,  remained  in  that  church,  but  the  inscription  was  efiaced. 

P.  113.  Funeral  of  mistress  Soda.  This  singular  name,  which  our  Diarist  alters  to 
**  Sawde,"  and  which  elsewhere  occurs  as  Soday,  was  probably  Spanish,  the  lady's  hus- 
band having  been  a  servant  of  queen  Katharine.  John  Soda,  the  son,  was  apothecary  to 
queen  Mary,  to  which  office  he  was  appointed  for  life  by  letters  patent  dated  4  Jan.  1554, 
with  a  yearly  fee  of  forty  marks  :  see  this  document  in  Rymer,  vol.  xv.  p.  359.  His  new- 
year's  gift  to  the  queen  in  1556  was  six  boxes  of  marmalade  and  cordial.  His  daughter 
was  the  wife  of  alderman  Greenway  (see  p.  405). 

P.  114.  The  Queeii's  return  from  Croydon.  "  Item,  payde  for  ryngyng  of  the  belles  at 
the  cumyng  of  the  queenes  majestic  from  Croydyn  to  Westminster  the  xxj'**  of  September 
iiijc?."  This  entry,  from  the  accounts  of  St.  Margaret's  Westminster,  differs  two  days  from 
our  Diarist. 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  sir  Humphrey  Foster.  "  Sir  Humfray  Foster  knyght  departed 
owt  of  this  transytory  worlde  on  fryday  the  xviij**>  daye  of  September,  in  the  seconde  and 
thyrde  yei"s  of  our  soveraynes  kynge  Philip  and  queen  Marye,  who  left  to  his  hole  executor 
Mr.  William  Foster,  son  and  hayre  to   the  foresayde  sir  Humphery  Foster;  which  was 


404  DIARY  OF  A  RESIDENT  IN  LONDON. 

buryed  the  xxv***  of  September,  in  the  parishe  of  Saint  Nicolas  besyde  Charynge-crosse  in 
the  fylde,  whose  morners  were  these. 

Mr.  William  Foster,  his  sonne  and  heyre,  chef  momer. 
Mr.  Wentworth.  Mr.  Covertes. 

Sir  Anthony  Hungerford.  Mr.  Myndes. 

Master  Langley  bare  his  standartt,  and  Mr.  Shreve  his  pennon  of  armes. 
Officers  for  the  oversyght  of  the  same  enterement,  Chester  herralde  and  Rugcrosse  pur- 
sevant."     (MS.  Coll.  Arm.  I.  3.  f.  lOl^.) 

P.  123.  Funeral  of  lady  Chaloner.  This  appears  to  have  been  the  first  wife  of  sir 
Thomas  Chaloner,  a  distinguished  statesman  and  author,  who  lived  in  his  latter  years  "  in 
a  fair  house  of  his  own  building  in  Clerkenwell  close,"  built  on  part  of  the  site  of  the  dis- 
solved nunnery.  (See  Biographia  Britannica,  &c.)  Her  first  husband  had  been  sir 
Thomas  Leigh,  of  Hoxton,  who  died  Nov.  25,  1545  ;  and  his  poetical  epitaph,  formerly  at 
Shoreditch,  is  printed  in  Ellis's  History  of  that  parish,  p.  54.  The  lady  has  not  been 
mentioned  by  her  second  husband's  biographers,  for  sir  Thomas  afterwards  married 
Ethelreda,  daughter  of  Edward  Frodsham,  esq.  of  Elton  in  Cheshire,  and  she  was  the 
mother  of  sir  Thomas  Chaloner  the  younger,  governor  to  Henry  prince  of  Wales.  This  is 
shown  by  the  epitaph  of  the  latter  at  Chiswick,  which  states  him  to  have  died  in  1615, 
aged  51.  He  was  therefore  born  in  1564,  the  year  before  his  father's  death.  Sir  Thomas 
Chaloner  the  elder  was  born  in  1515,  and  dying  Oct.  14,  1565,  was  buried  in  St.  Paul's 
cathedral.  His  widow  Ethelreda  was  re-married  to  Edward  Brockett,  esq.  of  Wheat- 
hampsted,  Herts,  second  son  of  sir  John  Brockett,  which  Edward  lived  until  1599.  (See 
his  epitaph  in  Clutterbuck's  Herts,  vol.  i.  p.  523.) 

P.  137.  Celebration  of  Ascension  day.  On  this  occasion  in  the  preceding  year  (1556) 
the  churchwardens  of  St.  Margaret's  Westminster  made  the  following  payments: 

"  Item,  payde  for  breade,  wyne,  ale,  and  beere,  upon  th'  Ascension  evyn  and  day,  agaynst 
my  lord  abbot  and  his  covent  cam  in  procession,  and  for  strewyng  erbes  the  same 
day,  vijs.  jc?." 

Pp.  162,  163.  Soldiers  sent  to  Calais.  The  several  parishes  of  the  counties  where 
musters  took  place  were  obliged  to  send  their  quota.  Thus  the  churchwardens  of  St. 
Margaret's  Westminster  paid  "for  setting  owt  of  soldyers  the  viji**  day  of  January  as  ap- 
perethe  by  a  bylle,  \i\]li.  viijs.  \\]d.  ob.''''  "  Item,  for  settyng  forthe  fyve  soldyers  to 
Portismothe  the  last  yere  of  quene  Mary  xxxiijs.  iiijrf." 

P.  163.  Funeral  of  lady  Povris.  Though  the  interment  of  this  lady  (as  stated  in  p. 
362)  is  not  recorded  in  the  parish  register  of  Saint  Margaret's  Westminster,  yet  the  fol- 
lowing entries  relative  to  her  funeral  occur  in  the  churchwardens'  accounts : 

Item,  of  my  lady  Anne  Pois  for  iiij  tapers  ....      ij«.  viijc?. 

Item,  at  the  obsequy  of  my  lady  Anne  Poys  for  the  belles  .  .      iij».  iiijrf. 

Item,  of  my  lady  Anne  Pois  for  the  clothe  ....  viijrf. 


NOTES.  405 

P.  164.  So  to  the  abbay  to  the  masse.  **  Item,  payde  for  ryngyng  when  the  Queenes 
Ma"  cam  to  the  masse  of  the  holy  gost  the  xx'*  of  January,  vjd."  (Accounts  of  St.  Mar- 
garet's Westminster.) 

P.  172.  Marriage  of  alderman  John  White.  This  civic  senator,  whose  name  has  fre- 
quently occurred  in  this  volume,  was  the  son  of  Robert  "White,  of  Farnham  in  Surrey. 
He  was  of  the  Grocers'  company,  served  sheriff  in  1556,  and  lord  mayor  in  1563. 
His  first  marriage  has  been  mentioned  in  p.  378,  in  the  note  on  the  funeral  of  his  brother 
the  bishop  of  Winchester.  The  imperfect  passage  in  p.  172  relates  to  his  second  marriage 
with  the  widow  of  alderman  Ralph  Greenway.  She  was  Katharine,  daughter  of  John 
Sodaye  of  London,  apothecary  to  Queen  Mary  (see  p.  403),  and  was  again  married  to 
Jasper  Allen,  and  buried  at  St.  Dunstan's  in  the  East,  Oct.  9,  1576.  In  her  will,  dated 
the  same  year,  she  mentions  her  brother  Richard  Sodaye.  Sir  John  White  was  buried  at 
Aldershot  in  Hampshire  in  1573  :  see  his  epitaph,  with  some  extracts  from  his  will,  in  the 
Collectanea  Topogr.  et  Genealogica,  vol.  vii.  p.  212.  See  also  his  funeral  atchievements 
engraved  at  the  conclusion  of  the  Introduction  to  the  present  Volume. 

P.  185.  Funeral  of  mistress  Matson.  Anne,  daughter  and  heir  of  Richard  Sackville, 
of  Chepsted,  Surrey,  married  first  to  Henry  Shelley,  of  Worminghurst,  Sussex,  esquire, 
and  had  issue;  and  secondly  to  Thomas  Matson,  gent.  (Visit.  Sussex.)  His  funeral  occurs 
in  p.  208. 

P.  206.  The  Queen's  grace  stood  at  her  standing  in  the  further  park.  "Shooting  at 
deer  with  a  cross-bow  (remarks  Mr.  Hunter  in  his  New  Illustrations  of  Shakespeare)  was 
a  favourite  amusement  of  ladies  of  rank;  and  buildings  with  flat  roofs,  called  stands  or 
standings,  were  erected  in  many  parks,  as  in  that  of  Sheffield,  and  in  that  of  Pilkington 
near  Manchester,  expressly  for  the  purpose  of  this  diversion."  They  seem  to  have  been 
usually  concealed  by  bushes  or  trees,  so  that  the  deer  would  not  perceive  their  enemy.  In 
Shakspere's  Love-Labours  Lost,  at  the  commencement  of  the  fourth  Act,  the  Princess 
repairs  to  a  Stand — 

Then,  Forester  my  friend,  where  is  the  bush 
That  we  must  stand  and  play  the  murtherer  in  ? 
Forester.  Here-by,  upon  the  edge  of  yonder  coppice, 

A  Stand  where  you  may  make  the  fairest  shoot. 
Mr.  Hunter  further  remarks  that  they  were  often   made  ornamental,  as  may  be  con- 
cluded from  the  following  passage  in  Goldingham's  poem  called  "  The  Garden  Plot," 
where,  speaking  of  a  bower,  he  compares  it  with  one  of  these  stands — 
To  term  it  Heaven  I  think  were  little  sin. 

Or  Paradise,  for  so  it  did  appear  ; 
So  far  it  passed  the  bowers  that  men  do  banquet  in, 
Or  standing  made  to  shoot  at  stately  deer. 

P.  216.     One  West,  a  new  doctor.     Probably  this  "  railer  "  at  roodloft''  was  the  person 


406  DIARY  OF  A  RESIDENT  IN  LONDOxV. 

commemorated  in  the  following  epitaph,  who  was  not  actually  a  doctor :  "  Here  lyeth 
buried  Mr.  Reginald  West,  batchelor  in  divinity,  and  late  parson  of  this  parish,  who 
deceased  the  second  of  October  anno  Domini  1563,  for  whose  sincere,  pure,  and  godly 
doctrine,  as  also  his  virtuous  end,  the  Lord  be  praised  for  evermore."  Under  the  Com- 
munion table  at  St.  Margaret  Pattens.     Stowe. 

Pp.  218,  228.  Sermons  hy  bishop  Jetoell.  In  the  edition  of  bishop  Jewell's  Worljs 
now  in  the  course  of  publication  by  the  Parker  Society,  the  editor,  the  Rev.  John  Ayre, 
M.A.  remarks  that  the  challenge  which  originated  the  bishop's  important  controversy 
with  Dr.  Cole  was  first  given  in  his  sermon  at  Paul's  Cross,  Nov.  26,  1559 — the  occasion 
noticed  by  Machyn  in  p.  218.  "  The  sermon,  ^with  the  challenge  amplified,  was  preached 
at  the  court,  March  17,  1560  [as  mentioned  in  p.  228];  and  repeated  at  Paul's  Cross 
March  31,  being  the  second  Sunday  before  Easter."  This  last  date  is  from  the  contem- 
porary title-page  of  the  sermon  itself:  and  therefore  is  not  to  be  doubted.  Our  Diarist, 
however  (p.  229)  says  that  Crowley  preached  at  Paul's  Cross  on  that  day. 

P.  236.  Funeral  of  mistress  Grafton, — "  the  wife  of  master  Grafton  the  chief  master  of 
the  hospital,  and  of  Bridewell."  This  was  Richard  Grafton  the  printer,  who  is  known 
from  his  books  to  have  resided  at  Christ's  hospital,  and  from  this  passage  it  seems  to  have 
been  in  an  official  capacity.  There  are  other  items  in  the  present  volume  which  may  be 
added  to  what  Dr.  Dibdin  terms  "  the  comparatively  full  account  "  of  Grafton,  in  his 
edition  of  the  Typographical  Antiquities,  vol.  iii.  He  was  evidently  a  man  active  in 
public  business.  He  occurs  twice  as  warden  of  the  Grocers'  company  (pp.  90,  108),  as  a 
master  of  Bridewell  (pp.  205),  and  as  an  overseer  for  the  repairs  of  Saint  Paul's  cathedral 
(p.  262).  He  was  also  elected  to  Parliament  for  the  city  of  London  in  1554  and  1556, 
and  in  1562  for  Coventry. 

P.  287.  The  Skinners  attend  the  Mercliant-taylors''  feast.  In  the  1st  Rich.  III.  a  dis- 
pute for  precedency  between  the  Skinners  and  Merchant-taylors  was  determined  by  agree- 
ment that  either  should  take  precedence  in  alternate  years,  and  that  the  master  and 
wardens  of  each  should  dine  with  the  other  company  on  their  respective  feasts  of  Corpus 
Christi  and  the  Nativity  of  St.  John  the  Baptist.  See  the  ordinance  effecting  this  arrange- 
ment in  Herbert's  Twelve  City  Companies,  vol.  ii.  p.  319;  and  see  remarks  by  the  present 
writer  in  Archaeologia,  vol.  xxx.  p.  500. 

P.  292.  Saint  Anthony''s  school.  This  notice  of  Saint  Anthony's  school,  so  flourishing 
in  1562  as  to  have  a  hundred  scholars,  is  remarkable,  inasmuch  as  it  seems  to  have  shared 
the  fate  of  the  I'eligious  foundations.  Stowe  says  in  his  Survay,  "  This  schoole  was  com- 
mended in  the  reign  of  Henry  the  sixth,  and  sithense  commended  above  others,  but  now 
decayed,  and  come  to  nothing  by  taking  that  from  it  which  thereunto  belonged,"  and  he 
ascribes  its  "  spoile "  to  one  Johnson,  the  schoolmaster,  who  was  "  made  prebend  of 
Windsor."     (Edmund  Johnson,  installed  canon  of  Windsor  1560.     Le  Neve.) 


NOTES.  407 

P.  22.  Funeral  of  mistress  Cowper,  wife  of  the  sheriff'  of  London.  John  Cowper,  fish- 
monger, sheriff  1552,  buried  at  St.  Magnus.  Arms,  Azure,  a  saltire  engrailed  between 
four  trefoils  slipped  or,  on  a  chief  of  the  second  three  dolphins  embowed  of  the  first.  (List 
by  Wm.  Smith,  Rouge- dragon.)  "John  Cooper,  fishmonger,  alderman,  who  was  put  by 
his  turne  of  maioralty,  [died]  1584."     (Stowe.) 

Ibid.  Funeral  of  mistress  Basilia  Cowper,  late  wife  of  master  Huntley  haberdasher,  and 
after  wife  of  master  Towllys,  alderman  and  sheriff.  This  lady's  first  husband,  Thomas 
Huntley,  haberdasher,  was  sheriff  1540.  His  arms.  Argent,  on  a  chevron  between  three 
buck's  heads  erased  sable  three  hunting-horns  of  the  first.  Her  second  husband  was 
John  Towles,  sheriff  1554;  buried  at  St.  Michael's  in  Cornhill  1548.  Arms,  Party  per 
pale  and  chevron  ermine  and  sable,  four  cinquefoils  counterchanged.  (List  by  Wm. 
Smith,  Rouge-dragon.)  Stowe  in  his  Survay  calls  him  Tolus,  and  relates  a  story  of  a 
bequest  he  made  to  St.  Michael's  parish,  which  was  "not  performed  but  concealed." 
The  name,  it  may  be  remarked,  was  derived  from  one  of  the  churches  dedicated  to  St. 
Olave;  John  atte  Olave's  would  become  John  Toolys,  and  from  the  same  abbreviation  we 
have  still  Tooley  Street  in  Southwark.  The  lady's  third  husband  was  probably  John 
Cowper  who  occurs  in  the  list  of  freemen  of  the  mystery  of  the  Fyshemongers  in  1537 
(Herbert's  Twelve  City  Companies,  ii.  7,)  and  who  may  have  been  father  of  the  alderman 
mentioned  in  the  preceding  note. 

P.  58.  Funeral  of  lady  Ascough.  Sir  Christopher  Ascough,  draper,  who  was  the  son 
of  John  Ascough  of  Edmonton  in  Middlesex,  had  been  sheriff  in  1525-6,  lord  mayor 
1533-4,  and  was  buried  at  St.  John  the  Evangelist's  in  Watling-street.  Arms,  Gules,  on  a 
fesse  argent,  between  three  ass's  heads  couped  or,  as  many  estoiles  azure.  (List  by  Wm. 
Smith,  Rouge-dragon.) 

P.  76.  Funeral  of  sir  Hugh  Rich,  K.B.  Having  married  Anne,  daughter  and  sole 
heir  of  sir  John  Wentworth,  of  Gosfield  in  Essex,  his  body  was  buried  in  that  church. 
His  widow  married  secondly  Henry  lord  Maltravers,  only  son  of  the  earl  of  Arundel  ;  he 
died  at  Brussels,  June  30,  1556.  She  married  thirdly  William  Deane  esquire,  her 
servant,  nephew  to  Alexander  Nowell,  dean  of  Saint  Paul's.  Having  had  no  issue,  she 
died  Dec.  5,  1580,  and  was  buried  with  her  first  husband  at  Gosfield. 

P.  90.  Master  Lee  chosen  sheriff.  Son  of  Roger  Leigh  of  Wellington  in  Shropshire, 
and  apprentice  of  sir  Rowland  Hill,  whose  niece,  Alice  Barker,  he  married.  He  became 
"  Sir  Thomas  Leigh,  maior,  the  first  yeare  of  Q.  Elizabeth,  1559.  He  dwelled  in  the  Old 
Jury,  his  house  joyning  on  the  north  of  Mercers  Chapell,  where  he  was  buried.  Arms, 
Gules,  on  a  cross  engrailed  argent  between  four  unicorn's  heads  erased  or,  five  hurts  each 
charged  with  an  ermine  spot.  His  sonnes  have  since  altred  the  armes  to,  Gules,  a  cross 
engrailed  and  in  dexter  chief  a  lozenge  argent."  (List  by  Wm.  Smith,  Rouge-dragon.) 
Sir  Thomas  Leigh  died  Nov.  17,  1571.  His  epitaph  at  the  Mercers'  Chapel  will  be  found 
in  Stowe's  Survay  and  in  Dugdale's  Baronage,  vol.  ii.  p.  464.     By  his  second  son  William 


408  DIARY  OF  A  RESIDENT  IN   LONDON. 

he  was  ancestor  of  the  Lords  Leigh  of   Stoneleigh,  and  by  his  third  son  William,  grand- 
father of  Francis  Leigh,  earl  of  Chichester. 

P.  218.  Captain  Grimston  arraigned  for  the  loss  of  Calais.  This  was  sir  Edward 
Grimston,  who  had  been  appointed  comptroller  of  Calais,  Aug.  28,  1552  (King  Edward's 
Diary.)     See  the  pedigree  of  Grimston  in  Clutterbuck's  Hertfordshire,  i.  95. 

P.  241.  This  year  (1560)  loere  all  the  Roodlofts  taken  doion  in  London.  Those  parishes 
which  had  been  backward  in  removing  this  relic  of  idolatry  were  now  compelled  to  do  so  by 
authority.  *'  Memorandum.  At  a  vestry  holden  the  27th  day  of  December  in  Anno 
1560,  there  was  showed  unto  the  parishioners  a  letter  sent  from  the  lord  of  Canterbury's 
grace,  directed  to  master  alderman  Draper,  sheriif  of  London,  and  to  the  churchwardens 
with  the  rest  of  the  parish,  concerning  the  translating  and  pulling  down  of  the  rood-loft; 
whereupon  it  was  agreed  by  the  whole  vestry,  that  the  rood-loft  should  be  taken  down  and 
translated  by  the  discretion  of  the  churchwardens.  In  witness  whereof  we  the  said 
parishioners  have  set-to  our  names  the  day  and  year  above  written."  (Account  of  the 
church  of  St   Dunstan's  in  the  East,  by  the  Rev.  T.  B.  Murray.) 

So  at  St.  Margaret's,  Westminster,  where  the  Rood  itself  had  been  removed  in  1559 
(see  p.  399,)  the  Roodloft  was  left  to  the  following  year.  It  had  been  built  at  great 
expense  in  1519,  and  its  "  new  re-forming "  was  also  a  considerable  charge  to  the  pa- 
rishioners :  — 

**  Item,  paide  to  joyners  and  labowrers  abowt  the  takyng  downe  and  new  reformyng  of 
the  Roode-loft,  as  by  a  particuler  booke  therof  mad  dothe  and  may  appeare,  xxxvij^t.  x5.  i]d, 

**  Item,  paide  for  boordes,  gleiv,  nayles,  and  other  necessaries  belonging  to  the  saide 
loft  ........         xiiij^t.  xiiJ5.  ixd. 

"  Item,  paide  to  a  paynter  for  payntyng  the  same  .  .  .  xijc?. 

(Then  follow  several  other  charges  respecting  the  scaffolding.) 


INDEX. 


Abchurch,  parson  of,  disgraced,  310 

Abergavenny ;  see  Bergavenny 

Accidents  (fatal),  289,  302  ;  from  gunpowder, 
18,  239 

Ackworth,  master,  a  master  of  Bridewell,  205 

Adams,  punished  for  killing  flesh  in  Lent,  249 

Adelston,  captain  of  Rysbank,  committed  to 
the  Tower,  194 

Alcock,  master,  constable  of  St.  Martin's  sanc- 
tuary, 227 

Aldborough,  rebel  executed  at,  142 

Aldermary  church,  sermon  at,  91  ;  funeral,  176 

Aldersgate,  traitor's  head  placed  on,  107 

Aldersgate  street,  voice  in  the  wall  at,  58,  66  ; 
note,  339 

Ale  and  beer,  proclamation  respecting,  147 

Alexander,  the  keeper  of  Newgate,  121 

Allen,  Christopher,  late  alderman,  funeral,  100  ; 
note,  347 

Allen,  sir  Christopher,  knighted,  334 ;  dines 
with  Wm.  Harvey,  Clarenceux,  248 

Allen,  Edmund,  bishop  elect  of  Rochester, 
burial  of,  208  ;  preaches  at  court,  278 

Allen,  Jasper,  his  marriage,  405 

Allen,  mistress,  funeral  of,  175 

Allen,  William,  leatherseller,  his  mother's 
funeral,  171  ;  funeral  of  his  wife,  235;  at  the 
Merchant-taylors'  feast,  and  then  elected 
sheriflF  for  the  queen,  287  ;  sworn,  293  ;  his 
daughter  married  to  master  Starke,  skinner, 
295;  note,  379 

Allen,  alderman  sir  William,  379 

Alley,  William,  bishop  of  Exeter,   preaches  at 
court,  230  ;  at  funerals,  237,  240,  241 
CAMD.  SOC. 


AUhallows  Barking,  funerals  at,  28,  61,  113; 

traitors  buried  at,  109 
AUhallows,     Bread-street,    steeple    struck    by 

lightning,  209  ;  note,  374  ;  funeral,  279 
AUhallows  the  Little,  funeral,  311 
AUhallows,  London  Wall,  funeral,  251 
AUhallows  the  More,  in  Thames-street,  sermon, 

131  ;  funeral  at,  174 
AUhallows  Staining,  funerals  at,  105,  123 
AUhallows,  marriage,  300 

AUington,  Richard,  son  of  Sir  Giles,  death  of,  274 
St.   Alphage,  or   "  St.   Alphe's,"    Cripplegate, 
funerals  at,  225,    289  ;    marriage,   243 ;  the 
Barber-surgeons'  communion  at,  290 
Alsop,  master,  apothecary  to  King  Henry  VIIL 
and  Edward  VL  and  sergeant  of  the  confec- 
tionary to  queen  Mary,  his  funeral,  163 
Altars,  ordered  to  be  restored,  50,  note  399; 

consecration  of,  105 
Altham,   alderman,    death   and  funeral  of  his 
wife,  175;  mourner  at  lady  Barnes's  funeral, 
199  ;  godfather  to  Thomas,  son  of  alderman 
John  White,  248  ;  dismissed,  265  ;  note 
Alvey,ofWestminster  abbey,  preaches  there,  272 
Amcotes  {printed  Huncotes),  alderman  sir  Harry, 
funeral  of,  68  ;  month's  mind,  70  ;  note,  339 
Anchor-lane,  oyster  feast  in,  144 
Andrews,  sir  Thomas,  knighted,  335 
St.  Andrew's,Holborn,funeralsat,l, 128,217,263 
St.  Andrew's  Undershaft,  funerals  at,   51,  116, 
245,  395  ;  atchievements  for  alderman  Kyr- 
ton  at,  60 
St.  Andrew's  in  the  Wardrobe,  funerals  at,  98, 
199,  288;  baptism,  300 

3  G 


410 


INDEX. 


St.  Andrew's  day,  procession  on,  in  1554,  77, 
note  401;  in  1557,  159 

Anna  of  Cleves  ;  see  Cleves. 

st.  Anthony's  schools,  holiday  procession  of, 
292  ;  note,  406 

Bt.  Antholin's,  morning  prayer  begins  there 
"  after  Geneva  fashion,"  Sept.  1559,  212 

Apparel,  proclamation  on,  216  ;  note,  376  ;  see 
Array 

Archer,  — ,  slain  at  St.  James's  fair,  170 

Archery  in  Finsbury  field,  132  ;  a  woman  slain 
there,  136;  matches,  286,  287,  288 

Arden,  Thomas,  customer  of  Feversham,  his 
murder,  4;  note,  315 

Argall,  master,  mourner,  237,  311 

Arms  of  citizens  simplified,  330,  364  ;  a  crowded 
coat,  344 

Arnold,  sir  Nicholas,  committed  to  the  Tower, 
104 

Array,  act  of,  281 ;  see  Apparel 

Arundel,  Henry  earl  of,  sent  to  the  Tower,  12; 
attends  princess  Mary,  31  ;  present  at  the 
proclamation  of  queen  Mary,  37 ;  bears  the 
sword  before  the  queen,  38  ;  conducts  bishop 
Gardener  from  prison,  and  entertains  him  at 
Bath  Place,  40;  high  boteler  at  queen  Mary's 
coronation,  45  ;  and  lord  steward,  46 ;  and 
makes  knights  as  the  queen's  deputy,  334, 
335  ;  bears  the  queen's  cap  of  maintenance 
at  the  opening  of  Parliament,  74 ;  lord  steward 
at  the  trial  of  lord  Stourton,  126;  attends  on 
the  earl  of  Northumberland  at  his  creation, 
134  ;  present  at  St.  George's  day,  1557,  ib.  ; 
present  at  the  sermon  at  Paul's  cross,  197  ; 
entertains  the  queen  at  Nonsuch,  206 ; 
deputy  for  the  queen  at  an  installation  at 
Windsor,  258  ;  funeral  of  the  wife  of  his  con- 
troller, 262  ;  at  St.  George's  feast,  1563,306  ; 
his  (?)  livery,  398 

Arundel,  Philip  earl  of,  his  christening,  141  ; 
note,  357 

Arundel,  Mary  countess  of,  attendant  on  queen 
ary,30;  her deathand  funeral,  155;  note,  360 


Arundell,  sir  John,  his  funeral,  158  ;  note,  361 
Arundell,  sir  Thomas,  sent  to  the  Tower  with 

his  lady,  10;  arraigned,  15;  beheaded,  iJ.; 

note,  323 
Ascension-day,  celebration  of,  137  ;  note,  404 
Ascough,  lady,  widow  of  sir  Christopher,  her 

funeral,  58  ;  note,  407 
Ash  (Asse),  master,  at  an  oyster  feast,  143 
Ashiugtou,  elected  master  of  the  Bridge  house, 

194 
Ashley,  sir  Henry,  knighted,  335 
Aston,  Christopher,  the  elder  and  the  younger, 

fled  beyond  sea,  and  proclaimed  traitors,  103 
Aston,  CO.  York,  seat  of  Lord  Dacre,  107 
Atkynson   the   scrivener,   his   three   daughters 

married  on  one  day,  240 
Auditor,  one  set  in  the  pillory,  105 
Audley,  sir  Thomas,  his  funeral  at  St.  Mary 

Overy's,  73 
st.  Austin's,  by  St.  Paul's,  funerals  at,  72,  247 
st.  Augustine  (?),  funerals,  157,  293 
Austin  Friars,  the  Lord  Treasurer's  place,  14, 

203  ;  service  of  the  merchant  strangers  at,  140 
Avenon,  Alexander,  chosen  sheriff  1561,  265; 

receives   the   custody  of  the   prisons,    268  ; 

sworn  on  Michaelmas  day  in  the  Exchequer, 

at  the  Merchant-taylors'  feast,  287 ;  funeral 

of   his   daughter    mrs.    Starke,    289 ;    chief 

mourner  at   master  Dericote's  funeral,  296  ; 

biog.  note,  385 
Ayloffe ;  see  Olyffe. 

Bacon,  lord  keeper,  presides  at  a  disputation 
between  the  bishops  and  the  new  preachers, 
192 ;  present  at  the  sermon  at  Paul's  cross, 
197  ;  at  mr.  Goodrick's  funeral,  283  ;  at  the 
Salters'  feast,  286 

Bacon,  lady,  godmother  to  the  daughter  of 
William  Hervey,  Clarenceux,  289 

Bacon,  George,  son  of  the  serjeant  of  the  acatry, 
his  baptism,  300 

Bacon,  James,  Salter,  brother  to  the  lord  keeper, 
marriage  of  his  daughter,  280  ;  note,  389         j 


INDEX. 


411 


Bacon,  master,  serjeant  of  the  acatry,  baptism 

of  his   son,    300 ;    churching    of    his   wife, 

301 
Baddow,  death  of  Sir  Clement  Smith  at,  24 
Badge,  the  earl  of  Pembroke's,  32,  74 
Bainbridge  ;  see  Benbryke 
Baker,  punished,  304 
Baker,  sir  John,  attends  spital  sermon,  132 ; 

dines  with  the  lord  mayor,  169  ;  funeral  of, 

185 ;  note,  370 
Banaster,  servant  to  sir  E.  Unton,  killed  in  a 

fray  in  the  street,  296 
Banester,  squire,  his  funeral,  112 
Banister,  mr.  sent  to  the  Tower,  10 
Bankes,  master,   mourner  at  Ralph   Preston's 

funeral,  176 
Bankside,  bear-baiting,  78 
Baptism,  unsettled  opinions   respecting,  242  ; 

see  Christenings. 
Barbers'  hall,  the  clerks  dine  at,  89 
Barber-surgeons,  have  the  body  of  one  hanged 

for  an  anatomy,  252  ;  have  a  match  of  arch- 
ery, 286  ;  their  feasts,  290 
Barbican,  fire  at,  308 

Barenteyn, esquire,  his  funeral,  149 

Barking,  funeral  of  mrs.  Bowes  at,  122 
Barlow,  William,  arrested  and  committed  to  the 

Fleet,  75  ;  elected  bishop  of  Chichester,  201 ; 

officiates  at  St.  Paul's  at  the  French  king's 

obsequies,  210  ;  at  a  funeral,  ib. ;  preaches  at 

court,  229 
Barnes,  Sir  George,  his  death  and  funeral,  166  ; 

note,   363  ;   burial   of  his  widow,  199  ;   his 

daughter   the   wife    of    Alexander    Carlylle, 

vintner,  269 
Barnes,  esquire,  month's  mind  of,  and  his  wife, 

175 
Barnes,  mercer  in  Cheapside,  343 
Barnet,  man  burnt  for  heresy  at,  94 
Bart ;  see  Brett 
Bartelot,  doctor,  preaches  at  funerals,  8, 13;  see 

Berkeley 
Bartelett,  physician,  his  funeral,  164 


Barthelett,  Thomas,  printer  to  Henry  VIII.  his 

funeral,  95  ;  note,  346 
St.   Bartholomew's  the  Little,  christenings  at, 

198,  248  ;  funerals,  3,  164,  199,  360  ;  note, 

350 
St.  Bartholomew's,  Smithfield,  funeral  at,  164 
St.  Bartholomew  fair,  1559,  207 
Basing,  funeral  of  the  marchioness  of  Winchester 

at,  188 
Baskerville,  alderman  Humphery,  at  the  Grocers' 

feast,  260 ;  at  the  Merchant-taylors',  262,  287 ; 

chosen  sheriff,  265  ;  receives  the  custody  of 

the  prisons,  268  ;  sworn  on  Michaelmas  day 

in  the  Exchequer,  ib. ;  biog.  note,  383 
Baskerfelde,  sir  Thomas,  knighted,  335 
Bassett, esquire,  one  of  the  privy  chamber 

to  queen  Mary,  his  funeral,  179 
Bath  Place,  the  residence  of  the  earl  of  Arundel, 

40,  155 
Bath,  knights  of  the,  made  at  queen  Mary's 

coronation,  45,  334  ;   at  queen  Elizabeth's, 

186,  370 
Bath,  countess  of,  death  of,  273  ;  funeral,  274, 

275  ;  note,  388 
Bawdry,  punishments  for,  32,  78,  282, 295  {bis), 

299 
Baynard  Castle,  Anne  countess  of  Pembroke  dies 

at,  15  ;  the  earl  of  Pembroke  there,  32  ;  car- 
dinal  Pole   lands   at,    77  ;   queen    Elizabeth 

visits  the  earl  of  Pembroke  there,  196,  275  ; 

marriages  at,  300 
Baynes,  Ralph,  consecrated  bishop  of  Lichfield 

and  Coventry,  75  ;  buried  at  St.  Dunstan's 

in  the  West,  221 ;  note,  378 
Bear-baiting  at  the  Bankside,  78  ;  at  court,  191, 

198,  270 
Becon,  Thomas,  committed  to  the  Tower,  332  ; 

preacher  at  funerals,  216,  231  ;  at  a  marriage, 

288 
Bedford,  John  Russell,  first  earl  of,  his  men  of 

arms  and   standard,    13,19  ;  meets  the  lady 

Mary,  31 ;    at  the   proclamation  of   Queen 

Mary,  37  ;  his  funeral,  83  ;  note,  343 


412 


INDEX. 


Bedford,  Francis  second  earl  of,  chief  mourner 
at  his  father's  funeral,  84;  present  at  the 
proclamation  of  queen  Elizabeth,  178 ;  at 
the  Paul's  cross  sermon,  229  ;  departs  as  am- 
bassador to  France,  248  ;  returns,  252  ;  con- 
ducts some  French  ambassadors,  returning 
from  Scotland  to  London,  and  entertains  them 
at  his  house,  270  ;  at  the  Salters'  feast,  286 ; 
master  St.  John  buried  at  his  place,  301 

Bedford,  Anne  countess  of,  30;  her  funeral, 
191  ;  note,  371 

Bedford,  Margaret  countess  of,  funeral,  291  ; 
note,  392 

Bedingfield,  sir  Harry,  made  vice-chamberlain 
and  captain  of  the  guard,  162 

Bedyll,  John,  accuses  Throgmorton  and  Wood- 
all  of  high  treason,  104;  arraigned,  107  ;  ex- 
ecuted, ib. 

Bedy John,  clerk  of  the  green  cloth,  fu- 
neral of,  231 

Beer  and  ale,  proclamation  respecting,  147 

Beggars,  beadle  of,  punished  for  bawdry,  32 

Begging,  licence  for,  forged,  292  ;  note,  407 

Bell,  John,  bishop  of  Worcester,  death  of,  111  ; 
funeral,  112;  note,  351 

Bell,  in  Carter-lane,  228 

Bell,  in  Gracechurch  street,  238 

Belleffe,  William,  vintner,  married  to  a  daughter 
of  Alderman  Mallory,  247 

Bellringing  on  the  queen's  removes,  300,  396, 
400 

Belissun,  a  priest,  pilloried  for  conjuring,  261 

Benbryke,  killed  by  the  fall  of  his  house  in  St. 
Clement's-lane,  34 

St.  Benet  Sherehog,  funeral  at,  94 

st.  Benet's  Paul's  wharf,  christening  at,  216  ; 
funerals,  177,  247 

Bentham,  Thomas,  bishop  of  Lichfield  and 
Coventry,  preaches  at  Paul's  cross,  218  ; 
at  a  funeral,  223  ;  at  court,  229  ;  a  spital  ser- 
mon, 231 ;  his  wife  brought  to  bed  on  Lon- 
don bridge,  229. 
Berenger,  sir  Thomas,  knighted,  33.5 


Bergavenny,  Henry  lord,  made  K.B.  at  queen 
Mary's  coronation,  45 ;  officiated  as  chief 
larderer  at  the  same,  ib. ;  mourner  at  St.Paul's, 
at  the  French  king's  obsequies,  210 

Berkeley  ("  Bartelett"),  Gilbert,  bishop  of  Bath 
and  Wells,  preaches  at  St.  Paul's,  278 

Berkeley,  sir  John,  made  K.B.  370 

Berkeley,  sir  Maurice,  337  ;  funeral  of  his  wife, 
227 

Bermondsey  abbey,  303 

Bermondsey,  funeral  at,  175 

Berry,  master,  draper,  mourner  at  a  funeral, 
210;  his  funeral,  311 

Berwick,  money  sent  to,  146 

Bethell,  master,  committed  to  the  Tower,  102 

Bethnal  Green,  young  sir  John  Gates's  place 
at,  23 

Bettes,  William,  master  of  fence,  slain  in  the 
street,  247 

Beverley,  executions  at,  142 

Beverley  fair,  cart  coming  from,  robbed  by  lord 
Sandes's  son,  108 

Beymont,  hanged  at  St,  Thomas  a  Watering, 
225 

Bill,  William,  dean  of  Westminster,  preaches  at 
Paul's  cross,  178,  194 ;  St.  Mary's  spital, 
192;  at  court,  226;  his  burial,  264  ;  note, 
385  J 

Billingsgate,  punishment  for  cheating  at,  283      1 

Birch,  John,  made  a  serjeant-at-law,  373 

Bird,  John,  deprived  of  the  bishoprick  of  Ches- 
ter, 58 ;  suffragan  to  bishop  Bonner,  341 ; 
see  Byrd 

Bishops,  marriages  of,  8,  199,  320  ;  deprived, 
201 ;  note,  373 ;  five  new  bishops  conse- 
crated, 220  ;  note,  378  ;  others  consecrated 
at  Lambeth,  251  ;  Veron,  the  preacher,  ad- 
vocates their  endowment,  214;  bishop  PiU 
kington  advocates  their  having  **  better  liv- 
ing," 227 

Bishopsgate,  the  porter  of,  226 

Bishop's  Head  in  Lombard  street,  304 

Black  Boy  in  Cheap,  298 


INDEX. 


413 


Blackfriars  in  Smithfield  restored  by  queen 
Mary,  171  ;  funerals  at,  174,  179,  194 

Blackfriars,  lord  Bray  dies  there,  158  ;  lady 
Garden  dies  at,  225 

Blackheath,  triumph  at,  18  ;  the  Kentish  rebels 
come  to,  52 

Blackwell,  mistress,  godmother  to  Katharine 
Machyn,  153 

Blackwell,  scrivener,  candidate  for  sheriff,  241  ; 
mourner  at  funerals,  2/3,  295 

Blackwell,  George,  godfather  to  George  Bacon, 
300  ;  churching  of  his  daughter  Mrs.  Bacon, 
301 

Blackwell,  William,  his  daughter  married  to 
master  Matthew  Draper,  199 

Blackwell-house,  confirmation  of  its  privileges, 
23  ;  sir  John  Ayloffe  lived  at,  353 

Blasyng  star,  101  ;  notes,  348 

Blechingley,  funerals  at,  208,  225 

Blundell,  John,  mercer,  385 

Bodley,  master,  slain  in  St.  Paul's  churchyard, 
227  ;  his  funeral,  228 

Boleyne,  sir  James,  funeral  of,  266  ;  note,  386 

Boneard,  John,  condemned  for  robbing  the 
queen's  w^ardrobe,  93  ;  again  tried  for  at- 
tempting to  rob  the  keeper  of  Newgate, 
121  ;  and  burnt  in  the  hand,  122 

Bonner,  Edmund,  bishop  of  London,  delivered 
from  the  Marshalsea,  39  ;  a  commissioner  for 
the  deprivation  of  bishops,  58  ;  sings  the  mass 
of  Requiem  at  bishop  Gardiner's  funeral,  97  ; 
receives  cardinal  Pole  at  Bow-church,  103  ; 
joins  the  procession  at  St.  Paul's  on  St. 
Paul's  day,  141  ;  performs  the  closing  in  of 
the  nuns  of  Syon,  145  ;  at  the  funeral  of  the 
lady  Anne  of  Cleves,  ib.  ;  performs  the  dirge 
at  the  king  of  [Portugal's]  obsequies,  148  ; 
officiates  at  the  duchess  of  Norfolk's  funeral, 
150 ;  at  the  countess  of  Arundel's,  155 ; 
presides  at  the  trial  of  heretics,  169;  enter- 
tains the  French  ambassadors,  197  ;  deprived 
of  his  bishopric,  200 

Borough,  William  lord,  knighted,  334 


Borow,  Baptist,  the  melener,  his  funeral,  21 

Borow,  Thomas,  condemned  for  coining,  290 

Boswell,  clerk  of  the  wards,  funeral  of  his  wife, 
199 

St.  Botulph,  Aldgate,  funerals  at,  10,  222,  255 

st.  Botulph,  Aldersgate,  funerals,  123,  147,  156, 
280 

St.  Botulph,  Bishopgate,  burial  at,  67;  wedding 
at,  216  ;  christening,  288  ;  burning  of  the 
church  goods  at,  and  the  cross  of  wood  that 
stood  in  the  churchyard,  208 

St.  Botulph's,  Thames  street,  funeral,  143 

Bourn,  Gilbert,  preaches  at  a  funeral,  28 ;  at 
Paul's  cross,  41 ,  49,  78  ;  note,  332  ;  con- 
secrated bishop  of  Bath,  58 ;  sent  to  the 
Tower,  238 

Bourne,  Sir  John,  knighted,  334 

Bow-church  ;  see  St.  Mary 

Bow  churchyard,  assembly  of  Protestants  at,  79 

Bowes,  alderman  sir  Martin,  at  the  Grocers' 
feast,  260,  285  ;  at  the  Goldsmiths',  261  ;  at 
the  Merchant-taylors',  287  ;  at  sir  Rowland 
Hill's  funeral,  272 ;  sits  at  Guildhall,  290  ; 
note,  ^'iQ 

Bowes,  lady,  wife  of  sir  Martin  Bowes,  her 
funeral,  46  ;  note,  335 

Bowes,  master,  brought  to  the  Tower  for  a  con- 
spiracy  in  Cambridgeshire,  83 

Bowes,  Frances,  wife  of  Martin,  buried  at 
Barking,  122  ;  note,  354 

see  Bowyes  and  Boysse 

Bowthe,  late  of  Calais,  cast  for  treason,  56 

Bowyes  (Bowes?),  lady,  godmother  to  Mr. 
Nicholls's  daughter,  305 

Boxail,  secretary,  sent  to  the  Tower,  238  ;  note, 
380 

Boysse  (Bowes  ?)  and  Gaskyn,  fray  between, 
293 

Bradford,  committed  to  the  Tower,  332  ;  ar- 
raigned, 81  ;  burnt  in  Smithfield,  90 

Bradley,  master,  preaches  a  spital  sermon, 
305 

Branch ;  see  Fowler 


414 


INDEX, 


Bray,  John  lord,  attends  the  queen  of  Scots, 
11 ;  his  men  at  arms,  and  standard,  12,  19  ; 
his  death  and  funeral,  158  ;  note,  361 

Brayne,  mr.  sent  to  the  Tower,  10 

Bread-street,  great  fire  in,  219 

Brekett,  (Brickett  ?)  doctor,  preaches  at  a  fu- 
neral, 165 

Brentford,  293 

Brett  ("  Bart")  and  other  captains  of  the 
Kentish  rebels,  taken  into  Kent  for  execution, 
55 

Brewers'  Company,  funerals  at,  10,  249,  263 

Brickhill,  Benett  Smyth  hung  for  murder  at,  102 

Brickett;  see  Brekett 

St.  Bride's  well,  men  hung  at,  96  ;  ecclesiastical 
visitors  sit  at,  207  ;  christening,  288  ;  fune- 
rals, 179(?),  215,  291,297,300 

Bridgehouse,  the,  206,  304,  305  ;  election  of 
masters  of,  1 94  ;  festivities  there  on  a  mar  - 
riage,  288 

Bridewell,  some  gentlemen  commit  a  fray  at, 
194;  a  man  hung  in,  for  robbing,  109; 
two  officers  of,  condemned  to  the  pillory, 
111 ;  the  masters  of,  205,  262,  291 

Bromley,  sir  Thomas,  335 

Brook,  Robert,  recorder  of  London,  made  a 
Serjeant,  27  ;  lord  chief  justice,  and  knighted, 
342  ;  at  the  trial  of  lord  Stourton,  126 

Brooke,  sir  David,  chief  baron,  knighted,  335  ; 
attends  spital  sermon,  132 

Brookes,  James,  consecrated  bishop  of  Glou- 
cester, 58 

Brotherhood  of  Jhesus  ;  see  Jhesus 

Brown,  esquire,  penon  and  coat  armour  made 
for  his  funeral,  219 

Brown,  a  tallow-chandler,  his  wife  punished 
for  bawdry,  242 

Browne,  sir  Anthony,  chief  mourner  at  the 
countess  of  Southampton's  funeral,  2 ;  pre- 
sent at  a  sermon,  48  ;  created  viscount  Mon- 
tagu, 67 

Browne,  lady,  wife  of  sir  Anthony,  30  ;  her  fu- 
neral, 39 ;  note,  331 


Browne,  Francis,  his  wife's  funeral,  133 

Browne,  sir  Humphrey,  death  and  funeral  of, 
297  ;  note,  393 

Browne,  judge,  present  at  a  sermon,  48  ;  at- 
tends spital  sermon,  132 

Browne,  John,  son  of  sir  W.  Browne,  who 
died  mayor  in  1508,  chosen  sheriff,  23  ;  dis- 
missed on  a  fine,  24 

Browne,  Thomas,  151 

Browne,  Valentine,  auditor  of  Berwick,  marries 
a  niece  of  lord  keeper  Bacon,  280 

Browne,  master,  elected  warden  of  the  Mer- 
chant-taylors,  287 

Bruse,  sir  John,  knighted,  335 

Bruton,  sir  Richard,  his  funeral,  121 

Bruton,  a  gentleman,  arraigned  at  Westminster 
hall,  285  ;  hanged,  301 

Brydges,  sir  John,  attendant  on  the  lady  Eli- 
zabeth in  1553,  37  ;  his  eldest  son  (or  bro- 
ther ?)  drowned,  70 ;  note,  332,  398;  created 
lord  Chandos,  59  ;  see  Chandos 

Brydges,  sir  Richard,  knighted,  335  ;  funeral 
of,  173 

Brydges,  Thomas,  drowned,  41 ;  notes,  332,  398 

Brysse,  serjeant  of  the  woodyard,  buried,  122 

Bucer,  Martin,  his  body  disinterred  at  Cam- 
bridge, and  burnt,  124 

Bull,  mourner,  237 

Bull  and  bear  baiting,  270 

Bull's  head,  beside  London  stone,  238 

Bullok,  John,  orders  sepulchral  insignia  for 
sir  Thomas  Kneesworth's  monument,  285 

Bulstrode,  Thomas,  funeral  of,  244  ;   note,  383 

Bumsted,  a  gentleman,  funeral  of,  249 

Burgh,  lord  ;  see  Borough 

Burlington,  rebel  executed  at,  142 

Burnings ;  see  Hereticks 

Bury  St.  Edmund's,  the  Duke  of  Northumber- 
land moves  towards,  36  ;  a  shoemaker  burnt 
for  heresy  at,  92 

Busken,  master,  preaches  at  funerals,  289,  299 

Busse  (Bush  ?),  master,  skinner,  funeral  at  St. 
Margaret  Moyses,  224 


INDEX, 


415 


Butchers  punished  for  bad  meat,  56,  57 

Butler,  Bartholomew,  336 

Byrd,  master,  cowper,  funeral  of,  140 

Cage,  master,  funeral  of,  226 

Caius,  doctor,  his  work  on  the  sweating  sick- 
ness, 319 

Calais,  siege  of,  162  ;  loss  of,  163  ;  lord  Went- 
worth's  trial  for  its  loss,  195,  220 

Calf,  a  prodigious,  280 

Caltham,  John,  fled  beyond  sea,  proclaimed  a 
traitor,  103 

Camberwell,  funerals  at,  144,  247 

Cambridge,  the  duke  of  Northumberland's  army 
moves  towards,  36  ;  the  duke  arrested,  and 
queen  Mary  proclaimed  at,  37  ;  disinterment 
and  burning  of  the  bodies  of  Bucer  and  Fa- 
gius,  124  ;  coiners  taken  at,  164  ;  carried  to 
the  Tower,  165  ;  funeral  at,  235 

Cambridgeshire,  conspiracy  in,  March  1554-6, 
83 

Campion,  master,  brewer  in  Hay-lane,  fatal  ac- 
cident to  his  maid,  302 

Candlemas-day,  celebrated  at  St.  Paul's,  225  ; 
mass  on,  in  1563,  disturbed,  299 

Canterbury,  execution  at,  4;  heretics  burnt 
at,  91 

Cannon-row  ;  see  Channel-row 

Capel,  sir  Giles,  funeral  of,  108  ;  note,  350 

Capel,  sir  Harry,  funeral  of,  164  ;  note,  362 

Carden  ;  see  Cawarden 

Cardmaker,  arrested,  75  ;  examined,  86  ;  con- 
demned, and  burnt,  88 

Cardyflf,  Henry  lord  Herbert  of  ;  see  Herbert 

Carew,  sir  Gawen,  delivered  from  the  Tower,  80 

Carey,  widow  of  sir  John,  her  funeral,  193  . 
note,  372 

Carey,  master,  deputy  for  lord  Hunsdon  as  god- 
father to  Robert  Dethick,  264 

Carlton,  master,  married  the  widow  of  sir  George 
Harper,  224 

Carlylle,  Alexander,  master  of  the  Vintners, 
death  of,  269  ;  funeral,  ib. 


Carpenters*  hall,  236 

Carter,  killed  by  a  Frenchman  in  the  street, 
296 

Caryll,  John,  made  a  serjeant-at-law,  27,  327 

Carus,  Thomas,  made  a  serjeant,  373 

Cat  hung  on  the  gallows  in  Cheapside,  59 ; 
note,  338 

Castillion,  John  Baptist,  384 

Castle  in  New  Fish-street,  285 

Catlyn,  Richard,  made  a  serjeant-at-law,  27, 
327  ;  lord  chief  justice  of  England  (1562)  at 
mr.  Goodrick's  funeral,  283  ;  at  the  Salters' 
feast,  286 

Catter,  mourner  at  bishop  Griffith's  funeral, 
180 

Cave,  sir  Thomas,  knighted,  335  ;  funeral  of, 
173  ;  note,  366 

Cavendish,  sir  William,  funeral,  156  ;  note,  360 

Cawarden,  sir  Thomas,  his  death,  208  ;  burial 
ib.  ;  note,  374  ;  funeral  of  his  widow,  225 

Cecill,  Richard,  esq.  gentleman  of  the  king's 
robes,  funeral,  32  ;  note,  329 

Cecill,  sir  William,  knighted  in  1551,  10  ;  sent 
ambassador  to  Scotland,  236  ;  at  Paul's  cross 
sermon,  248  ;  entertains  the  queen  to  sup- 
per 13  July,  1561,  263 

Cecill,  lady,  godmother  to  the  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam Hervey,  Clarenceux,  289 

Chadsay,  doctor,  his  sermon  on  the  queen's 
supposed  quickening,  341 ;  preaches  at  Paul's 
cross,  80,  135  ;  at  funerals,  135,  166  ;  sent 
to  the  Tower,  235 

Chalenger,  widow,  funeral  of,  171 

Chalenger,  a  baker,  punished,  304 

Chaloner,  lady,  wife  of  sir  Thomas,  funeral,  123, 
note,  404 

Chamber,  sir  Thomas,  parson  of  Trinity  the 
Little,  his  merry-making,  132  ;  his  scanda- 
lous conduct  and  dismissal,  205  ;  note,  205 

Chamberlain,  captain  of  Calais,  arraigned  at 
Guildhall,  220 

Chamberlain,  sir  Leonard,  knighted,  334  ;  fu- 
neral of  his  wife,  136 


416 


INDEX. 


Chamberlain,  sir  Ralph,  knighted,  334 

Chamberlain,  alderman  Richard,  mourner  at 
funerals,  200,  272  ;  at  the  Merchant-taylors' 
feast,  287  ;  chosen  sheriff,  1562,  289  ;  sworn, 
293  ;  executor  to  mistress  Lewen,  295,  392  ; 
note,  391 

Chamberlain,  sir  Thomas,  christening  of  his 
son,  216  ;  starts  as  ambassador  to  Spain,  225 

Chamberlain,  lady  (wife  of  sir  Thomas),  widow 
of  master  Machyll,  cloth- worker,  216 

Chamberlayne,  sir  Reynold,  captain  of  Guern- 
sey, articles  made  for  his  funeral,  271 

Chambers,  John,  bishop  of  Peterborough,  his 
obsequies,  101,  348. 

Chamley ;  see  Cholmeley 

Champion,  alderman  Richard,  chosen  sheriff, 
170;  present  at  the  Merchant-taylors' feast, 
287 ;  note,  364 

Barbara  his  wife,  347  ;  godmother 

to  Thomas  White,  248 

Champneys,  sir  John,  his  funeral,  115;  note, 
352 

Channell-row,  the  earl  of  Sussex  dies  there, 
126 

Chancellor's  (Chancery)  lane,  7,  284 

Chandos,  sir  John  Brydges  created  lord,  59  ;  a 
mourner  at  the  duke  of  Norfolk's  obsequy, 
70  ;  his  funeral,  133  ;  note,  356;  see  Brydges 

Chandos,  Elizabeth  lady,  her  funeral,  221 ; 
note,  378 

Chantry  priest  hangs  himself,  139 

Charing  cross,  fray  at,  74  ;  three  men  hung  at, 
86  ;  one  afterwards  burnt  by  the  gallows,  ib. 

Charnock,  master,  set  in  the  pillory,  300 

Charles  V.  emperor,  his  obsequy  at  Westmin- 
ster, 184  ;  note,  369  ;  alarmed  by  the  comet 
of  1556,  403 

Charter-house,  occupied  by  sir  Edward  North, 
30,  328  ;  funeral  of  a  monk,  110  ;  the  monks 
dismissed,  204  ;  queen  Elizabeth  lodges  at, 
on  her  accession,  179,  180  ;  visits  lord  North 
there,  263  ;  lady  North  dies  there,  242 

Cheap,  pillory  in,  60,  63,  64,   103,   104,  107 ; 


the  "  post  of  reformation"  near  the  Standard 
109 ;  whipping  in,  266 ;  the  Black  Boy  in,  298 

Cheapside  cross,  cat  hanged  thereon  habited 
like  a  priest,  59  ;  reward  offered  to  discover 
the  offender,  60 

Cheke,  sir  John,  knighted,  10  ;  note,  322  ;  com- 
mitted to  the  Tower,  27,  38;  his  death,  151 ; 
note,  359 

Chelmsford,  funeral  at,  154 

Chelsea    ?  "  Clessay,"  6 

Chelsea,  fire  at,  41  ;  the  lady  Anna  of  Cleves 
dies  at,  144  ;  funeral  of  duchess  of  Northum- 
berland at,  86  ;  funeral  of  lord  Bray  at,  153 

Chenies,  funerals  at,  83,  191,  291,  301  (?) 

Cheney,  sir  Thomas,  K.G.  lord  warden  of  the 
cinque  ports  and  treasurer  of  the  household, 
his  men  of  arms,  13,  and  guidon,  20  ;  at  the 
proclamation  of  queen  Mary,  37  ;  fray  of  his 
servants  with  the  inns  of  court,  65  ;  at  St. 
George's  day,  1557,  134  ;  his  funeral,  184  ; 
note,  369 

,  lady,  death,   282;  funeral,  283  ;  note, 

390 

Chenney,  master,  preaches  at  court,  230 

Cheese  sold  at  three  halfpence  a  pound,  241 

Chester,  sir  Robert,  316;  funeral  of  his  wife, 
303  ;  notes,  357,  394 

Chester,  alderman  sir  William,  knighted  at 
Greenwich,  125  ;  mourner  at  funerals,  210, 
237,  304,  311  ;  his  mildness  towards  heretics, 
395  ;  funeral  of  his  wife,  240;  note,  381  ; 
his  house,  363 

Chetwode,  Richard,  funeral  of,  223  ;  note,  378 

Cheyne ;  see  Cheney 

Chichester,  monstrous  child  brought  from,  284 

Chichester,  sir  John,  knighted,  334  ;  committed 
to  the  Tower,  104 

Chicken,  parson,  48  ;  note,  336 

Chidley,  judge,  at  examination  of  bishop  Tun- 
stall,  26  ;  sits  as  justice  at  Guildhall,  290 

Child,  infant,  supposed  to  speak,  88  ;  note,  343 

Child,  prodigious,  284 

Child  murder,  301 


INDEX. 


417 


Cholmley,  Ranulph,  made  a  Serjeant  at  law, 
373  ;  death,  306 ;  funeral,  307 ;  notes,  392, 
395 
Cholmley,  sir  Roger,  chief  justice,  at  examina- 
tion of  bishop  Tunstall,  26  ;  commissioner 
for  receiving  certificates  of  church  goods,  34 ; 
committed  to  the  Tower,  38  ;  delivered,  with 
a  great  fine,  63  ;  attends  spital  sermon,  132 ; 
at  the  Grocers'  feast,  260 ;  sits  at  Guildhall, 
290  ;  funeral  of  his  wife,  181  ;  note,  368 
Cholmeley,  mistress,  her  funeral,  294 ;    note, 

392 
Christ,  fanatic  whipped  for  personating,  255 
Christchurch,  Newgate  St.,  funerals,  184,  236 
Christ's  hospital,  children  of,  clothed  at  Christ- 
mas 1552-3,  28  ;  children  attend  a  funeral, 
32  ;  attend  the  spital  sermon,  131 ;  masters 
of,  attend  funerals  with  their  green  staves,  99, 
224;  Grafton  the  printer  chief  master,  236; 
its  original  object,  328 
Christenings,  216,  248,  264,  249,  288  (two) 
Christmas,  festivities  of  1551-2, 13  ;  of  1552-3, 

28   f  \S^,Z3^ 
Christopherson,  John,  bishop  of  Chichester,  a 
commissioner  for  the  deprivation  of  bishops, 
58  ;   a  commissioner  sent  to  Cambridge  to 
burn  the  bodies  of  Bucer  and  Fagius,  124  ; 
his  funeral,  184  ;  note,  369 
Chudleigh,  sir  Richard,  knighted,  335 
Church  goods,  &c.,  commissioners  of  inquiry 

sit  at  Guildhall  in  April  1553,  34 
Church  goods,  burnt,  266 ;  note,  386 
Churchings,  249,  301 
Clark's  wife,  a  goldsmith,  punished,  31 
Clarenceux  king  of  arms,  creation  of,  158 
Clayton,  Thomas,  elected  sheriflF,  22 ;  but  dis- 
missed on  a  fine,  23 
St.   Clement's  without  Temple-bar,    funerals, 
149,  155,  193,  262;  magazine,  89 ;  proces- 
sion of,  63,  138 
Clement's  inn,  robbery  at,  242 
St.  Clement's  lane,  fall  of  a  house  in,  34 
Clergy,  benefit  of,  227 
CAMD.  SOC, 


Clerks,  company  of,  present  at  funerals,  patsim, 

Chester  the  receiver  takes  possession  of  their 

hall,  5;    note,  316;  celebrate  an  even-song 

and  procession  at  Guildhall  college,  62,  88, 

106  ;  dinners,  236,  282 
Clerks  of  London,  present    at  funerals,  2,  3 

(two),  7,  21,  28,  47,  56,  67,  176,  188,  235 

(two),  240,  249,  254,  257,  261,  266,  269, 

283 
Clerkenwell,  funerals  at,  112,  147,  174,  188; 

sir  Richard  Mansfield  dies  at,  194  ;  wrestling 

at,  204  ;  see  st.  John's 
Cleves,  lady  Anna  of,  dined  at  queen  Mary's 

coronation,  46 ;  her  death,  144  ;  funeral  145, 

146 ;  note,  358 
Clifford,  sir  Thomas,  his  widow,  funeral  of,  159; 

note,  362 
Clifford,  lady  Margaret,  married  to  lord  Strange, 

82 
Clifton,   sir    Gervase,    chief   mourner  at  the 

countess  of  Southampton's  funeral,  2 
Clinton,  Edward  lord  [afterwards  the  first  earl 

of  Lincoln],  lord  admiral,  attends  the  king, 

6  ;  entertains  the  king  in  a  ship  at  Deptford, 

7  ;  death  of  his  wife  in  1551,  9  ;  his  men  at 
arms,  guidon  and  badge,  20  ;  attends  queen 
Mary,  31  ;  made  Constable  of  the  Tower, 
35  ;  conducts  the  prince  of  Piedmont  to  the 
Tower,  79  ;  accompanies  the  contingent  sent 
in  aid  of  king  Philip,  July  1557,  143 ;  pre- 
sent at  the  sermon  at  Paul's  cross,  197  ;  wit- 
nesses the  city  muster,  202  ;  entertains  the 
queen,  207  ;  a  judge  at  justs,  233 

sir  Henry,  made  K.B.  at  queen  Mary's 

coronation,  45,  334 

Elizabeth  lady,  death,  9  ;  note,  320 

Ursula  lady,  30 

Cloth,  its  sale  confined  to  Blackwell  hall,  23 

Clothiers,  highway  robbery  of,  95 

Cloth  workers  ;  sir  William  Hewitt  the  first  lord 

mayor  of  their  Company,  213 ;  their  feast, 

1561,  265  ;  attend  a  funeral,  256 
Cobham,  Anne  lady,  funeral  179  ;  note,  368 
3  H 


418 


INDEX. 


Cobham,  Dorothy  lady,  death  of,  212  ;  funeral, 
213  ;  note,  376 

George  lord,   his   men   of  arms,  13 ; 

and  standard,  20  ;  present  at  the  proclama- 
tion of  Queen  Mary,  37  ;  conducts  cardinal 
Pole  into  London,  75  ;  bears  a  sword  of  state, 
129 ;  present  at  st.  George's  day,  1557, 134  ; 
death,  175  ;  funeral,  176  ;  note,  367 

William  lord,    mourner  at  St.    Paul's 

at  the  French  king's  obsequies,  210 

master,  joins  sir  Thomas  Wyatt's  re- 
bellion, 52;  committed  to  the  Tower,  54; 
delivered  from  the  Tower,  58 

master,  rescues  a  debtor  when  arrested, 

221 

Cobham,  queen  Elizabeth  at,  204 

Cockes,  John,  made  Portcullis  pursuivant,  336; 
created  Lancaster  herald,  186 

Coinage,  reduced  in  value,  7,  note,  317;  new, 
in  1554,  69 ;  proclamations  on,  114,  122, 
243,  245,  260,  272,  276,  279  ;  notes,  383, 
384,  388 

Coiners,  hung  at  Tybourn,  69,  91 ;  some  taken 
at  Cambridge,  164  ;  carried  to  the  Tower, 
165  ;  some  taken  to  the  Tower,  234,  and  re- 
moved to  the  Marshalsea,  ib. ;  six  cast  for 
death,  290 

Coke,  master,  at  examination  of  bishop  Tun- 
stall,  26 

Coke,  master,  rides  with  the  lord  of  misrule, 
33 

Coke,  master,  committed  to  the  Tower,  38 

Coke,  master  of  requests,  buried  in  Hertford- 
shire, 150 

Colbume,  William,  made  Rouge-dragon  pursui- 
vant, 336 

Coldharbour,  the  earl  of  Shrewsbury's,  74,  224, 
258,  269,  393 

Coldwell,  master,  funeral,  309 

Cole,  dean  of  St.  Paul's,  sent  to  the  Tower, 
235  ;  to  the  Fleet,  238 

Cole,  parson  of  High  Ongar,  preaches  spital 
sermon,  231,  254,  305 


Colleges,  &c.  wives  dismissed  from,  by  com- 
mand of  queen  Elizabeth,  265,  267 
Collier,  punished  in  the  pillory  for  seditious 

words,  71 
Colman's  hedge,  by  St.  Giles's  in  the  fields,  267 
Comet  ;  see  Blasyng  star 
Compagni,  Bartholomew,  buried  at  St.  Paul's, 

257  ;  note,  384 
Conception  of  the  Virgin,  procession  upon  the 

feast,  78 
Cond^,  the  prince  of,  in  arms  against  the  duke 

of  Guise,   295;  taken  prisoner,  298;   note, 

396 
Conduit,  man  punished  for  striving  at  a,  34 
Conduits,  failure  of,  245  ;  its  cause,  246 
Conduit-heads  visited  by  the  lord  mayor,  &c. 

292 
Conjuring,  261 

Constable,  sir  John,  knighted,  335 
Constable,    sir    Marmaduke,    death    of,   234 ; 

funeral,  238 
Conyers,  hanged  for  murder,  102,  103  ;  note, 

349 
Cooke,  Edmund,  marriage  of,  288  ;  note,  391 
Cooke,  Robert,  created  Blanch. rose  pursuivant, 

275  ;  Chester  herald  276  ;  note,  388 
Cooke,  William,  dean  of  the  arches  and  high 

judge  of  the  admiralty,  172  ;  funeral,  187  ; 

note,  365 

;  see  Coke 

Cooks,  festival  of  the  queen's,  191 

Coopers'  hall,  the  Sextons  dine  at  140 

Copes,  taken  from  the  London  parishes,  temp. 

Edw.  VI.  returned  temp.  Mary,  165 
Copley,   dame  Elizabeth,  funeral,  221  ;    note, 

378 

sir  Robert,  378,  394 

Corbet,  Reginald,  made  a  serjeant-at-law,  373 
Corbet,  sir  Richard,  committed  to  the  Tower, 

38 
Corbett,  master,  at  sir  Rowl.  Hill's  funeral, 

272 
Cordell,  sir  William,  master  of  the   rolls,  at 


INDEX. 


419 


sir  Rowl.  Hill's  funeral,  272 ;  godfather  to 

Cromwell,   277  ;    godfather    to   the 

daughter  of  Clarenceux,  288  ;  sits  at  Guild- 
hall, 290 

Cordwainer-street  ward,  127 

Comwallis,  sir  Thomas,  sent  against  Wyatt, 
52 ;  made  comptroller  of  the  household,  162  ; 
justs,  233 

Corewel,  or  Comwell,  Edward,  fled  beyond  sea 
and  proclaimed  a  traitor,  103 

Coronation  of  queen  Mary,  45,  334 

of  queen  Elizabeth,  185,  186 

Corpus  Christi  day,  processions  on,  63,  139 ; 
note,  399 

Corwyn,  Hugh,  archbishop  of  Dublin,  conse- 
crated at  Saint  Paul's,  94 

Cotes,  doctor,  consecrated  bishop  of  West 
Chester,  58  ;  preaches  at  Paul's  cross,  79 

Cotgrave,  master,  buried  at  St.  Dunstan's, 
Fleet-street,  276  ;  note  386 

Hugh,  made  Rouge-croix  pursuivant, 

336 ;  accompanies  Clarenceux  on  his  visita- 
tion, 264 

Cottelle,  tallow  chandler,  accidental  death  of, 
219 ;  funeral,  il/. 

Cotton,  sir  John,  knighted,  335 

sir  Richard,  made  comptroller   of  the 

king's  house,  23;  his  funeral,  115;  note 
352 

Thomas,  348 

master,  **  a  great  rich  man  of  law,"  his 

funeral,  177 

Cotyngham,  the  queen's  poulterer,  his  family 
poisoned  by  a  maid  servant,  196 

Council,  the  queen's,  dines  with  the  lord  mayor, 
22  March,  1557-8,  169 

Courtenay,  sir  William,  knighted  335  ;  com- 
mitted to  the  Tower,  104  ;  embarks  for 
foreign  service,  144 

——■ see  Devonshire 

Coverdale,  Miles,  his  books  ordered  to  be  deli- 
vered up,  90  ;  preaches  at  funerals,  3,4,  289  ; 
at  Paul's  cross,  218,  233,  279 


Couper,  John,  master  of  the  Mary-Rose  of 
London,  wounded  in  fight  with  the  French, 
153 

Cowper,  John,  sheriff,  funeral  of  his  wife,  22  ; 
at  the  Merchant-taylors'  feast,  287;  note,  407 

mistress  Basilia,  funeral  of,  22;  note, 

407 

Cox,  doctor,  dean  of  Westminster,  brought  to 
the  Tower  and  committed  to  the  Marshal- 
sea,  39  ;  preaches  before  the  queen,  189, 190  j 
preaches  at  St.  Mary's  spital,  192;  elected 
bishop  of  Norwich  1559,  201  ;  preaches  at 
Paul's  cross,  235  ;  at  court,  253  (that  none 
should  preach  of  high  matters  unless  well 
learned)  ;  at  mr.  Goodrick's  funeral,  283  ; 

John  ;  see  Cockes 

Cranbrook,  Kent,  56 

Crane,  and  his  wife,  sent  to  the  Tower,  10 

Crane's  wife,  commits  suicide,  284 

Crane  in  Cruched-friars,  131 

Cranmer,  archbishop,  arraigned  at  Guildhall, 
48  ;  brought  out  of  the  Tower  and  conveyed 
towards  Oxford,  57  ;  his  books  ordered  to  be 
delivered  up,  90  ;  burned  at  Oxford,  103 

Cree-church,  the  duke  of  Norfolk's  place,  186, 
294 

Cripps,  sir  Harry,  knighted,  335 

Croft,  Elizabeth,  339 

Crofts,  sir  James,  discharged  from  the  constable- 
ship  of  the  Tower,  35  ;  brought  prisoner  to 
the  Tower,  56 ;  brought  for  trial  to  Guild- 
hall, 60  ;  arraigned,  61  ;  delivered  from  the 
Tower,  80 

sir  John,  knighted,  335 

Croker,  master,  buried  at  Allhallows-stayning, 
123 

Crome,  doctor,  imprisoned  for  preaching  with- 
out licence,  51 ;  arraigned,  80  ;  examined,  81 ; 
death  of,  286 

Cromwell ,  Gregory  lord,  death  and  funeral,  7  ; 
note,  317 

Cromwell,  sir  Henry  Williams  alias,  christening 
of  his  daughter,  277  ;  notes,  330,  389 


420 


INDEX. 


Crooked-lane,   accidental    explosion  in,   239 ; 

note,  381 
Crosses,  ordered  for  parish  churches,  50 ;  note, 

399  ;  in  Bishopsgate  churchyard,  208 
Crowley,  Robert,  preaches  at  Paul's  cross,  215, 

229,  269;  at  funerals,  2G9, 278,  291,  3U  ;  at 

a  marriage,  296  ;  biog.  note,  376 
Croydon,  earthquake  at,  6  ;  queen  Mary  at  the 

archbishop's,  114 
Cruched  Friars,  Sir  James  Wylford  dies  at,  in 

1550, 3 
Cuckold  haven,  283 

Culpepper,  gentleman  of  Gray's  inn,  277 
Cumberland,  Henry  earl  of,  bears  the  queen's 

sword   at   the   opening   of  Parliament,    74 ; 

marriage  of  his  daughter  to  lord  Strange,  82. 
Curteis,  alderman  sir  Thomas,  takes  his  oath  as 

lord   mayor,    155  ;    entertains    the    queen's 

council   to  dinner,    169  ;    his  funeral,  217  ; 

note,  377 
Customer,  murder  of  Arden  the,  4 
Cutpurse,  James  Ellys,  the  great,  his  trial,  18  ; 

hanged,  21 ;  others  hanged,  137 
Cutt,  master,  brought  to  the  Tower  for  a  con- 
spiracy in  Cambridgeshire,  83 
master,  great  robbery  done  by,  242 

Dacre  of  the  North,  William  lord,  sent  to  the 

Tower,  12  ;  some  of  his  men  arrive  in  London 

from  beyond  Carlisle,  on  their  way  to  foreign 

service,  144 
■  of  the  South,  Gregory   lord,  mourner 

at  St.  Paul's  at  the  French  king's  obsequies, 

210 
Dalbeney,    master,    merchant-taylor,    funeral, 

173 
Dalle,   John,   fled    beyond   sea,  proclaimed  a 

traitor,  103 
Dalle,  doctor,  executor  to  lady  Dormer,  299 
Dallison,  William,  made  a  serjeant-at-law,  327 
Dalton,  Laurence,  created  Norroy  king  of  arms, 

181,  note,  361  ;  his  funeral,  273,  note,  388 
Damsell,  sir  William,  knighted,  335 


Daniell,  John,  committed  to  the  Tower,  102  ; 
hung  at  Tybourn,  109  ;  note,  351 

Daniel,  goldsmith,  entertains  the  son  of  the 
earl  of  Tyrone,  275 

Darbishire,  doctor,  chancellor  of  St.  Paul's, 
preaches  a  funeral  sermon,  106  ;  installed,  ib. 

Darcy,  sir  Arthur,  the  house  of  the  White 
Friars  on  Tower  hill  given  him,  26  ;  mourner 
at  the  king  of  [Portugal's]  obsequies,  148  ; 
dwelling  at  the  new  abbay  on  Tower-hill, 
death  of  his  wife,  220  ;  her  funeral,  222  ;  his 
death,  254  ;  funeral,  255  ;  book  dedicated  to, 
379  ;  note,  384 

Darcy,  George  lord,  lord  chamberlain,  elected 
K.G.  and  installed,  10  ;  his  men  of  arms,  13  ; 
and  standard,  20;  attends  the  lady  Mary,  31  ; 
bears  the  king's  train,  329 ;  bears  the 
queen's  sword,  122  ;  present  at  St.  George's 
day,  1557,  134  ;  at  the  funeral  of  the  lady 
Anna  of  Cleves,  145,  146 

George,   slays  Lewis   West,    107 ;    his 

penance,  121  ;  arraigned  for  the  murder,  165  ; 
note,  349 

John  lord,  (of  the  North,)  made  K.B. 

370 

John   lord,    (of   Chiche,)    made  K.B. 

370 

Dartford,   the  Kentish   rebels   march  to,    52  ; 

queen  Elizabeth  at,  204 
Dause,  master,  his  burial,  146 
Davenet,    merchant-taylor,    his    funeral, 

27  ;  note,  327 
married  to  master  Sparke's  daughter, 

300 
Davison^  taylor,  set  in  the  pillory  for  seditious 

words,  154 
Dawney,  sir  Thomas,  knighted,  335 
Day,   John,    the   printer,    committed    to    the 

Tower,  72;  note,  340 

master,  chief  chafer  of  wax  to  the  lord 

chancellor,  his  funeral,  210 

bishop  George,    his  funeral,    111  ;    note 

351 


INDEX. 


421 


Death,  personification  of,  125 

Delamore, buried  in  Oxfordshire,  257 

Delawarr ;  see  Warre  (de  la) 

Denham,  elected  third  warden  of  the  Skinners' 
company,  260 

Denham, esquire,  buried  at  St.   Bride's, 

300 

Denys,  Philip,  his  funeral,  113  ;  note,  352 

Deptford,  king  Edward  banqueted  at,  7,  317  ; 
mock  naval   fight  at,  232 

Derby,  Edward  earl  of,  comes  to  London  from 
the  North,  6  ;  attends  the  king  to  Blackheath, 
ib. ;  arrives  in  London  with  four-score  velvet 
coats,  and  218  yeomen,  40;  high  constable 
at  queen  Mary's  coronation,  45 ;  at  St. 
George's  feast,  1563,  306 

Derby,  Anne  countess  of,  funeral,  2 ;  note, 
314 

Dericote,  Arthur,  funeral  of,  296 ;  note,  393 

Dethick,  sir  Gilbert,  christening  of  his  son 
Robert,  264 ;  note,  385 

John,  committed  to  the  Tower,  102  ; 

accuses  his  comrades,  104  ;  arraigned,  107  ; 
executed,  ib. 

Devonshire,  Edward  Courtenay  earl  of,  re- 
leased from  prison,  39  ;  present  at  a  sermon 
at  Paul's  cross,  41  ;  created  Earl  of  Devon- 
shire, 43 ;  made  K.B.  at  queen  Mary's  coro- 
nation, 45  ;  bore  the  sword  at  the  same,  46  ; 
and  at  the  opening  of  Parliament,  ib.  ;  pre- 
sent at  a  sermon,  48  ;  receives  the  Spanish 
ambassadors,  50  ;  carried  towards  Fotherin- 
gay,  64  ;  his  servant  Walker  imprisoned  for 
carrying  letters,  118 

Dey,  John,  parson  of  st.  Ethelburga,  333 

Dice,  false,  punishment  for,  68 

St.  Dionis  Fanchurch,  funeral,  217 

Disputation  between  the  bishops  and  new 
preachers,  192  ;  note,  372 

DittoD,  lady  Berkeley's  funeral  at,  227 

Dobbs,  alderman  sir  Richard,  present  at  a  ser- 
mon, 48;  death,  105;  funeral,  106;  death 
of  his  widow,  268  ;  funeral,  269  ;  note,  349 


Docket,  Richard,  grocer,  his  death,  154 

Docwra,  Thomas,  proctor,  funeral,  201  ;  note 
373 

Docwra  ( ?)  mistress,  funeral  of,  254 

Dodmer,  master,  (son  of  sir  Ralph  Dodmer,) 
funeral  of,  170;  note,  364 

Dogs,  proclamation  respecting,  312 ,  note, 
396 

Doge,  master,  funeral,  136 

Dole  for  a  sick  man  (sir  Rowland  Hill)  270 

Dolman,  tallow-chandler  in  Southwark,  bishop 
Tunstall  at  his  house,  204 

Dolphins,  or  rygges,  taken  in  the  Th?mes,  22  ; 
others,  23,  25,  26  ;  notes,  326,327 

Doncaster,  rebel  executed  at,  142 

Dorking,  earthquake  at,  6 

Dormer,  sir  (William,)  made  K.B.  at  queen 
Mary's  coronation,  45,  334 

Dormer,  sir  Robert,  his  funeral,  22  ;  note, 
325 

Dormer, esquire,  son  of  sir  Michael, 

296 

Dormer,  lady,  funeral,  299  ;  note,  393 

Dorset,  Henry  Grey,  marquess  of,  created  duke 
of  Suffolk,  10  ;  see  Suffolk 

Dover,  king  Philip  takes  shipping  there,  142  ; 
English  contingent  embarks  there,  143 

Dowdall,  George,  archbishop  of  Armagh,  car- 
ried to  be  buried  in  Ireland,  171 

Downe,  Robert,  master  of  the  Ironmongers,  his 
funeral,  120  ;  note,  354 

Drakes,  John,  servant  of  sir  Anthony  Knevett, 
contrives  a  prophetic  voice  in  Aldersgate 
street,  QQ 

Drapers,  company  of,  present  at  funerals,  59, 
67,  117,  210,  240,  311 

Draper,  alderman  Christopher,  present  at  fu- 
nerals, 141,  304  ;  bellman's  announcement 
in  his  ward,  123;  elected  sheriflF,  1560,  241  ; 
at  the  Grocers'  feast,  260  ;  closes  his  shrie- 
valty, 268  ;  note,  381 

Draper,  master,  at  an  oyster  feast,  143 

Draper,  master  Matthew,  (misprinted   **  Mat- 


422 


INDEX. 


thew,  draper")  married  to  the   daughter  of 
master  William  Blakewell,  199  ;  note,  373 
Draper,  mistress,  of  Camberwell,  her  funeral, 
144  ;  note,  358 

Sense,  godmother  to   George  Bacon, 

300 

William,  elected  master  of  the  Bridge 

house,  194  ;  overseer  of  mistress  Lewen's  will, 
294 
Drowning  in  the  Thames,  deaths  by,  21 
Drury,  William,  married  to  the  widow  of  lord 

Williams  of  Thame,  244 
Duckington,  [Robert,]  chosen  renter  warden  of 
the  Merchant-taylors'  company,  1560,  239  ; 
funeral  of,  293 
Dudley,  lord  Ambrose,  committed  to  the  Tower, 
37 ;  arraigned  and  condemned,  48  ;  conducts 
the  prince  of  Sweden  into  London,  214 ; 
defender  at  the  justs,  217,  233;  created  earl 
of  Warwick,  273 

lady  Amy,   her  funeral  242  ;  note,  382 

sir   Andrew,    (brother    to    John  duke 

of  Northumberland,)  elected  K.G.  8,  17  ; 
installed  chief  gentleman  of  the  privy  chamber, 
329  ;  committed  to  the  Tower,  37  ;  arraigned 
and  condemned,  41 

■   Cecily  baroness,  funeral,    61  ;    notes, 


338, 398 

Edward  lord,  knighted,  334 

lord  Guildford,  arraigned  at  Guildhall, 

13  Nov.  1553,  48 
lord  Harry,  committed  to  the  Tower, 

25,  37  ;  arraigned  and  condemned,  48  ;  slain 

at  St.  Quintin's,  147,  150  ;  note,  359 
sir  Harry,  brought  from  Calais  to  the 


Tower  of  London,  39 
Harry,  fled  beyond  sea,  proclaimed  a 


traitor,  103 

lady  Jane,  arraigned  at  Guildhall,  48  ; 

John  lord,  his  funeral,  44  ;  notes,  334, 


398 


lord  Robert,  committed  to  the  Tower, 

38  ;  arraigned  and  condemned  for  treason, 


51 ;  sent  with  letters  to  queen  Mary  from 
king  Philip,  128  ;  made  master  of  the  horse, 
180  ;  elected  K.G.  196  ;  installed  200  ;  wit- 
nesses the  city  musters,  202  ;  conducts  the 
prince  of  Sweden  into  London,  214 ;  and 
gives  him  a  banquet,  215  ;  godfather  to  sir 
Thomas  Chamberlain's  son,  216 ;  engaged 
in  the  justs,  216,  233 ;  fray  between  his 
men  and  lord  Herbert's,  245 ;  at  Paul's 
cross  sermon,  248 ;  man  whipped  for  counter- 
feiting his  hand,  252 ;  has  a  wager  shot  in 
Finsbury  field,  261 ;  at  St.  George's  feast, 
1563,  305,  306 
Duncombe,  a  gentleman,  hanged  in  Bedfordshire 

for  highway  robbery,  228 
Dunne,  doctor  Gabriel,  funeral,  181 ;  note,  369 
Dune,  John,  executor  to  mrs.  Luwen,  295 
St.  Dunstan's  in  the  West,  funerals  at,    2,  7, 

125,  156,  221,  267,  273,  294,  307 
st.  Dunstan's  in  the  East,  re-consecrated  after 
suspension,  78  ;    again  suspended,   82  ;  pa- 
rishioners burnt  for  heresy,  152  ;  marriage, 
280  ;  funerals,  99,  113,  136,  171,  219 
Durham  place,  mass  there,  299 
Dyer,  James,  made  a  serjeant  at  law,  27,  327 
Dymmoke,  master,  champion  at  queen  Mary's 

coronation,  45 
Dymmocke,  master,  the  Muscovy  ambassador 
lodged  at  his  house  in  Fenchurch-street,  127, 
130 

Earthquake,  6 

Edmondes,  Andrew  and  Christopher,  354 

St.  Edmund,  Lombard-street,  mass  for  the 
strangers  there,  65  ;  funerals  at,  182,  210 

st.  Edward  the  Confessor,  restoration  of  his 
shrine  at  Westminster,  130;  which  is  visited 
by  the  Muscovite  ambassador,  132 

Edward,  King,  takes  part  in  a  triumph  at 
Greenwich,  6,  note,  316 ;  in  another  at 
Blackheath,  7 ;  sups  at  Deptford,  7,  note, 
317  ;  wears  the  order  of  st.  Michael,  9, 
notes,  321,  397  ;  receives  his  aunt  the  queen 


INDEX. 


423 


of  Scots,  11  ;  wears  the  robes  of  the  garter 
on  St.  George's  day,  17  ;  his  death,  rumoured 
to  be  by  poison,  35;  his  funeral,  39;  note  331 ; 
hearse  for  in  St.  Paul's,  49  ;  a  young  man 
apprehended  for  personating,  87  ;  pretended 
messenger  from,  whipped,  88 

Edward,  David,  servant  to  the  lord  bishop  of 
Winchester,  151 

Egerton,  sir  Ralph,  knighted,  335 

Eggyllfield,  master,  mourner  at  sir  Richard 
Dobbes'  funeral,  106 

Eggyllston,  Richard,  tailor,  murdered  in  the 
Long  Acre,  121 

Egypt,  the  Nine  Tribes  of,  rumour  respecting, 
265 

Elderton,  sits  as  justice  at  Guildhall,  290 

Elizabeth,  the  lady  (afterwards  queen)  visits  her 
brother  King  Edward,  16 ;  rides  through 
London  to  Somerset  Place,  37 ;  through 
London  to  Aldgate,  38  ;  attends  the  queen  on 
her  entrance  into  London,  ib.;  dines  at  queen 
Mary's  coronation,  46  ;  rides  into  London  in 
state,  57  ;  carried  to  the  Tower,  58;  delivered 
63  ;  fasts  with  the  queen,  94  ;  rides  through 
London  to  Somerset  Place,  120;  and  back 
toward  Bishop's  Hatfield,  ib. ;  comes  riding 
into  London,  8,  166  ;  returns  to  the  country, 
167 ;  proclamation  of  her  accession  to  the 
throne,  178,  note,  368  ;  rides  from  Hadley 
to  London,  179,  note,  368;  rides  in  state  to 
the  Tower,  180  ;  removes  to  Somerset  Place, 
ib. ;  takes  barge  from  Whitehall  to  the 
Tower,  186  ;  rides  in  state  through  London, 
and  crowned  at  Westminster,  ib. ;  witnesses 
the  festival  of  her  kitchen  servants,  191 ; 
keeps  St.  George's  day,  195  ;  sups  with  the 
earl  of  Pembroke,  196 ;  witnesses  May -day 
sports  on  the  Thames,  iJ.,  and  a  May-game 
at  Grenwich,  201  ;  reviews  the  city  musters 
in  Greenwich-park,  202  ;  visits  the  new  ship 
Elizabeth-Jonas,  203  ;  goes  in  progress  to 
Dartford,  and  Cobham,  204;  entertained  at 
Nonsuch,  206  ;  moves  from  Hampton  Court 


to  the  lord  admiral's,  207  ;  has  a  play  at 
Court,  221 ;  knights  the  lord  mayor,  224  ; 
keeps  her  maundy  in  1560,  230 ;  visits  her 
ships  at  Deptford,  232,  goes  in  procession 
with  the  knights  of  the  Garter,  232,  note, 
379 ;  on  the  Thames,  234  ;  starts  from 
Greenwich  on  her  progress,  29  July,  1560, 
dines  at  Lambeth,  and  proceeds  to  Richmond, 
Oatlands,  and  Sutton,  241 ;  witnesses  a  dis- 
play of  the  masters  of  fence,  250  ;  wrestling, 
251 ;  goes  in  procession  on  st.  George's  day 
1561, 257;  witnesses  a  water-pageant  atGreen- 
wich,  261 ;  visits  the  Tower  mint,  262;  and 
the  Charter-house,  263  ;  sups  with  secretary 
Cecill,  ib. ;  proceeds  in  state  through  Lon- 
don, ib. ;  is  godmother  to  Robert  son  of  sir 
Gilbert  Dethick,  264 ;  note,  385  ;  removes 
from  Hertford  Castle  to  Enfield,  267  ;  from 
Enfield  to  St.  James's,  ib. ;  present  at  bull 
and  bear-baiting  at  Whitehall,  270 ;  wit- 
nesses a  play  and  masque  of  the  gentlemen 
of  the  Temple,  275  ;  dines  with  the  earl  of 
Pembroke  at  Baynard's  castle,  275 ;  hears  the 
Lent  sermons,  276  ;  keeps  st.  George's  day 
1562,  280;  removes  from  Westminster  to 
Greenwich,  284;  the  prophet  Helyas  Hall 
brought  to  her,  ib. ;  removes  from  Hampton 
court  to  Somerset-place,  295 ;  rides  to  open 
her  second  Parliament,  299  ;  holds  st.  George's 
feast  1563,  306 ;  goes  down  the  river  to 
Greenwich,  309 ;  her  order  respecting  the 
portraits  of  herself  and  the  king  of  Sweden, 
385 

Elizabeth- Jonas,  the  queen's  ship,  203 

Ellys,  James,  a  cut-purse,  his  trial,  18  ;  hung,  21 

Eltham,  visited  by  queen  Mary,  110  ;  by  queen 
Elizabeth,  206 

Eltheston,  —  esquire,  funeral  of,  190 

Elsing  spital,  74 

Ely,  a  monk  of ;  see  Fowler 

Enfield,  queen  Elizabeth  at,  267 

Epping  forest,  king  Philip  goes  hunting  there, 
141 


424 


INDEX. 


Erconwald's  (saint)  day,  75,  340 

Esquires  of  the  lord  mayor's  house,  the  four,  331 

Essex,    sir  Thomas,    funeral    of,    174;  note, 

367 
Essex,  heretics  of,  87,  89,  130 
St.  Ethelburga,  London,  priest  of,   set  in   the 

pillory,  42  ;  note,  333 
Exchequer,  money  sent  from  to  Berwick,  146 
Exeter,  marchioness  of,  attends  queen  Mary  on 

her  entrance  into  London,  38 
Eyton,  or  Heton,  George,  chosen  warden  of  the 

Merchant-taylors,  91  ;  master,  141  ;  note,  344 

Fagius,  Paulus,  his  body  disinterred  from  st. 
Michael's  church  at  Cambridge,  and  burnt, 
124 

St.  Faith's,  funerals  at,  175  (two),  201 

False  accusing,  punishment  for,  118,  354 

Fanatics,  255 

Fanshawe,  mrs.  funeral,  276 

Farnham,  funeral  of  the  countess  of  Southamp- 
ton at,  2 

Fawcett  ?  (•*  Phassett"),  gentleman,  funeral  of, 
263 

Fawkener,  Thomas,  squire,  his  obsequy,  176 

Feckenham,  doctor  John,  abbat  of  Westminster, 
preaches  at  Paul's  cross  the  Sunday  before 
queen  Mary's  coronation,  44  ;  at  St.  Mary 
Overy's,  and  twice  at  St.  Stephen's  Walbrook, 
48  ;  preaches  at  Paul's  cross,  76,  139,  158, 
168;  installed  abbat  of  Westminster,  118; 
consecrated,    119  ;    preaches   at  the   abbey, 

131  ;  entertains  the  Muscovite  ambassador, 

132  ;  at  the  inclosing  of  the  nuns  of  Syon,  145 ; 
preaches  at  the  funeral  of  the  lady  Anna 
of  Cleves,  ib.  ;  preaches  at  the  countess  of 
Arundel's  funeral,  155  ;  talks  with  heretics 
about  to  be  burned  in  Smithfield,  157  ;  goes 
in  procession  on  st.  Andrew's  day,  159  ;  de- 
prived, 204  ;  sent  to  the  Tower,  235 

Fence,  White  a  master  of,  82  ;  one  slain  in  the 
street,  247  ;  some  perform  a  challenge  before 
the  queen,  250 


Fenchurch-street,  master  Dymmocke's  in,  127, 
130  ;  May  pole  in,  20  ;  May  game  there  in 
1557,  137 

Fermor,  sir  John,  knighted,  335 

Ferrar,  Robert,  deprived  of  the  bishopric  of 
St.  David's,  58 

Ferrer  (?)  Thomas,  his  funeral,  91 

Ferrers,  Richard  Devereux,  lord,  committed  to 
the  Tower,  39;  delivered,  with  a  great  fine,  43 

Ferrers,  George,  lord  of  misrule,  328 

Ferrex  and  Porrex,  388 

Fetherstone,  a  counterfeit  Edward  VI.  executed, 
101  ;  note,  348 

Fetter-lane,  mass  said  there,  and  disturbed,  292 

Feversham,  murder  of  mr.  Arden  at,  4  ;  notes, 
315 

Finch,  mistress,  buried  at  the  Savoy,  152 

sir  Erasmus,  394 

sir  Thomas,  lost  in  the  Greyhound,  302, 

308  ;  note,  394 

Finland,  John  duke  of  ;  see  Sweden 

Finsbury  field,  marsh  fires  seen  in,  123  ;  archery 
matches  in,  132,  261  ;  a  woman  slain  by  an 
arrow  there,  136  ;  wrestling  in,  208 

Fire  at  the  George  in  Bread  street,  219 ;  in  the 
Tower,  268  ;  in  Watling  street,  309 

Fish,  young  fry  of,  punishment  for  bringing  to 
market,  253 

Fisher  (alias  Fitzwilliam),  Thomas,  391 

Fishes;  see  Dolphins 

Fishmongers'  company,  procession  of,  62,  89, 
138  ;  present  at  funerals,  22,  68,  143,  166, 
217;  the  duke  of  Norfolk  admitted  free  of 
their  company,  274  ;  renew  the  ornaments  of 
sir  Thomas  Kneesworth's  tomb,  285  ;  and  sir 
William  Walworth's,  408 

Fishmonger,  one  set  in  the  pillory,  189;  note 
371 

Fitton,  sir  Edward,  knighted,  335 

FitzGerald,  lord,  knighted,  334  ;  see  Kildare 

FitzJames,  sir  James,  knighted,  335 

Fitzwalter,  Henry  lord,  at  sir  T.  Audley's  fu- 
neral, 73;  tilts  with  the  king,  76;  see  Sussex 


INDEX. 


425 


Fitzwalter,  lady,  buried  at  Woodham  Walter, 

80;  note,  341 
Fitzwilliam,  John,  348 

Fitzwilliam  (Thomas?)  funeralof,  286;  note,  391 
Fitzwilliam,  sir  William,  knighted,  335 ;  mourner 

at  bishop  Chambers's  funeral,  348  ;    funeral 

of,  215;  note,  376 
Fitzwilliam,  sir  William,  new  funeral  trophies 

made  for,  302;  note,  394 
Flamborough,  rebel  executed  at,  142 
Flammock,  grocer,  funeral  of,  247 
Fleet  Street,  (st.  Bride's)  well  in,  96;   a  man 

slain  in,  131 ;  fray  in,  195 
Fleet  prison,  128 

Fletcher,  chosen  master  of  the  Skinners'  com- 
pany, 237 
Fletchers,  company  of,  present  at  a  funeral,  187 
Flood,  in  1555,  94 
Flower,  William,  Chester  herald,  created  Nor- 

roy,  276;  note,  389 
Folkes,  Richard,  elected  sheriff  in  1560,  241; 

note,  381 
Forgery  of  handwriting,  277,  278;  of  a  licence 

to  beg,  292;  see  Coining 
Fortescue,  master,  301 
Fortune- telling,  269 

Foster,  sir  Humphrey,  funeral,  114;  note,  403 
St.  Foster,  funerals  at,  16,  211,  249 
Fotheringay,  the  earl  of  Devonshire  carried  to,  64 
Fowler,   alias  Branch,  wounds  a  priest,  in  St. 

Margaret's,  Westminster,  85;  arraigned,  ib.; 

burnt,  ib. 
Fox-hunting,  by  the  corporation  of  London,  at 

Saint  Giles's,  292 
Framlingham,  duke  of  Norfolk  buried  at,  70 
France,  peace  proclaimed  with,  193;  note,  372; 

see  French 
Francis  II.  proclaims  himself  king  of  Scotland 

and  England,  205;  proclamation  in  London 

relating  to,  229,  note,  379;  his  death,  246 
Fray,  at  Bridewell,  194;  another  in  Fleet  street, 

195;  at  court,  245;  between  lord  Montagu's 

men  and  lord  Delawarr's,  270;  in  Smithfield, 
CAMD.  SOC. 


282;  in  Redcross  street,  293;  near  Temple 

bar,  296 
French  ambassadors,  arrive  in  London,    197; 

their  names,  373;  escorted  to  the  queen,  198; 

entertained  with  bear  and  bull-baiting,  ib. ; 

depart,  199;  riding  from  Scotland,  conducted 

through  London,  270;  entertained  with  bull 

and  bear-baiting,  ib. 
French,  proclamations  respecting,  311,  312 
French  maid  in  Whitefriars  guilty  of  infanti- 
cide, 298 
Frenchman,  kills  a  carter  in  the  street,  296 
Frence    (French  ?),   "  one  of   the    masters   of 

Windsor,"  performs  a  marriage,  244 
Frere,  doctor,  committed  to  the  counter,  238 
Freston,  sir  Richard,  334;  cofferer  to  the  queen, 

executor  to  the  lady  Anne  of  Cleves,  145  ; 

mourner  at  the  king  of  [Portugal's]  obsequies, 

148;   funeral  of  his  wife,  161;   his  funeral, 

163;  note,  362 
Friars  and  monks,  dismissed  in  1559,  204;  ridi- 
culed in  a  masque,  288 
Frogmorton  ;   see  Throckmorton 
Fulham,  funeral  at,  171 
Fulmer,  victualler  at  the  Swan  in  Whittington 

college,  132 
Funeral  service,  description  of  the  Protestant, 

in  1559,  193 
Funerals,  ceremonies  of,  Pref.  x.  decree  of  the 

duke  of  Norfolk  respecting,  309 
Funerals  of — 

Aldermen,  1,  28,  36,  58,  67  (two),  68,  91, 
99,100,106,115  (two),  116  (two),  171, 
173,  208,  271,  303 

Aldermen's  wives,  5,  46,  58,  109,  144,  167, 
175,  190,  199,  232,  235,  240,  256,  269, 
294,  299 

Barons,  3,  7,  38,  50,  71,  115,  120,  133,  158, 
172,  176,  217,  243,  297,309 

Bishops,  97,  100,  101,  112,  116,  184,  220 
(two),  224 

Cardinal  Pole,  181 

Citizens,  21,  51,  73,  140,  218,  224,  232,  233, 
3  I 


426 


INDEX, 


Funerals  of — 

234,  235,  237,  247  (two),   263,  269,  291, 

293,  296,  311;  see  under  the  name  of  each 

Company 
Citizens'  wives,  109,  133,  226,  246,  254, 255, 

279,  289 
Countesses,  2  (two),  15,  88,  155,  189,  191, 

216,  275,  291 
Deans,  252,  264 
Duke,  70 

Duchesses,  81,  149,  217 
Earls,  1,  83,  127,  239,  244,  290 
Emperor  Charles  V.  184 

Esquires,  8  (two),  32  (two),  51,  67,  95,  112, 
113,  114,  115,  149,  150,  153,  165,  170, 
173,176,  179,  189,  190,  217  (two),  220, 
223,  225,  231,  243,  247,   248,  281,  300, 

Gentlewomen,  144,  276,  288 

Heralds,  149,  273,  275 

Household,  officers  of  the  royal,  98, 114, 115, 

122,  136,  146,  163,  165,  176,  177,  179, 
182,  196,  231,  247 

Judges,  2, 106, 125, 128, 156, 172  (three),  293 
King  Edward  VI.  39;    King  of  [Portugal], 

148;  King  of  France,  209 

Knights  of  the  Garter,  8,  105,  160,  184,  192 

Wife  of  Knight  of  the  Garter,  282 

Knights,  3,  7,  8  (two),  16,  22,  24,  27,  29, 

31,  43,  57,  67,  73,  76,  108,  116,  121,  128, 

136,  148,  150,  156,  157,  158,  161,  163, 

164,  168,  171,  173,  174,  181  (two),  185, 

187,  188,  191,  192,  194,   209,  211,  215, 

217,  219,  222,  224,  238,  243,  244,  255, 
•256  (two),  281,308 

Lawyers,  72,  177,  228,  277,  309 

Lady  Mayoress,  2,  94 

Ladies  (of  Barons),   61,   80,  118,  163,   179, 

184,  213,  221,  242 
Ladies  (of  Knights),  6,  29,  46,  49,  109,  110, 

123,  135,  156,  160,  161,  168,  169,  174, 
181,  182,  193,  221,  227,  241,  258,  259, 
264,  273,  303 

Lady  Jane  Seymour,  254 


Funerals  of — 

Lady  of  Lord  Robert  Dudley,  242 

Marquess  (Lady),  188 

Merchant-stranger,  257 

Physicians,  95,  164,  170,  177,  235 

Priests,  99,  251,  286 

Prior  of  St.  John's,  192 

Queen  of  Spain,  90  ;  Anna  of  Cleves,  147; 
Queen  Mary,  182 

Recorder  of  London,  307 

Serjeant-at-Law,  156 

Sheriff,  128 

Sheriffs'  wives,  22,  345 

Spaniards,  71  (two),  75,  79  ;  note,  401 

Usher  of  St.  Paul's  school,  247 
Furney,   Philip,  condemned  for  coining,   290; 

hung  at  Tybourn,  ib. 

Gage,  sir  John,  constable  of  the  Tower,  39  ;  his 
funeral,  105;  note,  349 

Gall,  master,  barber-surgeon,  wins  a  match  of 
archery,  286 

Gardener,  Edward,  cowper,  marries  Kynlure 
Machyn,  287 

Gardiner,  Stephen,  Bishop  of  Winchester,  de- 
posed and  sent  to  the  Tower,  3 ;  released,  and 
dines  with  the  Earl  of  Arundel,  40;  enter- 
tains the  Spanish  Ambassadors,  50  ;  a  com- 
missioner for  the  deprivation  of  bishops,  58  ; 
preaches  at  Paul's  cross,  69;  chief  mourner 
of  the  duke  of  Norfolk's  obsequy,  70  ;  dines 
at  Guildhall,  73  ;  attends  the  opening  of  Par- 
liament, 74 ;  welcomes  cardinal  Pole  at  the 
stilyard,  75 ;  delivers  prisoners  from  the 
Tower,  80 ;  attends  the  procession  of  the 
Garter,  85  ;  dies,  96;  his  funeral,  97;  obse- 
quies, 100;  note,  347 

Garlickhithe,  the  Earl  of  Worcester's  place 
at,  301 

Garrard,  alderman  sir  William,  his  pageant  as 
lord  mayor,  96  ;  a  mourner  at  funerals,  180, 
199,  237,  303,  307  ;  executor  with  his  lady 
to  mrs.  Hall,  mother  of  the  phronicler,  139; 


INDEX. 


427 


present   at  the   Grocers'  feast,  260;   at  the 

Merchant- taylors',  262;  sits  at  Guildhall,  290; 

biographical  note,  347 
Garrard,   sir  William,   married    to    Elizabeth 

Rowe,  376 
lady,    godmother    to    mr.    Nicholls's 

daughter,  305 
Francis,  husband  of  Mary  Nicholls,  391 


Garrett,  lord  ;  see  FitzGerald 

Garter,  installation  of  the  French  king  in  1551, 

9;  order  of  the  knights  in  1560-1,  250;  see 

St.  George's  day  and  feast 
Garter  king  of  arms,  sir  Gilbert  Dethick,  dines 

at  Thomas  Greenhill's,  113  ;  dines  with  the 

Merchant-taylors,   287  ;   funerals   of   higher 
I         nobility  assigned  to  him  only,  309  ;  see  De- 
thick 
Garton  (Gascon,   or  Gascoigne  ?),  sir  Henry, 

knighted,  334 
Gascoyne  ;  see  Garton  and  Gaskyn 
Gaskyn  and  Boys,  fray  between,  293 
Gates,  sir  Harry,  committed  to  the  Tower,  37  ; 

arraigned  and  condemned,  41 
sir  John,  committed  to  the  Tower,  37  ; 

arraigned  and   condemned,   41  ;     beheaded, 

332 

young  sir  John,  lives  at  Bethnal  Green,  23 

mistress,  widow,  buried,  137 

Gawdy,  Thomas,  made  a  Serjeant  at  law,  27, 

327 
Gennyngs ;  see  Jennings 
"  Geneva  fashion"  of  morning  prayer,  212 
St.  George's  day,  celebration  of,  in  1552,  17  ; 
k        in  1554,  60  ;  in  1555,   85  ;  in  1557,  132  ; 
f        second  account  of  the  same,  134  ;  in  1559, 

195  ;  in  1560,  232  ;  in  1561,  287  ;  in  1562, 

280  ;  eve  and  day,   1563,  305,   306  ;    note, 

379 
feast,  in  1559,  200  ;  in  1560,  234  ; 

in  1560-1,250;  in  1561,  258 
George  in  Bread  street,  fire  at,  219  ;  robbery 

at,  ib. 
George  in  Lombard  street,  170  ;  note,  365,  392 


St.  George's  field,  the  city  musters  there,  202 

St.  George's,  Southwark,  funeral  at,  252 

Gerard,  sir  Thomas,  knighted,  335 

Giant,  on  May  day,  201 

Giants,  the  city,  33 

Gibbs  (Gybes),  master,  at  an  oyster  feast,  143 

Gibbs,  funeral  (?)  of,  249 

Giffbrd,  sir  George,  knighted,  335  ;  his  servant 
killed  by  a  Spaniard,  72,  note,  340 ;  his 
month's  mind,  163  ;  note,  362 

Gilbert,  Edward,  chosen  alderman,  265  ;  note, 
386;  at  the  Goldsmiths'  feast,  285  ;  at  the 
Merchant-taylors',  287 

Gilbert,  goldsmith,  slain  in  St.  John's  street, 
298 

St.  Giles's  day,  procession  on,  in  1556,  103 

St.  Giles's,  Cripplegate,  funerals  at,  21,  124, 
149,  177,  293;  christening,  264;  merry- 
making of  the  parish  of,  132 

St.  Giles's  in  the  fields,  a  fox  killed  there,  292 

Glyn,  Harry,  goldsmith,  his  wife  punished  for 
bawdry,  229 

Glynn,  William,  bishop  of  Bangor,  comes  from 
Rome,  93  ;  consecrated  at  st.  Paul's,  94 

God,  John,  chosen  warden  of  the  Merchant- 
taylors,  91  ;  note,  345 

Godolphin,  James,  317  ;  sir  Wm.  315 

Goldsmiths'  Company,  its  feast  in  1561,  261; 
1562,  285  ;  present  at  funerals,  47,  123, 138, 
160,211 

Goldsmith,  punished  in  the  pillory,  140 

Goodman,  Gabriel,  made  dean  of  Westminster, 
268  ;  preaches  at  court,  276 ;  at  funerals, 
295,  301,  307 

Goodrick,  sir  Richard,  at  examination  of  bishop 
Tunstall,  26  ;  funeral  of,  283  ;  note,  390 

Goodrick,  goldsmith,  his  son  commits  suicide, 
258 

Goodyere,  alderman  Henry,  funeral,  118  ;  note, 
354 

Goring,  sir  William,  funeral,  57  ;  note,  337 

Gosnold,  judge,  at  examination  of  bishop  Tun- 
stall, 26 


428 


INDEX. 


Gospellers,  meeting  of,  at  Islington,  160 

Gough  (**  Gowth"),  mistress,  funeral,  262 

Gough,  John,  preaches  for  the  Painters  on  St. 
Luke's  day,  269  ;  preaches  at  the  Goldsmiths' 
feast,  285  ;  note,  387 

Gowns  of  the  "  new  preachers  "  like  laymen's, 
193 

Gracious-street,  market  for  malt  and  meal  in, 
123 

Grafton,  Richard,  warden  of  the  Grocers  in  1555, 
90,  108  ;  a  master  of  Bridewell,  205  ;  chief 
master  of  Christchurch  hospital,  funeral  of 
his  wife,  236  ;  overseer  of  the  repairs  of  st. 
Paul's,  262  ;  note,  406 

Granado,  sir  James,  killed,  135  ;  funeral,  136  ; 
note,  356 

Gravesend,  75,  185,  199  ;  George,  the  searcher 
of,  committed  to  the  Tower,  102 

Great  Harry,  burnt,  43  ;  note,  333 

Green,  master,  burnt  in  Smithfield  for  heresy, 
99 

Green,  sir  Edmund,  knighted,  335 

Greenhill,  Thomas,  his  marriage,  103;  makes  a 
great  dinner  in  st.  Giles's  parish,  113  ;  en- 
tertains the  mourners  at  Clarenceux's  funeral, 
149  ;  godfather  to  Katharine  Machyn,  153  ; 
death,  185  ;  funeral,  187  ;  note,  370 

Greenway,  Ralph,  (alderman  of  London)  warden 
of  the  Grocers  in  1655,  90;  and  in  1556, 
108  ;  entertains  mourners  at  a  funeral,  113  ; 
his  wife  godmother  to  Katharine  Machyn, 
153.  [Stowe  says  he  died  1559,  when  his 
body  was  '*  put  under  the  stone  of  Robert 
Pepper,"  [grocer,  ob.  1445]  in  the  church 
of  st.  Dunstan's  in  the  east  ;  but  his  widow 
was  remarried  to  alderman  John  White,  in 
Aug.  1558  ;  see  pp.  172,  199.] 

Greenway,  Thomas,  brother  of  alderman  G. 
burial  of  his  daughter,  289 

Greenwich,  triumph  at,  5,  note,  316  ;  king 
Edward  removes  to,  17  ;  keeps  Christmas 
there  in  1552-3,  28  ;  bishops  elected  at,  103  ; 
queen  Mary    keeps   Christmas  there  1556, 


122  ;  the  court  at,  128  ;  banqueting-house 
erected  there,  and  a  tilt  of  the  queen's 
pensioners,  203  ;  May -game  at,  201  ;  water- 
pageant  at,  on  Midsummer  day  1561,  261 

Greenwich  friars,  visited  by  queen  Mary  and 
king  Philip,  93  ;  cardinal  Pole  consecrated 
at  their  house,  102  ;  dismissed,  204 

Greenwich  park,  6  ;  musters  in,  18,  124,  202 

sir  Robert  Wentworth  buried  at,  67 

st.  Gregory's  beside  Paul's,  funeral,  187,  233  ; 
used  for  service  whilst  st.  Paul's  quire  was 
under  repair,  261  ;  archery  match  of  the 
parishioners,  287 

Gregory,  a  Spaniard,  or  Frenchman,  wounds  the 
keeper  of  Newgate  before  the  judges,  121  ; 
has  his  hand  cut  off,  and  hung  naked  all 
night,  122  ;  note,  354 

Gresham,  sir  John,  his  funeral,  116  ;  note,  353 

Gresley,  sir  William,  knighted,  335 

Gresshope  ?  preaches  at  st.  Paul's,  253 

Greville,  sir  Edward,  knighted,  335 

sir  Fulke,  funeral  of,  219  ;  note,  377 

Grey,  sir  Harry,  brother  to  the  earl  of  Kent, 
his  funeral,  293  ;  note,  399 

lady  Jane  ;  see  Dudley,  and  Jane 

lord  John,  brought    to  the  Tower,    54  ; 

arraigned, 56  ;  brought  to  Westminster  hedl,  64 

lady  Katharine  ;  see  Hertford 

lord  Thomas,  brought  to  the  Tower,  56  ; 

arrainged  at  Westminster,  57  ;  beheaded  on 
Tower-hill,  61 

Grey  (of  Wilton),  William  lord,  at  sir  James 
Wylford's  funeral,  3  ;  sent  to  the  Tower, 
10;  at  sir  T.  Audley's  funeral,  73;  chosen 
K.G.  133,  134  ;  his  funeral,  297  ;  note,  393 

Grey  Friars,  their  stage  play  of  the  Passyon  of 
Christ,  138,  357 

sermons  removed  to  Paul's  cross, 

262 

Greyhound,  the  queen's  ship,  lost,  302 ;  note, 
390 

Greyhound  in  Fleet  street,  151 

Greyhound  at  Westminster,  123 


INDEX, 


429 


Griffith,  Maurice,  parson  of  st.  Magnus,  conse- 
crated bishop  of  Rochester,  58  ;  his  death, 
178  ;  his  funeral,  180 

GrifFyn,  mr.  the  queen's  attorney,  348 

Grimston,  sir  Edward,  arraigned  at  Guildhall, 
218,  note,  408 

Grindal,  Edmund,  preaches  before  the  queen, 
190  ;  at  Paul's  cross,  197  ;  elected  bishop  of 
London,  23  June,  1559,  201  ;  preaches  at 
Paul's  cross,  222,  226,  237,  271  ;  at  court, 
252,  279  ;  at  a  funeral,  241 

Grocers'  Company,  feast  in  1555,  89  ;  in  1556, 
108  ;  note,  350;  in  1560,  257;  in  1561,  260  ; 
in  1562,  285;  present  at  funerals,  110,  112, 
177,  232,  247 ;  their  contribution  to  the 
musters,  373 

Grymes,  fined  for  sheriff,  22 

GryfFyn,  alias  Lawes,  canon  at  Elsing  spital, 
does  penance  at  Paul's  cross,  74 

Grysse,  master,  267 

Guard,  the  king's,  their  equipment,  7 

Guildhall,  arraignments  at,  4  ;  duke  of  Nor- 
thumberland and  the  privy  council  sit  at,  20  ; 
sir  Edw.  Grimston  arraigned  at,  218 

Guildhall  College,  even-song  procession  at,  62  ; 
services  at,  88,  282  ;  sir  Thomas  Kneesworth's 
tomb  there  repaired,  285 

Guilford,  king  Edward  at,  21 

Guise,  duke  of,  chief  captain  at  the  taking  of 
Calais,  163  ;  expected  to  encounter  the  prince 
of  Conde,  295  ;  the  battle,  298 

Gunpowder,  accident  from,  on  Tower-hill,  18  ; 
another  in  Crooked  lane,  239  ;  proclamation 
against  keeping,  240 

Guns,  new,  sent  to  the  Tower,  155 

Gunter, chosen  master   of  the  Skinners, 

283 

Gybbs,  delivered  from  the  Tower,  18  Jan.  1554, 
80 

Gybbons,  doctor  of  laws,  funeral  of  his  wife, 
201 

Gybson,  Serjeant  of  arms  and  of  the  revels,  his 
son  burnt  for  heresy,  157 


Gyfford,  John,  esquire,  pennon  made  for,  308  ; 

note,  395 
Gylles,  the  king's  beer-brewer,  his  death  and 

funeral,  10 
Gyttons,  David,  oyster  feast  in  his  cellar,  143 


Haberdashers,  Company  of,  present  at  funerals, 
136^166,  303 

Hackney,  funeral  at,  296  ;  procession,  1554, 
63 

Hadley,  beyond  Barnet,  queen  Elizabeth  rides 
thence  to  London,  179 

Hadyngton,  master,  imprisoned  for  heretical 
doctrines,  51 

Haliday,  burnt  in  Smithfield,  158 

Halifax,  rebel  executed  at,  142 

Hall,  mistress,  the  mother  of  Edward  Hall  the 
chronicler,  her  funeral,  139 

Hall,  Helyas,or  Elizeus,  a  prophet,  284;  note, 
390 

Halles,  master  serjeant,  elected  warden  of  the 
Merchant-taylors,  287 

Halley,  Thomas,  Clarenceux  ;  see  Hawley 

Halywell  near  Shoreditch,  the  earl  of  Rut- 
land's place,  215,  344 

Hammond,  mr.  sent  to  the  Tower,  10 

Hamond,  fled  beyond  sea,  proclaimed  a  traitor, 
103 

Hampstead,  funeral  at,  151 

Hampton  Court,  king  Edward  there,  7,  21  ; 
the  Spanish  ambassadors  hunt  at,  50  ;  queen 
Mary  there,  69,  84,  85,  92  ;  the  king  and 
queen  hunt  the  great  hart  at,  139 ;  queen 
Elizabeth  there,  295 

Hampton,  lady,  obsequy  of,  264 

Hanging  ;  see  Tybourn 

Hangman,  the,  himself  hung  for  theft,  107 

Haosley,  grocer,  funeral  of,  232 
Hapsam,  Edmund,  370 

Hare,  sir  Nicholas,  master  of  the  rolls,  his  fu- 
neral, 156;  note,  361;  death  of  his  widow, 
159 


430 


INDEX. 


Harington,  sir  John,  funeral,  43  ;  note,  334 
Harley,  John,  deprived  of  the  bishopric  of  He- 
reford, 58 
Harlots,  punished,  161 
Harold,  minister  of  St.  Olave's,  Southwark, 

242 
Harper,  sir  George,  joins  sir  Thomas  Wyatt's 
rebellion,  52  ;  delivered  from  the  Tower,  80  ; 
funeral,  181  ;  note,  369  ;  his  widow  (married 
to  master  Carlton)  buried,  224 
Harper,  Richard,  made  a  serjeant-at-law,  373 
Harper,  a  servant  to  the  earl  of  Derby,  hangs 

himself,  259 
Harper,   alderman  sir  William,   at  the  Mer- 
chant-taylors'  feasts,  93,  149;  chosen  sheriflf, 
108  ;  elected  mayor,  268  ;  his  inauguration, 
270 ;    visits   the   conduit-heads,    and   hunts 
the  fox  at  St.  Giles's,  292 ;  note,  387 
Harpsfield,  John,  archdeacon  of  London,  and 
Nicholas  his  brother,  (one  or  other  of  them,) 
preaches  at  St.  Paul's,  49,  67,  73,  88,  147  ; 
at   funerals,  112   bis,   117,    177;    both  are 
brought  before  the  visitors  at  St.  Paul's,  206 
(see  this  fully  described  in  Strype's  Annals); 
John  deposed  from  the  archdeaconry  of  Lon- 
don, 216 
Harris,  William,  his  funeral,  115  ;  note,  352 
Harrison,  goldsmith,  made  overseer   of  the  re- 
pairs of  St.  Paul's,  262 
Harrys,  John,  killed,  383 
Harstrang,  cloth  worker,  212 
Hartgills,  their  murder  ;  see  Stourton 
Harvey,  William,  Norroy,  sir  Thomas  Wyatt 
surrenders  to  him,  54 ;  created  Clarenceux, 
158,  note,  361;  chosen  warden  of  the  Skinners' 
company,   237  ;    entertains   lord   Paget   and 
others  to  dinner,  248  ;  elected  warden  of  the 
Skinners'    company,    260;    departs   on   his 
visitation  of  Essex,  Suffolk,  and  part  of  Nor- 
folk, 264  ;  dines  with  the  Merchant-taylors, 
287  ;  christening  of  his  daughter,  288 ;  fu- 
neral  of  his   sister,  mrs.   Welles,   297 ;  his 
visitation  of  Suffolk  in  1563,  311 
Harwich,  the  prince  of  Sweden  lands  at,  213 


Hassell,  rebel  executed  at,  142 

Hastings,  sir  Edward  (lord  Hastings  of  Lough- 
borough) at  the  funeral  of  his  aunt  the  coun- 
tess of  Derby,  2,  314  ;  mentioned,  44  ;  made 
master  of  the  horse  by  queen  Mary,  38,  39; 
sent  to  parley  with  Wyatt,  52  ;  conducts  car- 
dinal Pole  into  London,  75  ;  at  the  earl  of 
Bedford's  funeral,  84  ;  waits  on  cardinal  Pole 
at  Bow  church,  103  ;  made  lord  chamberlain, 
161  ;  brought  to  the  earl  of  Pembroke's  (pro- 
bably for  hearing  mass),  256  ;  at  st.  George's 
feast,  1563,  305,  306  ;  at  installation,  308 

Hastings,  Henry  lord, committed  to  the  Tower,37 

Hastings,  sir  Thomas,  knighted,  334 

Hatfield  (Bishop's)  the  princess  Elizabeth  living 
there  in  1556,  120 

Havre  de  Grace  ;  see  Newhaven 

Hawes,  John,  chosen  sheriff  in  1568,  170  ; 
bishops  deprived  at  his  house  in  Mincing 
lane,  201  ;  note,  364 

Hawley,  Thomas,  Clarenceux,  funeral  of  his 
sister  at  the  Savoy,  121  ;  his,  149 ;  note, 
358 

Hay-hill,  near  Hyde-park,  skirmish  with  the 
Kentish  rioters  there,  60  ;  the  body  of  sir 
Thomas  Wyatt  hung  in  chains  there,  ib. 

Hay-lane,  302 

Heardson,  alderman  Henry,  his  funeral,  99  ; 
note,  347 

Heath,  Nicholas,  archbishop  of  York  and  lord 
chancellor  of  England,  receives  queen  Mary 
and  king  Philip  at  Greenwich,  93  ;  minis- 
ters at  Westminster  abbey  on  the  reception 
of  cardinal  Pole,  98  ;  sings  mass  at  the  con- 
secration of  abbot  Feckenham,  120  ;  god- 
father to  Philip  earl  of  Arundel,  141  ;  com- 
missioner to  negociate  a  loan  from  the  city, 
168  ;  dines  with  the  lord  mayor,  169  ;  at 
queen  Mary's  funeral,  183  ;  deposed,  203  ; 
sent  to  the  Tower,  238;  excommunicated,  249 

Heath,  of  London  ;  see  Heth 

Heigham,  sir  Clement,  knighted,  342 

St.  Helen's,  Bishopsgate,  funerals  at,  3,  191 

St.  Helen's,  house  in,  formerly  the  residence  of 


INDEX. 


431 


Benolte,  Clarenceux,  sir  Arthur  Darcy  dies 
at,  255 

Heneage,  master,  of  the  chapel,  committed  to 
the  Tower,  102 

Heneage,  (Robert),  his  funeral,  111  ;  note,  403 

Henley  on  Thames,  celebration  of  Twelfth  day 
at,  99 

Henri  IT.,  installed  a  knight  of  the  Garter  in 
1551,  9  ;  his  eye  stricken  out  when  justing, 
204  ;  note,  375  ;  his  obsequies  in  st.  Paul's, 
209,  211 

Heralds,  creation  of,  in  1553,  49,  336 

Herbert  of  Cardiff,  William  lord,  made  K.B. 
at  queen  Mary's  coronation,  334 ;  fray  be- 
tween his  men  and  lord  R.  Dudley's,  245; 
married  to  the  lady  Katharine  Talbot,  300  ; 
note,  393 

Herbert,  lady  Anne,  married  to  lord  Talbot, 
300 ;  note,  393 

Herbert,  sir  William,  attends  the  king,  6 

Herenden,  master,  funeral,  239  ;  note,  381 

Hereticks,  arraigned,  and  sentenced  to  be  burnt, 
82,  87,  89,  130,  169  ;  burnt  at  Barnet,  91  ; 
at  Bury,  92  ;  at  Canterbury,  91  ;  in  the 
country,  93  ;  at  Islington,  152;  at  New- 
ington,  137,  139  ;  in  Smithfield,  157,  161  ; 
buried  by  the  Doghouse,  in  Moorfields,  95, 
note,  346;  imprisoned  in  the  Lollards'  tower 
at  [St.  Paul's],  118;  brought  to  a  sermon 
at  st.  Mary  Overies,  136 

Hereticks'  books,  proclamation  for  giving  up, 
90  ;  note,  344 

Heron,  master,  son  of  the  bastard  Heron  of  the 
North,  his  funeral,  147  ;  note,  408 

Hertford  castle,  queen  Elizabeth  at,  267 

Hertford,  earl  of,  brought  to  the  Tower,  266  ; 
note,  386 

Hertford,  Katharine  countess  of  (lady  Katha- 
rine Grey),  her  clandestine  marriage,  384  ; 
brought  to  bed  of  a  son  in  the  Tower,  267  ; 
the  child  christened,  268,  note,  386 ;  gives 
birth  to  another  son,  300 

Hesketh,  sir  Thomas,  knighted,  335 


Hethe  or  Heath,  John,  serjeant  of  the  king's 
bakehouse,  his  funeral,  9  ;  referred  to,  168; 
his  widow  remarried,  15  ;  her  death,  136  ; 
preface,  x. 

Hethe,  John,  painter-stainer,  funeral  of,  32  ;  fu- 
neral of  his  wife,  105 

Heton  ;  see  Eyton 

Hewett,  alderman  sir  William,  elected  lord 
mayor,  213  ;  knighted,  224  ;  at  the  Grocers' 
feast,  260  ;  deputy  for  the  earl  of  Shrewsbury 
as  godfather  to  Robert  Dethick,  264  ;  at  the 
Merchant- taylors'  feast,  287  ;  sits  at  Guild- 
hall, 290  ;  note,  375 

Hewett,  lady,  wife  of  sir  William,  death  of, 
254 ;  funeral,  256 

Heyns,  master,  steward  of  the  lord  cardinal, 
buried  at  Hampstead  heath,  151 

Heys,  mr.  his  funeral,  2 

Heys,  mrs.  her  funeral,  119 

Heyward,  alderman  sir  Rowland,  391 

Heywood,  John,  206  ;  note,  374 

Hickson,  master,  207 

Hill,  Anthony,  funeral  of,  247 

Hill,  sir  Rowland,  mourner  at  funerals,  47,  51, 
117  ;  executor  to  sir  John  Greshara,  253  ; 
present  at  a  sermon,  48  ;  performs  the  service 
in  the  Exchequer  on  Michaelmas  day,  268 ; 
dole  for  him  during  his  last  illness,  270  ; 
death  and  funeral,  271 ;  note,  387 

Hill,  Richard,  chosen  warden  of  the  Merchant- 
taylors,  91;  note,  345 

Hinde ;  see  Hynde 

Hoby,  sir  Thomas,  his  men  of  arms,  325 ;  his 
marriage,  364 

Hodges,  master,  committed  to  the  Tower,  102 

Holborn,  fire  in,  211 

Holborn  field,  298 

Holcroft,  sir  Thomas,  sent  to  the  Tower,  10 

Holgate,  Robert,  archbishop  of  York,  carried 
to  the  Tower,  46 ;  deprived,  58  ;  dehvered 
from  the  Tower,  80 

Holland,  Seth,  late  dean  of  Worcester,  funeral 
of,  252 


432 


INDEX. 


HoUe  (Hull?),  merchant,  married  to 

Sutton,  219 
HoUingworth,  John,  Bluemantle,  burial,  215 
Holbech,  Henry,  bishop  of  Lincoln,  death  of,  9 
Holstein,  Adolphus  duke  of,  comes  to  Somer- 
set place,    229;   installed  K.G.  247;    note, 

383 
Holyman,  John,  consecrated  bishop  of  Bristol, 

75 
Homicide,  64 
Hooper,   John,  deprived  of  the  bishoprick   of 

Gloucester,    58  ;   arraigned,    80  ;   examined, 

cast  to  be  burnt,  and  degraded,  81  ;  departs 

to  Gloucester,  82  ;  note,  342 
Hoper,  sir  John,  priest,  1 
Horn,  in  Fleet  street,  151 
Home,  Robert  (bishop  of  Winchester),  preaches 

spital  sermons,  192,  254,  304  ;  preaches  at 

Paul's  cross,   197,  302;    at  a  funeral,   199; 

one  of  the  visitors,  206,  207  ;  elected  bishop  of 

Winchester,  245 ;  consecrated,  251 ;  preaches 

at  court,  278  ;  present  at  st.  George's  day, 

281 
Home,  master,  chief  warden  of  the  Merchant- 

taylors'  company,  149 
Hornsea,  rebel  executed  at,  102 
Horssey,  Edward  and  Francis,  fled  beyond  sea, 

proclaimed  traitors,  103 
Hounslow  heath,  robbery  at,  27 
Hounslow,  the  Angel  at,  128 
House  falls  down  in  st.  Clement's  lane,  34 
Howard,  sir  George,  sent  against  the  rebels  of 

Kent,  52  ;  challenger  at  the  justs,  84  ;  note, 

337 
Howard,  master  George,  a  mourner  at  the  duke 

of  Norfolk's  obsequy,  70 
Howard,  Thomas   lord,   attends  the  queen  of 

Scots,  11  ;  see  Norfolk 
Howard,  lord  Thomas,  bears  the  sword  before 

the  queen,  295 
Howard,  lord  William,  (the  first  lord  Howard 

of  Effingham,  11  March,  1553-4  ;  lord  high 

admiral,  23  March,  1554,  and  lord  chamber- 


lain 1557);  receives  the  Spanish  ambassadors, 
50  ;  associated  with  the  lord  mayor  in  de- 
fending London  during  Wyatt's  rebellion,  52, 
53 ;  parade  of  his  captains  and  mariners, 
April  8,  1554,  59 ;  a  mourner  at  the  duke  of 
Norfolk's  obsequy,  70  ;  conducts  the  prince 
of  Piedmont  to  the  Tower,  79  ;  with  the 
queen  at  a  muster  of  the  pensioners  in  Green- 
wich park,  20  Jan.  1556-7,  124  ;  bears  a 
sword  of  state,  129  ;  present  at  st.  George's 
day,  1557,  134  ;  at  the  funeral  of  the  lady 
Anna  of  Cleves,  145  ;  when  "  lord  chamber- 
lain," returns  from  an  embassy  to  France, 
194 

Howard,  "  lady  chamberlain,"  chief  mourner  at 
the  countess  of  Oxford's  funeral,  189,  190 

Howden,  execution  at,  142 

Howell,  doctor  of  physick,  funeral  of  his  widow 
(mistress  Parston),  289 

ap  Howell,  Fulke,  336 

Hewlett,  Richard,  esquire,  his  funeral,  243 

Huberthorne,  alderman  sir  Henry,  a  mourner 
at  funerals,  47,  51 ;  at  the  Merchant-taylors' 
feast,  93  ;  funeral  of  his  wife,  5 ;  his  funeral, 
115;  note,  352 

Huddleston,  master,  arraigned  at  Guildhall,  220 

Hull,  executions  at,  142 

Hulson,  master,  burial  of,  291 ;  note,  391 

Hungerford,  sir  Anthony,  mourner  at  sir 
Humphry  Foster's  funeral,  404  ;  his  funeral, 
181  ;  note,  369 

Hunning,  master,  purveyor  of  fish  to  the  queen, 
371 

Hunsdon,  Henry  lord,  mourner  at  st.  Paul's  at 
the  French  king's  obsequies,  210  ;  challenger 
at  the  justs,  217,  233;  elected  K.G.  257  ;  in- 
stalled, 258  ;  attends  the  queen  to  the  mint, 
262  ;  bears  the  sword  before  the  queen,  263  ; 
godfather  to  Robert  son  of  sir  Gilbert  De- 
thick  ;  264  ;  at  St.  George's  feast,  1563,  305, 
306 

Hunt,  mistress,  funeral  of,  255 

Hunting :  the  Spanish  ambassadors,  50 ;  king 


INDEX. 


433 


Philip  and  queen  Mary,  139 ;  the  sheriff  of 

London,  292 
Huntingdon,  Francis  Hastings,  2d  earl  of,  his 

men  of  arms,  13, 19;  committed  to  the  Tower, 

37  ;  brings  the  duke  of  Suffolk  to  the  Tower, 

54;  his  funeral,  239;  note,  381 
Huntingdon,  Conyers   and  Spenser  hung   for 

murder  at,  102,  103 
Huntyngtun,  master,  preaches  at  bishop  Allen's 

funeral,  208;  at  Paul's  cross,  212 
Hussey,  Anthony,  death,  236  ;   funeral,   237; 

note,  380 
Hussey,  sir  Harry,  comes  from  Rome,  93  ;  his 

funeral,  150 ;    his  month's  mind,  152  ;    his 

wife's  funeral,  154  ;  note,  359 
Hussey,  Thomas,  348 
Hutton,  preaches  at  Paul's  cross,  267 
Huwys,  the  queen's  physician,  funeral  of,  170; 

note,  364 
Hyde  Park,  musters  in,  12,  167,  323 
Hyde  Park  corner,  execution  at,  256 
Hygins,  master,  committed  to  the  Tower,  102 
Hynde,  sir  John,  funeral,  2  ;  note,  314 
Hynde,  alderman  Augustine,  his  funeral,  67  ; 

lived  in  Milk-street,  170  ;  note,  339 
Hynd,  master,  brought  to  the  Tower  for  a  con- 
spiracy in  Cambridgeshire,  83 

Images,  from  the  churches,  burnt  in  London, 
207,  208,  209  ;  see  st.  Thomas  of  Acre 

Infanticide,  298 

Inns  of  court,  fray  with  the  Kentish  servants  of 
the  Lord  Warden,  65 

Ironmongers'  Company,  feast  in  1562,  284  ; 
note,  390;  present  at  funerals,  120,  141, 
295 

Isley,  sir  Henry,  joins  sir  T.  Wyatt's  rebellion, 
52  ;  funeral  of  his  widow,  258 

Islington,  processions  of,  63,  89  ;  funeral  at, 
121  ;  heretics  burnt  there,  152;  meeting  of 
Gospellers  at,  disturbed,  160  ;  queen  Eliza- 
beth passes  across  the  fields,  267 

Islington  butts,  152 
CAMD.  SOC. 


Jacob,  usher  of  St.  Paul's  school,  funeral  of,  247 
Jack  of  Lent,  celebration  of,  33 
Jakes,  merchant-taylor,  his  funeral,  113 

st.  James's,  Garlickhithe,  funeral  at,  309 

St.  James's,  Westminster,  robbers  hung  at  the 
court  gate,  117  ;  queen  Mary  there,  158 

st.  James's  park,  muster  of  the  pensioners  in, 
167 

St.  James's  fair,  170,  240 

James  V.  of  Scotland,  visit  of  his  bastard  sons 
to  London,  25  ;  note,  327 

Jane,  queen,  allegiance  sworn  to,  35  ;  enters 
the  Tower,  and  proclaimed  ib. ;  notes,  329, 
397;  see  Dudley 

Jenkes,  captain,  hanged  at  st.  Thomas  a  Water- 
ing, 225 

Jenyns,  lady,  daughter  to  sir  John  Gage,  fu- 
neral, 168  ;  note,  363 

Jennings  (Gennyngs)  master,  his  funeral,  177 

Jermy,  sir  John,  funeral  of  244  ;  note,  383 

Jermyn,  sir  Ambrose,  knighted,  334 

Jermyn,  sir  Thomas,  his  funeral,  27  ;  note,  397 

Jerningham,  sir  Henry,  made  vice-chamberlain 
and  captain  of  the  guard  by  queen  Mary, 
38,  39  ;  created  K.B.  45  ;  made  master  of 
the  horse,  162 

sir  Richard,  371 

Jhesus,  brethren  of,  166,  172,  179  ;  note,  365 

Jesus  chapel  at  st.  Paul's,  178,  221 

Jewell,  John,  bishop  of  Salisbury,  preaches  at 
Paul's  cross,  218,  225  ;  at  funerals,  222,  224 
(denies  existence  of  purgatory)  232  ;  at  court, 
228,  279  ;  spital  sermon,  23 1  ;  note,  406 

Joceljrn,  sir  John,  funeral  of,  24  ;  note,  326 

St.  John's  Clerkenwell,  inhabited  by  the  lady 
Mary  4,  5,  20,  21 ;  the  Merchant-taylors' 
feast  kept  there,  93 

St.  John  street,  a  goldsmith  slain  in,  298 

St.  John  Zachary's,  May-game,  201  ;  funeral, 
286 

St.  John,  master,  buried,  301 

Johnson,  mistress,  godmother  to  Katharine 
Machyn,  153 

3   K 


434 


INDEX. 


Jones,  sir  Harry,  knighted,  335 

Jonson,  Robert,  gentleman  to  bishop  Bonner, 

buried  in  Jesus  chapel,  st.  Paul's,  179 
Jubilee,  the  Pope's,  taken  by  the  queen  and 

court  4  Sept.  and  declared  at  st.  Paul's  15 

Sept.  1555,  94 
Judd,  lady,  mayoress  of  London,  her  funeral  in 

1550, 2 
Judd,  alderman  sir  Andrew,  attends  funerals, 

51,  117;  executor  to  sir  JohnGresham,  353  ; 

funeral  of,  173  ;  note,  366 
Juego  de  cannas,  76,  82,  83  ;  note,  401 
Julius  III.  pope,  his  soul  prayed  for  at  Paul's 

cross,   78  ;    masses  through   London  for  his 

soul,  84 
Julius  Csesar  played,  276  ;  note,  389 
Jury ;  see  Quest. 
Justs  at  court,  187,  216,  231,  233,  276  ;  see 

Tilting. 

Kalkarne,  proctor  of  the  arches,  funeral  of,  175 
St.  Katharine  Coleman,  funeral  at,  32 
St.  Katharine  Cree-church,  funerals  at,  111,  211 
St.  Katharine's  by  the  Tower,  funeral  dinner  at, 

296 
st.  Katharine's  eve,  its  ceremonial  at  st.  Paul's 

cathedral,  119 
Kayes,  master,  tavern  keeper  at  Greenwich,  100 
Kelloway,  sir  William,  knighted,  334 
Kemp,  master,  sent  with  letters  from  king  Philip 

to  queen  Mary,  128 
Kenner,  John,  father  of  united  twins,  23  ;  their 

death,  24 
Kensington,  sir  Thomas  Wyatt  at,  54 
Kent,  Brett  and  other  captains  taken  thither  for 

execution,  55  ;    the   Kentishmen   solicit  the 

queen's  pardon  at  Westminster,  56,  57;  more 

pardoned,  in  Southwark,  57 
Kerr,  Christian,  married  lady  Beckwith,  369 
Kildare,  Gerald — see  before,  Fitzgerald,  created 

Earl  of  Kildare,  63  ;  brings  the  great  O'Neil 

to  England,  274 ;  at  the  Merchant-taylors' 

feast,  287  ;  note,  338 


King's  Bench,  the  gatherer  of,  set  in  the  pillory 

for  fortune-telling,  269 
Kingston-upon-Thames,  the  bridge  plucked  up 

at  Wyatt's  rebellion,  54 
Kingston,   sir  Anthony,  imprisoned,  98  ;  note, 

347 
Kirton ;  see  Kyrton 

Kitchin,  Anthony,  bishop  of  LandaflF,  201 
Knevetts,  they  join  sir  Thomas  Wyatt's  rebel- 
lion, 52  ;  committed  to  the  Tower,  54 
Knevett,  sir  Anthony,  a  female  prophet  insti- 
gated by  his  servant  John  Drakes,  66 

Richard,  funeral,  217  ;  note  376 

sir  Thomas,  knighted,  335 

Kneesworth,  sir  Thomas,  new  gear  made  for 

his  monument  in  Guildhall  chapel,  285 
Knightrider- street,  lady  Chandos  buried  from, 

221 
Knights  of  the  Bath  at  the  coronation  of  queen 

Mary,  45,  334  ;  at  the  coronation  of  queen 

Elizabeth,  186,  370 
Knights  made  on  the  morrow  of  queen  Mary's 

coronation,  334  ;  made  by  king  Philip,  342  ; 

fees  due  on  knighthood,  342 
Knolles,  master,  bears  the  queen's  train,  306 
Kyndelmarch's  house,  in  the  parish  of  st.  John 

Zachary,  286 
Kyrkman,  doctor,  preaches  at  a  funeral,  22 
Kyrton,  Alderman  Stephen,   funeral,  42 ;    at- 

chievements  set  up  for,  60 ;  note,  338 

Lambard,  alderman  John,  his  burial,  67,  and 
his  wife,  ib. ;  note,  339 

Lambeth  palace,  visited  by  queen  Mary,  110, 
122,  143  ;  cardinal  Pole  dies  at,  178  ;  queen 
Elizabeth  dines  there,  241 ;  bishops  conse- 
crated at,  251 

Lambeth,  funerals  at,  49,  189,  190 

Lane,  sir  Robert,  knighted,  335  ;  funeral  of  his 
wife,  303  ;  note,  394 

Langfold,  master,  buried  at  Stony  Stratford,  157 

Langton,  physician,  rides  in  punishment  for 
fornication,  309  i 


INDEX. 


435 


Lasen,  sir  Richard,  knighted,  335 

Laycroft,  armourer,  his  wife  afterwards  mistress 

Gough,  252 
Latham,  Ralph,  his  funeral,  144  ;  note,  358 
Latimer,  Hugh,  bishop  of  Worcester,  brought 

out  of  the  Tower,  and  conveyed  towards  Ox- 
ford, 57  ;  burnt,  95 
Laurans,  William,  273 

Laurence,  sir  Oliver,  funeral,  187  ;  note,  370 
St.  Laurence  Jury,  funerals,  264,  299   (not  st. 

Olave's),  note,  393 
St.  Laurence  Poultney,  funeral,  127 
st.  Laurence's,  ecclesiastical  visitors  sit  at,  207 
Laveroke,    Hugh,  ("  a  lame   cripple."     Foxe, 

iii.  700.)  burnt  at  Stratford  a  Bow,  106 
Lawes,  alias  GryflFyn,  canon  at  Elsing  spital, 

does  penance  at  Paul's  cross,  74 
Laxton,   alderman    sir  William,   death.    111  ; 

funeral,  ib. ;  notes,  351,  375  ;  his  month's 

mind,  113 
Laxton,  lady,  chief  mourner  at  lady  White's 

funeral,  167  ;  godmother  to  the  son  of  alder- 
man John  White,  198 
Lea,  sir  Harry,  knighted,  334 
Leadenhall,  the  city  armoury,  292 
Leader,  sir  Oliver,  funeral,  128;  note,  356 
Leathersellers'  Company,  present  at  funerals, 

118,  235 
Lecknolle;  see  Lewknor. 
Lee,  sir  Richard,  at  sir  Rowl.  Hill's  funeral, 

272 
Legatt,  Thomas,  funeral,  100,  note  348 
Leigh,  sir  Thomas,  of  Hogston,  404 
sir  Thomas,  chosen  sheriff  in  1555,  90  ; 

mourner,  307  ;  note,  407 
Leicester,  the  under-sheriff  of,  hanged  in  st. 

Paul's  churchyard,  54 
Lent,  proclamations  for  keeping,  4,  226,  249, 

276  ;  note,  315  ;  punishments  for  not  keeping, 

168,249,302,304 
Lent  sermons,  1557,  131  ;  in  1557-8,  168  ;  in 

1558-9,  189, 190  ;  in  1559-60,  226—231  ;  in 

1560-1,  251~'255  ;  in  1561-2,  276—279 


Lentall,  mistress,  her  Twelfth-day  supper  at 

Henley-upon-Thames,  99 
Lentall,   Robert,  killed    in   Newgate  market, 

126 
st.  Leonard's  Foster-lane,  funeral,  246 
Lestrange,  esquire,  funeral,  220 
Levison,  the  widow  of  Nicholas,  funeral  of,  245 ; 

note,  383 
Lewen,  alderman  Thomas,  his  funeral,  91 ;  note, 

344  ;  his  two  years'  mind,  1557,  141 ;  burial 

of  his  widow,  294  ;  note,  392 
Lewisham,  243 
Lewknor  (**  Lecknolle")  condemned  to  death, 

108  ;  his  funeral  within  the  Tower,  114 
Ley,  master,  clerk  of  the  paper  (pipe  ?)  151 
Ley,  lady,  buried  at  st.  Dennys  Fanchurch,  25 
Leyke,  auditor,  set  in  the  pillory,  105 
Libels,  proclamation  against,  338 
Lime  street,  the   Swedish  ambassador,  lodging 

there,  entertains  the  queen's  council,  262 
Licence  to  beg,  forged,  292,  note,  408 
Licence  to  kiU  flesh,  302 
Linton,  co.  Cambridge,  9  ;  funeral  at,  168 
Liveries,  the  royal,  &c.  397 
Loan,  from  the  city  to  the  queen,  168,  note, 

364 
Locke,  alderman  sir  Wm.  his  funeral,  1 ;  note, 

313 

lady,  funeral,  12;  note,  323 

Harry,  son  of  sir  William,  christening 


of  his  son,  249 
another  son  of  sir  William,  funeral,  117 


Lodge,  alderman  sir  Thomas,  chief  mourner  at 
sir    Wm.    Laxton's    funeral,    112 ;    chosen 
sheriff  for  the  queen,   205  ;  sworn  in,  213; 
mourner,  237  ;  at  the  Grocers'  feast,  260  ; 
sworn  lord  mayor,  294  ;  his  son  christened, 
305  ;  note,  375 
Logentt  and  his  wife,  277 
Lollards'  Tower,  94,  118  ;  note,  346 
Lombard  street,  the  George  inn,  170,  365,  392 
London,  informed  of  the  designs  of  the  duke  of 
Somerset,  10;  presents  the  qneen  of  Scots  with 


436 


INDEX. 


provisions,  11  ;  with  100/.  at  her  departure, 
12 ;  visited  by  the  king's  lord  of  misrule,  13  ; 
pageants,  &c.  for  queen  Mary's  coronation, 
43,  45  ;  gallows  used  for  the  rebels  plucked 
down,  65 ;  preparations  for  receiving  the 
prince  of  Spain,  65;  rejoicings  on  king  Phi- 
lip's return  to  England,  129  ;  commanded  to 
provide  arms  and  armour,  146 ;  rejoicings 
for  victories  in  France,  147,  150,  152 :  for 
peace  between  the  emperor  and  pope,  154  ; 
musters  for  the  French  war,  162,  163,  164  ; 
parish  churches  received  back  temp.  Mary 
the  copes  of  cloth  of  gold  taken  from  them 
temp.  Edward  VI.  165  ;  the  general  pro- 
cessions in  1557-8,  165  ;  loan  negotiated  in 
for  the  queen  1557-8,  168,  note,  364  ;  queen 
Elizabeth  passes  in  state  through,  262 

London,  Bishop's  palace,  queen  of  Scots  lodged 
at,  11;  occupied  by  the  French  ambassadors, 
198 ;  used  for  a  supper  by  the  parishioners 
of  St.  Gregory,  288 

London  bridge,  persons  drowned  at,  36,  41 ; 
heads  of  traitors  set  on,  101,  104,  106,  109, 
137 

■'  see  Guildhall  and  Tower ;  and  churches 

indexed  under  the  names  of  Saints 

Long  Acre,  "  the  back-side  Charing. cross," 
murder  in,  121 

Longe,  mistress,  funeral  of,  21 1 

Lord  mayor's  pageant  in  1553,  47 ;  in  1554, 
72;  in  1555,  96;  in  1556,  177;  in  1557, 
155  ;  in  1561,  270  ;  in  1562,  294 

Loughborough,  lord  Hastings  of;  see  Hastings, 
sir  Edward 

Loves,  master,  mercer,  funeral  of,  240 

Lovell,  sir  Thomas,  knighted,  335  ;  his  mansion 
built  at  Halywell,  near  Shoreditch,  215 

Low,  master,  mourner  at  bishop  Griffith's  fu- 
neral, 180 

Lucar,  Emanuell,  chosen  master  of  the  Mer- 
chant-taylors  1560,  239;  note,  380 

Lucas,  John,  funeral,  114  ;  note,  352 

Ludgate,  traitor's  head  placed  on,  107 


St.  Luke's  day,  celebrated  by  the  Painters,  with 

a  sermon,  269 
Lumley,   John    lord,   made    K.B.    at    queen 

Mary's  coronation,  334 
Lumley,  lady,  mourner  at  her  sister  the  coun- 
tess of  Arundell's  funeral,  155 
Lune,  Thomas,  grocer,  his  funeral,  110 
Luson;  see  Leveson 

Luther,  his  books  ordered  to  be  delivered  up,  90 
Lutterell,  sir  John,  death,  7;  note,  317 
a  Lye,  sir  John,  knighted,  335 
Lyons,  sir  John,  inaugurated  lord  mayor,  73  ; 
at  the  Grocers'  feast,  260  ;  notes,  339,  340  ; 
knighted  by  king  Philip,  342 
Lyons,  John,  funeral  of  his  son  and  heir,  218 
Lyons,  Lady,  funeral,  94 ;  note,  346 
Lynsey,  master,  armourer,  hangs  himself,  301 
Lyster,  sir  Michael  {not  Richard),  funeral  of,  8; 

note  323 
Lyster,  Lady,  funeral  of,  273 
Lyttelton,  sir  Edward,  knighted,  335 

Macbray,  John,  vicar  of  Shoreditch,  preaches 
at  a  funeral,  24  ;  at  Paul's  cross,  208  ;  note, 
326 

Machell,  alderman  John,  second  mourner  at  sir 
Wm.  Laxton's  funeral,  112  ;  dines  at  Thomas 
Greenhill's,  113  ;  death  of,  170 ;  funeral,  171; 
note,  364 

Machyn,  funeral  of  Christopher,  brother  to 
Henry,  3 

Machyn,  Henry,  Author  of  the  Diary,  Pre- 
face; his  birthday  in  1554,  63  ;  in  1562,  283; 
present  at  an  oyster  feast,  143 ;  a  Merchant- 
taylor,  151  ;  does  penance  for  scandalizing 
Veron  the  preacher,  272 

Katharine,  birth  and  christening,  153 

Machyn,  Kynlure,  married  to  Edward  Garde- 
ner, cowper,  287 

St.  Magdalene's,  funeral,  232 

St.  Magnus,  London-bridge,  funerals  at,  106, 
136,  176;  of  bishop  Maurice  Griffith,  180; 
the  rood  burnt,  209 


INDEX. 


437 


I 


Maid  Maryon,  201 

Maidstone,  239,  258 

Mallory,  John,  348 

alderman  sir  Richard,  chosen  sheriff  in 

1557,  141  ;  funeral  of  his  wife,  who  died  of 
her  17th  child,  232  ;  note,  379  ;  his  daughter 
married  to  William  Belliffe,  vintner,  247  ; 
note,  357;  at  the  Merchant-taylors'  feast,  287 

Robert,  348 

Maltby, condemned  for  coining,  290 

Malton,  rebels  executed  at,  142 

Man,  Henry,  bishop  of  Man,  buried  at  st.  An- 
drew undershaft,  116  ;  note,  353 

Mans,  a  rich  man,  in  Kent,  hanged  in  South- 
wark,  for  his  concern  in  Wyatt's  rebellion,  56 

Manners,  sir  Richard,  funeral,  3  ;  note,  314 

Mansfield,  lady  Cecily,  funeral,  174 

sir  Richard,  his  funeral,  194 

Manwaring,  master,  carted  for  unclesm  living,  86 

Marche,  master,  287 

Margaret ;  see  Scots 

St.  Margaret  Moyses,  funerals,  224,  269 

St.  Margaret's  Westminster,  funerals  at,  32, 
79,  163,  177,  308 ;  man  slain  in  the  church- 
yard,  246  ;  note,  383 

Margyson,  skirmish  at,  144 

St.  Mark's  day,  observance  of  in  1559,  196 

Markets  in  London,  disturbed  respecting  tes- 
terns,  114  ;  regulation  of  money  paid  at,  245 

Marlow,  master,  of  Cray  ford,  fatal  accident  to, 
304 

Marriages,  82,  172,  219,  240,  243,  280,  282, 
288,  300 

Marruf,  or  Marlfe,  Martin,  336 

St.  Martin's  at  Charing  cross,  a  Spanish  gen- 
tleman buried  at,  75;  May-game,  89;  funerals, 
114,  136,  165 

St.  Martin's  le  Grand,  sanctuary,  master  Alcock, 
constable  of,  227 

St.  Martin's  at  Ludgate,  funerals,  158,  181 
(two),  220,  237,  248  ;  Veron  admitted  par- 
son, 228  ;  accident  to  the  steeple,  259 

St.  Martin  Orgars,  funeral,  297 


St.  Martin's  Outwich,  by  "  the  well  with  two 
buckets,"  note,  367;  funerals  there,  175, 
211,  215;  suicide  there,  302 

St.  Martin's  in  the  Vintry,  funeral,  140  ;  pre- 
tended childbearing  within  the  cloister  at,  253 

Martin,  alderman  Roger,  sworn  in  sheriff  1559, 
213;  at  the  Grocers'  feast,  260  ;  note,  375 

Mary,  the  lady  (afterwards  queen),  her  cavalcade 
through  London  m  1550-1,  4,  5 ;  visits"  Lon- 
don, and  the  king  at  Greenwich,  20  ;  rides 
through  London  to  st.  John's  Clerkenwell, 
and  thence  to  the  king  at  Westminster,  30 ; 
declared  illegitimate  at  queen  Jane's  procla- 
mation, 35 ;  proclaimed  queen  of  England, 
36,  37  ;  note,  331 ;  enters  London  at  Aid- 
gate,  and  rides  to  the  Tower,  38 ;  removes 
from  St.  James's  to  the  Tower,  44  ;  her  pro- 
cession through  London,  and  coronation,  44  ; 
opens  Parliament,  having  first  heard  mass  at 
Westminster  abbey,  46  ;  declares  her  resolu- 
tion to  marry  the  prince  of  Spain,  51 ;  visits 
the  city  of  London  during  Wyatt's  rebellion, 
52 ;  pardons  the  Kentish  prisoners  in  the 
Tiltyard  at  Westminster,  56  ;  proclamation 
that  no  man  should  talk  regarding  her.  May 
1554,  61 ;  several  persons  punished  for  so 
doing,  63,  64,  65  ;  removes  to  Richmond  on 
her  progress,  64  ;  proclamation  respecting 
her  marriage,  66,  note,  339  ;  her  style,  34, 
67,  401  ;  leaves  Hampton  Court,  69  ;  opens 
Parliament  12  Nov.  1554,  74  ;  her  presumed 
quickening  announced  to  Parliament,  76  ;  a 
public  thanksgiving  thereon,  ib.  ;  note,  341  ; 
attends  the  same  at  Westminster  abbey,  77  ; 
removes  to  Hampton  Court,  to  keep  Easter 
and  take  her  chamber,  84  ;  shows  herself  from 
a  casement,  85  ;  false  report  of  her  delivery, 
86,  note,  343  ;  removes  from  Hampton  Court 
to  Oatlands,  92;  rides  through  London  to 
Tower  wharf,  and  takes  barge  for  Greenwich, 
93  ;  takes  the  pope's  jubilee,  94  j  adjourns 
the  Parliament  at  Whitehall,  and  returns  to 
st.  James,  98  ;  removes  to  Eltham,  visiting 


438 


INDEX. 


Lambeth  on  her  way,  21  July,  1566,  110; 
removes  from  Croydon  to  st.  James's,  114  ; 
note,  403  ;  attends  even-song  at  Westminster 
abbey,  122  ;  removes  to  Lambeth,  and  Green- 
wich, ib. ;  receives  king  Philip  at  Greenwich, 
and  rides  in  state  through  London,  129  ;  re- 
moves from  Greenwich  to  Westminster  22nd 
April,  1557,  132  ;  goes  in  procession  on 
Ascension  day,  137  ;  goes  to  Hampton  Court 
to  hunt  a  great  hart,  139  ;  procession  on  Cor- 
pus Christi  day,  ih. ;  accompanies  king  Philip 
to  Sittingbourne,  and  takes  her  final  leave  of 
him,  142 ;  dines  with  cardinal  Pole  at  Lam- 
beth, and  removes  to  Richmond,  143;  crowns 
Clarenceux  king  of  arms,  158 ;  creates  the 
lord  of  st.  John's,  and  makes  four  knights  of 
Rhodes,  159  ;  opens  Parliament,  and  attends 
mass  at  the  abbey,  163  ;  note,  405  ;  removes 
to  Greenwich  to  keep  Easter  10  March, 
1557-8,  168;  woman  set  in  the  pillory  for 
reporting  her  death  12  Nov.  1558,  1/8 ;  her 
death  17  Nov.  ib.;  her  body  brought  into 
her  chapel,  181 ;  her  funeral,  182,  note,  369  ; 
her  tomb  formed  of  the  altar  stones  of  the 
abbey  church,  256 

Mary,  queen  of  Scots,  proclamation  in  London 
relative  to  her  conduct,  229 

Mary-Rose,  of  London,  her  fight  with  the 
French,  152 

Marie-Willoughby,  ship  launched,  317 

St.  Mary's,  Aldermary,  imprisonment  of  the 
parson  of,  51  ;  funeral  at,  173 

St.  Mary  le  Bow,  cardinal  Pole  confirmed  (?)  at, 
102  ;  bishops  consecrated  at,  220  ;  christen- 
ing, 249  ;  funeral,  143;  marriage,  295 

St.  Mary  Colechurch,  funeral,  120 

St.  Mary  Mawdlen,  in  Milk  street,  funerals,  1 1 0, 
171 

St.  Mary's  Overy,  sermon  at,  48  ;  funerals  73, 
133  ;  of  bishop  Gardiner,  97,  100  ;  sermon, 
136 

St.  Mary  Somerset,  funeral,  149 

st   Mary  Spital;  see  Spital 


St.  Mary  Stayning,  funerals  at,  160,  169 

St.  Mary  Woolnoth,  funeral  at,  225  ;  marriage 

240 
Mason,  sir  John,  present  at  the  proclamation 
of  queen  Mary,  37  ;  dines  with  Clarenceux, 
248 
Mass,  revived  in  .  London,  42 ;  at  the  French 
ambassador's,  225  ;  priests  arrested  for  say- 
ing, 291,  292  ;  on  Candlemas  day,  1563,  dis- 
turbed, 299 
Mastiffs  carried  from  England  by  the  French 

ambassadors,  199 
Masques,  at  weddings,  172,  288 
Masket,  in  procession    from   London   to   the 

court,  276 
Mathew,  sir  George,  knighted,  335 
st.  Matthew's,  Friday  street,  funeral  at,  235 
Matson,  captain  Thomas,  funeral  of  his  wife, 

185  ;  his  funeral  208  ;  note,  405 
Mauleverer,  sir  Edmund,  knighted,  335 
Maundy,  kept  by  the  queen  in  1560,  230 
May,  William,  dean  of  st.  Paul's,  buried  there, 

241  ;  note  382 
May-day  sports  on  the  Thames  1559,  196 
May-games,  89,  137,  201  ;  note,  373 
Maypole  erected  at  Fanchurch,  20  ;  at  Cuckold- 
haven,  283 
May  dwell,  preaches,  3  i 

Maynard,  John,  chosen  sheriff,  24 ;  his  prepara-     *| 
tion  for  the  office,  326 ;  his   Christmas  lord 
misrule  and  morris  dance,  28  ;  shriving  Jack- 
of-Lent,  33  ;  funeral,  157  -  | 

Maynard,  master,  at  an  oyster  feast,  143  i 

Mayor  ;  see  Lord  Mayor  i 

Meal  and  malt,  prices  of  in  1556-7,  123  ;  bad      ' 
meal  burnt  in  Cheapside,  136  ;  proclamation 
respecting,  306 
Meat ;  see  Butcher 
Medley,    George,  chamberlain   of  the  city   of 

London,  his  funeral,  71 
Mellish,   Robert,   merchant-taylor,   funeral  of, 

279  ;  note,  389 
de  Mendoca,  John,  401 


INDEX. 


439 


Mercers*  Company,  their  supper  in  1559,  205  ; 

in  1562,  288;   present  at  funerals,  36,  71, 

119,  240,  245,  272 
Merchant-adventurers,  funerals  of,  36,  116,  237 
Merchants  of  Muscovy,   funerals  of,  160,  170, 

172,  236,  237  ;  see  Muscovy 
Merchants  of  the  staple,  funerals  of,   36,  51, 

115,  116,  240,  245,  311 
Merchant-taylors'  feast  in   1555,91;  mass  of 

St.  John,  93;   in  1556,   109,  note,  350;  in 

1557,    141,  149 ;  in    1559,  208  ;    in  1560, 

238,  note,  380;  in  1561,  261;  in  1562,287; 

character  of  the  company,  345  ;  present  at 

funerals,  3,  27,  42,  113,  173,  280,  293 
Merchant-taylors'  school,  foundation  of,  380 
Merchant-strangers,  their  service  at  the  Friars 

Austins,  140  ;  funeral  of  one,  257 
Merick,  [William,]   chosen  second  warden  of 

the  Merchant-taylors'  company  1560,  239 
Mering,  sir  William,  knighted,  335 
Meteors,  246 

Metham,  sir  Thomas,  knighted,  335 
Methwold,  Hugh,  mercer,  385 
Meverell,  fled  beyond  sea,  proclaimed  a  traitor, 

103 
st.  Michael,  the  French  order,  worn  by  Edward 

VI.  9  ;  notes,  321,  396 
st.  Michael's  Basinghall,  funeral,  116 
st.  Michael's  in  Cornhill,  ecclesiastical  visitors 

sit  at,  207 
St.  Michael's,  Queenhithe,  funeral,  231 
Middleton  Stony,  monstrous  birth  of  double 

children  at,  22  ;  their  death,  24 
Midsummer-day,  pageantry  on,  261 
Mildmay,  Thomas,  auditor  of  the  augmentations, 

funeral  of  his  wife,  154  ;  note,  360 
Mile-end  green,  part  of  sir  Thomas  Wyatt's 

remains  suspended  there,  60  ;  festival  of  the 

queen's  cooks  at,  191 
Mincing-lane,  sheriff  Hawse's  house  in,  201 
Minories,  funeral  at,  168 
Minster    in  Shepey,    lord  Cheney  buried  at, 

184 


Mint  at  the  Tower,  visited  by  the  queen,  262 

Misrule,  the  king's  lord  of,  visits  London  at 
Christmas  1551-2,  13;  appointed  at  Christ- 
mas 1552-3,  28  ;  visits  London  and  goes  in 
procession  with  the  sheriff's  lord  of  misrule, 
ib.;  note,  337;  the  lord  treasurer's  lord  of 
misrule  visits  the  city,  125;  in  1557-8,  162; 
in  1560,  273 

Molineux,  sir  Richard,  knighted,  335 

Mollens,  John,  archdeacon  of  London,  preaches 
at  Paul's  cross,  234,  254;  at  a  funeral,  245 

Monge  ?  lord,  270 

Monk,  Carthusian,  his  funeral  at  the  Savoy, 
110 

Monks  and  Friars,  dismissed  in  1559,  204  ; 
ridiculed  in  a  masque,  288 

Monsters  of  the  year  1562,  389 

Montagu,  Anthony  Browne,  viscount,  at  the 
duke  of  Norfolk's  obsequy,  70 ;  bears  the 
sword  before  king  Philip,  72 ;  conducts  car- 
dinal Pole  to  London,  75 ;  receives  the  prince 
of  Piedmont,  79  ;  comes  from  Rome,  93  ; 
receives  the  queen  and  king  at  Greenwich,  ib. 
chief  mourner  at  bp.  Gardiner's  funeral,  101  ; 
rides  with  the  queen  towards  Eltham,  110; 
attends  the  queen  to  Westminster  Abbey,  122; 
at  a  muster  of  the  pensioners  in  Greenwich 
park,  124  ;  attends  on  the  Russian  ambas- 
sador, 127  ;  on  the  earl  of  Northumberland 
at  his  creation,  134;  at  st.  George's  day, 
1557,  ib. ;  went  with  contingent  in  aid  of 
king  Philip,  143  ;  at  st.  George's  feast,  1559, 
200  ;  goes  ambassador  to  Spain,  225  ;  at  an 
installation  at  W^indsor,  258  ;  fray  between 
his  men  and  lord  Delawarr's,  for  which  he  is 
committed  to  the  Fleet,  270  ;  at  st.  George's 
feast,  1563,  305,  306  ;  at  installation,  308 

lady,  bears  queen  Mary's  train,  122 

Montagu,  sir  Edward,  chief  justice,  committed 
to  the  Tower,  38  ;  note,  331  ;  fined,  and  re- 
leased, 43 ;  funeral,  128  ;  note,  356 

Monteagle,  Thomas  Stanley,  lord,  his  funeral, 
243 ;  note,  382 


440 


INDEX. 


Month's  minds,  2,  9,  24,  70,  113,  128,  152, 

175;  see  Two  years'  mind 
Montmorenci,  duke  of,  his  two  sons  come  to 
London,  23  May,  1559,  197 

Moorfields,  musters  in,  18,  293  ;  heretics  bu- 
ried beside  the  dog-house  in,  95,  note,  346; 
woman  drowned  in,  111  ;  marsh-fires  seen  in, 
123 

Mordaimt,  John  (first)  lord,  preparations  for 
his  funeral,  291;  burial  (misprinted  "  lady") 
292  ;  note,  392 

Mordaunt,  John  (second)  lord,  a  mourner  at 
the  funeral  of  sir  Humphrey  Brown,  297 

Morice,  lady,  her  funeral,  6  ;  note,  316 

Morgan,  Francis,  puisne  judge  of  the  king's 
bench,  funeral  of,  172  ;  note,  366 

Morgan,  Henry,  consecrated  bishop  of  St. 
David's,  58 

Morgan,  sir  Richard,  chief  justice  of  the  com- 
mon pleas,  knighted,  335  ;  present  at  a  ser- 
mon, 48  ;  funeral  of,  106  ;  note,  349 

Morgayne,  mr.,  goldsmith,  his  funeral,  16 

Morley,  Henry  Parker,  lord,  funeral,  120;  note, 
359 ;  see  Parker 

Morning  prayer,  "  of  Geneva  fashion,"  212 

Morres-dance  round  the  maypole  at  Fanchurch, 
20;  in  1559,201 

Morton,  Thomas,  buried  at  Fulham,  171  ;  note, 
365 

Morton,  esquire,  buried  at  St.  Andrew's,  Hol- 
born,  217 

Morwen,  ("  Murryn,")  preaches  at  Paul's 
cross,  131 

Mosbe,  John,  and  his  sister,  hanged  for  the 
murder  of  Arden,  of  Feversham,  4 

Mountjoy,  James  lord,  made  K.B.  at  queen 
Mary's  coronation,  45,  334 

Mummers,  231 

Murders,  30,  126,  225,  296  ;  of  Arden,  of 
Feversham,  4,  note,  315  ;  see  Homicide 

Murray,  James  earl  of,  327 

Muscovy,  ambassador  from,  enters  London, 
127 ;    goes    to    court,   and   dines    with    the 


lord  mayor,  130 ;  dines  with  the  abbot  of 
Westminster,  and  visits  St.  Edward's  shrine, 
132  ;  at  even-song  at  Whitehall  on  st.  George's 
day,  J  33,  134;  note,  355 
Muscovy  company,  their  entertainment  of  the 
ambassador  from  Muscovy,  130  ;  funeral  of 
sir  George  Barnes  the  "  chief  merchant," 

166  ;  funerals  of  other  merchants,  170,  173, 
236,  237 

Musters  in  Hyde  park,  12,323;  in  Moorfields, 
18 ;  of  the  pensioners  in  Greenwich  park,  124 ; 
for  the  relief  of  Calais,  162,  163,  164  ;  notes, 
362,  404  ;  of  the  pensioners  in  Hyde  park, 

167  ;  in  st.  James's  park,  ib.  ;  the  city,  in 
1559,  at  Greenwich,  202,  note,  373  ;  in  Lon- 
don, 289,  290,  293 

Mynors,  master,  chief  mourner  at  master  Deri- 
cote's  funeral,  296 


Narboone,  Nicholas  (Risebank  pursuivant), 
created  Bluemantle,  181  ;  Richmond  herald, 
185 

Nauncycles,  John,  348 

NecoUes,  a  taylor,  kills  a  hosier  in  st.  Paul's 
churchyard,  244 

Negro,  sir  Peryn,  or  Peter,  his  funeral,  8  ; 
note,  320 

Neville,  sir  Henry,  knighted,  18  ;  note,  322 

Newdigate,  mr.  sent  to  the  Tower,  10 

Newgate  market,  murder  in,  126 

Newgate  sessions,  18,  223,  282 

New  Hall  in  Essex,  inhabited  by  the  lady 
Mary,  5 

Newhaven,  captured,  312  ;  note,  396 

Newington,  co.  Surrey,  part  of  sir  Thomas 
Wyatt's  remains  suspended  there,  60  ;  three 
heretics  burnt  at,  137,  139  ;  archbishop 
Parker  preaches  there,  253 

Nicholas,  saint,  his  procession  commanded  by 
the  bishop  of  London  in  1554,  75  ;  celebra- 
tion of  the  feast  of  in  1554,  77  ;  processions 
of,  121 


INDEX. 


141 


St.  Nicholas  Coleabbey,  the  mass  revived  there, 
42 ;  disgrace  of  parson  Chicken,  48  ;  fu- 
neral there,  276 

St.  Nicholas'  shambles,  295 

St.  Nicholas  "  Willyms,"  mass  at,  42  ;  note,  333 

Nichols,  Thomas,  executor  to  lady  Locke,  323 

NichoUs,  John,  festivities  at  his  daughter's 
marriage  to  master  Cooke,  288  ;  his  daugh- 
ter christened,  305 

Nonsuch,  queen  Elizabeth  entertained  there, 
206,  note,  405  ;  sir  T.  Cawarden  dies  there, 
208 

Nonsuch  park,  350,  374 

Norfolk,  Thomas  third  duke  of,  rode  up  and 
down  the  hall  at  queen  Mary's  coronation, 
45  ;  as  earl  marshal,  46  ;  sent  against  the 
rebels  of  Kent,  52  ;  buried  at  Framlingham, 
70;  his  obsequy  at  st.  Mary  Overy's,  ib.  ; 
note,  339 

Norfolk,  Thomas  fourth  duke  of  {see  lord 
Howard),  a  servant  of  his  kills  a  servant  of 
the  marquess  of  Winchester,  126;  accident 
to,  139 ;  christening  of  his  eldest  son,  141  ; 
note,  357  ;  present  at  the  proclamation  of 
queen  Elizabeth  in  London,  178  ;  justs  at  the 
Tiltyard,  187;  electedjK.G.  196  ;  present  at 
the  sermon  at  Paul's  cross,  197  ;  installed  at 
Windsor,  200  ;  made  free  of  the  Fishmongers' 
company,  274  ;  challenger  to  a  just,  276  ; 
rides  into  London  with  his  duchess,  accom- 
panied by  a  hundred  horse  and  four  heralds, 
294;  at  st.  George's  feast  1563,  306  ;  at  in- 
stallation, 308  ;  his  decree  respecting  fune- 
rals, 309  ;  his  mansion  by  St.  Katharine  Cree- 
church,  392 
Norfolk,  Mary  duchess  of,  attends  queen  Mary 
on  her  entrance  into  London,  38  ;  her  hearse 
set  up,  and  funeral,  149;  note,  359 
Norfolk,  Margaret  duchess  of,  accompanies  the 

duke  to  London,  294  ;  note,  359 
Norris,  master  (usher  of  the  Garter,  or  Black 

Rod,),  258,  281 
North,  sir  Edward,  a  servant  of  his  murdered 
CAMD.  SOC. 


in  Charterhouse  churchyard,  30;  note,  328  ; 
(lord  North)  bears  the  sword  before  king 
Philip,  76  ;  mourner  at  the  countess  of  Arun- 
del's funeral,  155  ;  visited  at  the  Charter- 
house by  the  queen,  263 

North,  Alice  lady,  funeral,  242;  note,  382 

sir  Roger,  made  K.B.  370 

master,  a  tilter,  203 

North,  William,  kills  master  Wynborue  at  the 
west  door  of  st.  Paul's,  220  ;  trial  and  execu- 
tion of,  222 

Northampton,  William  Parr  marquess  of,  con- 
veyed the  Garter  to  France,  320  ;  attends  the 
queen  of  Scots,  11  ;  his  men  of  arms  mus- 
tered, 12,  18,  19;  great  chamberlain  at  the 
opening  of  parliament,  329  ;  committed  to 
the  Tower,  1553,  38  ;  arraigned  and  con- 
demned, 41  ;  delivered  from  the  Tower, 
58  ;  elected  K.G.  on  st.  George's  day,  1559, 

196  ;  present  at  the  sermon  at  Paul's   cross, 

197  ;  witnesses  the  city  musters,  202  ;  con- 
ducts the  prince  of  Sweden  into  London, 
214;  is  a  judge  at  justs,  233;  attends  the 
queen  to  the  mint,  263;  at  st.  George's  feast 
1563,  306 

Northampton,  marchioness  of,  30  ;  godmother 
to  sir  Thomas  Chamberlain's  son,  216 

Northumberland,  John  Dudley  earl  of  War- 
wick created  duke  of,  10,  note,  322  ;  receives 
the  queen  of  Scots  at  court,  11  ;  his  men  of 
arms  and  standard,  12,  19  ;  sits  with  the 
council  at  Guildhall,  20  ;  departs  to  assume 
the  office  of  Lord  Warden  of  the  Marches  to- 
wards Scotland,  21  ;  note,  325;  receives  the 
lady  Mary,  31  ;  assembles  an  army  to  with- 
stand the  supporters  of  Mary,  and  moves  to- 
wards Cambridge  and  Bury,  36  ;  arrested  at 
Cambridge,  37  ;  committed  to  the  Tower,  ib. ; 
arraigned  and  condemned,  41  ;  preparations 
for  his  execution,  but  deferred,  42 

Northumberland,  Jane  duchess  of,  receives  the 
lady  Mary  at  court,  30;  her  funeral,  81; 
note,  342 

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INDEX. 


Northumberland,  Henry  Percy,   made  a  knight 
and  baron  30  April,  and  created  earl  1  May, 
1557,   133,  note,  356 ;  sends  news  of  fight 
with  the    Scots,   158  ;    justs,   233 ;    said  to 
have  borne  the  sword  before  the  queen  on 
the  opening  of  parliament,  299  ;  elected  K.G. 
306;  installed,  308 
Norwich,  a  suffracan  bishop  of,  105 
Norwich,  lady,  funeral,  110  ;  note,  351 
Nowell,  Alexander,  dean  of  Paul's,  preaches  at 
funerals,  84,272,  280,283,284,293  ;  at  Paul's 
cross,  226,  259,  280  ;  at  court,  251,  253,  276, 
277,  278,  279  (thrice)  ;    at  the  opening  of 
parliament,  299  ;  spital  sermon,  305 
Nuns;  see  Syon 

Oatlands,  king  Edward  at,  21  ;  king  Philip  and 
queen  Mary,  29  ;  queen  Elizabeth  there,  241 
Offley,  sir  Thomas,   his  mayoralty  show,  117  ; 
knighted,125;  at  Merchant- taylors' feast,  149, 
261,  287  ;  godfather  to  Thomas  White,  248  ; 
mourner  at  funerals,  272,  303,  307  ;  note,  353 
Ogle,  mistress,  her  funeral,  124 
Oglethorpe,  Owen,  elected  bishop  of  Carlisle, 
(described   as   dean   of  Durham   instead  of 
Windsor,)  103 ;  buried  at  st.  Dunstan's  in  the 
West,  221  ;  note,  378 
Oggrave,  Ellis,  death  of,  310 
St.  Olave's,  Hart  street,  funeral,  218 
St.  Olave's,  Silver-street,  parish  feast,  145 
St.    Olave's,    Southwark,   christening  at,   242  ; 

funerals.  118,221,303 
Olyffe,  sir  John,  his  funeral,  116  ;  note,  352 
O'Neil,  "  the  great,"  brought  to  England  by 
the  earl  of  Kildare,  274  ;  rides  into  Cheap- 
side,  275  ;  runs  at  the  ring,  277 
Onyon,     Alexander,      or    Ninion     Saunders, 

drowned,  36 
Oranges,  196,  237  ;  see  Glossarial  Index 
Ordination,  very  numerous  one,  at  st.  Paul's,  224 
Organs,  played  in  a  church  for  rejoicing,  343 
Ormond,  earl  of,  sent  against  the  rebels  of  Kent, 
52  ;  challenger  to  tilt,  203 


Ospring,  execution  at,  4 

St.  Osyth,  (Sythe)  funeral  at,  218 

Owen,  John,  drowned,  36,  330 

Owen,  doctorGeorge,  his  funeral,  177;  note,  368 

Oxenbridge,  sir  Robert,  Lieutenant  of  the 
Tower,  108,  127;  mourner  at  the  king  of 
[Portugal's]  obsequies,  148 

Oxford,  burning  of  Latimer  and  Ridley  at,  95  ; 
of  Cranmer,  103 

Oxford  session  in  1556,  115 

Oxford,  Anne  countess  of,  her  hearse  at  Lam- 
beth, 189  ;  note,  371 

Oxford,  John  earl  of,  bears  the  sword  at  the 
opening  of  Parliament,  329  ;  conducts  the 
prince  of  Sweden  into  London,  214  ;  his 
funeral,  290  ;  note,  391 

Oxford,  Edward  earl  of,  after  attending  his 
father's  funeral,  rides  into  London  with 
seven-score  horse,  291 

Oyster  feast,  143 

Packington,  sir  Thomas,  knighted,  335 

Page,  lady,  buried  at  Clerkenwell,  147 

Pageants,  prepared  in  London  for  queen  Mary's 
coronation,  43,  45 

see  Lord  Mayor's  pageants 

Paget,  sir  Henry,  made  K.B.  at  queen  Mary's 
coronation,  45,  334  ;  dines  with  Clarenceux, 
248 

Paget,  William  lord,  sent  to  the  Tower,  10,  12; 
conducts  cardinal  Pole  into  London,  75 ; 
examines  lord  Stourton's  servants,  126  ;  at 
st.  George's  day  1557,  134  ;  commissioner 
to  negociate  a  loan  from  the  city,  168  ;  dines 
with  the  lord  mayor,  169;  dines  with  Cla- 
renceux, 248  ;  at  an  installation  at  Windsor, 
258  ;  death,  309  ;  funeral,  ib.  ;  note,  395 

Pagm  ....  master,  his  funeral,  24 

Painters'  company,  present  at  funerals,  32,  77, 
185,  296  ;  Richard  Wethers,  a  cunning  man, 
77 

Palden,  Humphry,  332 

Palmer,  sir  Thomas,  knighted,  335  ;  committed 


INDEX. 


443 


to  the  Tower,  37;  arraigned  and  condemned  , 
41  ;  note,  332 

Palmer,  vintner,  funeral  of  his  wife,  234 

St.  Pancras,  Soper-lane,  marriage  at,  247  ;  notes, 
379,  384 

Pargeter,  George,  his  funeral,  56 ;  note,  337 

Paris,  sir  Philip,  knighted,  335  ;  funeral  of, 
168 

Paris  garden,  bear  and  bull  baiting  at,  198  ; 
landing  place,  26,  225 

Parker,  sir  Henry,  made  K.B.  at  queen  Mary's 
coronation,  334  ;  his  funeral,  50  ;  note,  337 

Parker,   Matthew,  preaches  before  the  queen, 
189  ;  elected  archbishop  of  Canterbury,  201  ; 
officiates  at   st.   Paul's  at  the  French  king's 
obsequies,  210  ;   consecrated,  220  ;    goes  to 
consecration  of  Bishops  at  Bow  church,  220 
preaches  at  court  ("  a  noble  sermon  "),  230 
queen   Elizabeth    dines  with  him,  29,  241 
preaches  at  Newington,  Surrey,  253 ;  at  mr. 
Goodrick's  funeral,  283 

Parliament  begins  25  Jan.  1551-2,  15  ;  opening 
of,  March  1,  1552-3,  32,  329  ;  opened  by 
queen  Mary,  5  Oct.  1553,  46  ;  end  of,  50  ; 
opened  by  queen  Mary,  April  2,  1554,  59  ; 
opened  by  king  Philip  and  queen  Mary,  12 
Nov.  1554,  74  ;  is  informed  by  cardinal  Pole 
of  the  queen's  quickening,  76;  adjourned 
9  Dec.  98  ;  opened  by  queen  Mary  20  Jan. 
1557-8,  163  ;  ends  7  March,  168  ;  proclama- 
tion of  the  acts  passed  in,  \6d  ;  ended  10 
May  1559, 197  ;  opening  of  queen  Elizabeth's 
second,  12  Jan.  1562-3,  299 

Parr,  preaches  at  funeral,  235  (and  receives  a 
black  gown  and  tippet) 

Parrott,  sir  John,  committed  to  the  Tower, 
104  ;  challenger  to  tilt,  203 

Parston,  (Paston  ?)  late  wife  of  master  Howell, 
doctor  of  physick,  buried,  289 

Partridge,  sir  Miles,  sent  to  the  Tower,  10; 
arraigned,  15;  hanged,  ib. 

Parys,  William,  fishmonger,  sir  W.  Walworth's 
tomb  repaired  at  his  cost,  285 


Pascal  light  made  for  Westminster  Abbey  in 

1557-8,. 169 
Pate,  Richard,  bishop  of  Worcester,  sings  high 

mass  at  the  confirmation  (?)  of  cardinal  Pole 

as  archbishop  of  Canterbury,  102 
Patenson,  brewer,  funeral  of,  249 
Paulet,  lord,  mourner  at  st.  Paul's  at  the  French 

king's  obsequies,  210 
lord  Giles,  christening  of  his  daughter, 

288;  note,  391 
sir  William,  made  K.B.  at  queen  Mary's 


coronation,  45,  334 

sir  George,  brother  to  the  marquess  of 

Winchester,  embarks  for  foreign  service,  144  ; 
funeral,  171 

Paull,  rebel  executed  at,  142 

St.  Paul's  cathedral,  processions  at,  49,  51  ; 
hearse  for  king  Edward  there,  49  ;  the  Apos- 
tles' mass  recommenced  there,  61;  thanks- 
giving for  queen  Mary's  quickening,  76,  note, 
341  ;  cardinal  Pole  received  at,  77,  note,  341  ; 
public  penance  at,  79,  340 ;  hearse  for  the 
queen  of  Spain  at,  90  ;  dirge  for  the  souls  of 
Henry  VII.  and  queen  Elizabeth,  Henry 
VIII.  and  queen  Katharine,  and  Edward  VI. 
62 ;  ceremonies  of  st.  Katharine's  eve  at, 
119  ;  Fishmongers'  procession  to,  138  ;  hearse 
for  the  king  of  [Portugal]  in,  147  ;  cere- 
monies performed  by  new  serjetfrits  at  law 
there,  195  ;  obsequies  for  Henry  III.  king  of 
France,  209,  211  ;  the  Protestant  morning 
service  begins,  at  the  hour  of  the  Apostles' 
mass,  312  ;  master  Winborue  slain  at  the 
west  door,  220;  numerous  ordinations  at, 
224  ;  the  spire  fired  by  lightning,  259  ;  mea- 
sures taken  for  its  rebuilding,  260,  262  ;  the 
rails  set  up  on  the  new  battlements,  267  ; 
service  recommenced  in,  271 ;  the  lord  mayor 
and  crafts  attend,  ib. ;  fray  in  the  church, 
273;  funerals  at,  15,181,257,307;  sermons 
in  the  shrouds,  71,  151,  237,  253;  the  new 
Rood,  temp.  Mar.  398  ;  see  Jesus  Chapel 

Lollards'  Tower,  94,  118;  note,  346 


444 


INDEX. 


Paul's,  children  of,  perform  a  play  before  the 

queen  at  Nonsuch,  206 
Paul's  bakehouse,  30 

Paul's  churchyard,  burial  in,  170  ;  infant  sup- 
posed to  speak  there,  88 ;  note,  343  ;  master 
Bodley  slain  in,  227 
Paul's  cross,  sermons  at,  41  (two),  44,  46,  73, 
74.  75,76,  78,79,80,88,100,101,131,  135, 
140,  147,  158,  164,  165,  166.  168,  178,  192, 
194,  197,  204,  206,  207,  208,  210,  211,  212, 
215,  218,  222,  226,  227,  228,  265,  267,  286, 
299  ;  riot  at  the  sermon  in  1552,  41,  332; 
doctor  Pendleton  shot  at,  when  preaching 
there,  65  ;  railings  at,  98  (bis)  ;  state  of  the 
cross  in  1559,  372 ;  sermons  removed  to  the 
Grey  friars,  on  account  of  the  repairs  of  the 
cathedral,  262 

St.  Paul's  deanery,  the  council  sit  there,  43  ; 
the  French  ambassador  lodged  at,  225 

St.  Paul's  day,  celebration  of  in  1554-5,  80  ; 
procession  at,  141 

St.  Paul's  school,  funeral  of  an  usher  of,  247 

Paul's  head  in  Carter  lane,  283 

Paul's  wharf,  198,271 

Pawlett ;  see  Paulett 

Payne,  skinner,  funeral  of,  233 

Peace  with  France  proclaimed,  193 ;  note, 
372 

Peckham,  sir  Edmond,  executor  to  the  lady 
Anna  of  Cleves,  and  rides  at  her  funeral,  145  ; 
mourner  at  the  king  of  [Portugal's]  obsequies, 
148 

sir  Robert,  knighted,  334 

Harry,  committed  to  the  Tower,  102; 


hung  at  Tybourn,  109  ;  notes,  348,  351 

Pecsall,  wife  of  sir  Richard,  death  of,  175  ; 
note,  367 

Peerages,  conferred  by  Edward  VI.  in  1551,  10  ; 
note,  321 ;  other  creations,  133 

Pelham,  sir  (Nicholas),  his  funeral,  243  ;  note, 
382 

Pembroke,  William  Herbert,  earl  of,  (see  Her- 
bert), created  earl  of  Pembroke,  10;  receives 


the  queen  of  Scots  at  court,  1 1  ;  attends  her 
out  of  town,  ib.  ;  his  men  of  arms,  13,  19  ; 
his  entrance  into  London,  3,  31  ;  present  at 
the  proclamation  of  queen  Mary,  37 ;  ap- 
pointed general  against  sir  Thomas  Wyatt, 
52  ;  rides  into  London  to  the  parliament  with 
200  horse  and  sixty  blue-coats,  74  ;  bears 
king  Philip's  sword,  ib.  ;  his  badge,  ib. ; 
mourner  at  St.  Paul's  for  the  queen  of  Spain, 
90  ;  waits  on  cardinal  Pole  at  Bow  church, 
103  ;  rides  with  the  queen  towards  Eltham, 
110;  takes  his  barge  towards  Calais,  119; 
attends  on  the  earl  of  Northumberland  at  his 
creation,  134;  at  st.  George's  day,  1557,  ib.; 
chief  captain  of  an  army  sent  in  aid  of  king 
Philip,  143 ;  bears  the  queen's  sword,  180 ; 
queen  Elizabeth  sleeps  at  his  place  (Baynard 
castle)  196  ;  keeps  st.  George's  feast  at  Wind- 
sor, 200  ;  judge  at  justs,  and  wounded  by  a 
splinter,  233;  the  lord  Loughborough  brought 
to  his  custody,  256  ;  entertains  the  queen  at 
Baynard's  castle,  275  ;  present  at  the  Mer- 
cers' supper,  288  ;  godfather  to  the  son  of  sir 
T.  Lodge,  lord  mayor,  305  ;  at  st.  George's 
feast,  1563,  306 

Henry,  second  earl ;  see  Herbert 

Anne  countess   of,  funeral,   15  ;  note, 


324 


Penances  at  Paul's  cross,  73,  79, 100,  101,  271, 
302,  340 

Pendleton,  doctor,  shot  at,  when  preaching  at 
Paul's  cross,  65  ;  preaches  at  Paul's  cross, 
74  ;  at  a  funeral,  117  ;  spital  sermon,  131  ; 
of  St.  Stephen's  Walbrook,  152 

Penred,  punished  for  severity  as  a  schoolmaster, 
311 

Pensioners,  the  queen's,  (lord  Bray  their  cap- 
tain) their  muster  before  the  queen  in  Green- 
wich park,  124  ;  their  standard,  ib.  ;  muster 
in  Hyde  park,  167  ;  in  st.  James's  park, 
167 

Penshurst,  funeral  of  sir  William  Sydney  at, 
31  ;  earl  of  Warwick  dies  there,  72 


INDEX. 


445 


Pentices,  proclamation  against,  35 

Perce,  master,  the  queen's  skinner,  his  wife's 
funeral,  177 

Percy,  master,  mourner  at  Ralph  Preston's 
funeral,  176 

Percy,  Henry,  comes  from  France  with  tidings 
for  the  queen,  234 

Perjury,  punishments  for,  74,  104,  245,  250 

Perro(?)  in  France,  winning  of,  152 

Peryn,  William,  a  black  friar,  preaches  at  Paul's 
cross,  100;  at  a  funeral,  119;  a  Lent  ser- 
mon, 131  ;  funeral  of,  171  ;  note,  365 

St.  Peter's  day,  fair  kept  in  St.  Margaret's 
churchyard,  Westminster,  140 

St.  Peter's  in  Cheap,  funerals  at,  2,  73,  115, 
138,  247,252,  255  ;  procession  of,  02;  Fish- 
mongers' procession,  62 

St.  Peter  le  Poor,  funerals,  114,  190 

Peterborough,  funeral  at,  142 

Petre,  sir  William,  attends  on  st.  George's 
day,  132,  134,  306  ;  chief  mourner  at  bishop 
Griffith's  funeral,  180;  dines  with  the  lord 
mayor,  169 

Petre,  lady,  chief  mourner  at  the  funeral  of 
lady  Cecily  Mansfield,  1 74 

Phassett  (Fawcett  ?)  gentleman,  funeral  of,  263 

Philips,  Robert,  206  ;  note,  374 

Philip,  king,  his  style,  34,  67  ;  created  a  knight 
of  the  Garter,  60;  preparations  in  London  for 
his  reception,  65;  for  his  marriage  at  Win- 
chester, 66;  attends  mass  at  St.  Paul's,  72; 
attends  the  opening  of  Parliament,  74,  note, 
401;  engages  in  the  juego  de  cannas,  76,  note, 
401;  attends  the  Parliament,  ib.  ;  welcomes 
cardinal  Pole  at  the  court,  76  ;  attends  West- 
minster abbey  in  state,  77  ;  at  a  tournay,  79; 
knights  made  by  him,  342;  witnesses  the  per- 
formance of  a  master  of  fence,  82;  tilts,  83, 
84;  attends  mass  on  st.  Paul's  day,  81;  joins 
the  procession  of  the  Garter  on  st.  George's 
day,  85;  removes  from  Hampton  Court  to 
Oatlands,  93;  rides  with  the  queen  through 
London,  93;  takeshis  journey  towards  Dover, 


ibid.;  note,  346;  sends  letters  to  the  queen, 
128  ;  returns  from  beyond  sea,  129  ;  attends 
mass  with  the  queen,  and  rides  through  Lon- 
don in  state,  ib. ;  removes  from  Greenwich 
to  W^estminster,  132;  joins  the  procession  of 
the  Garter,  134;  goes  in  procession  on  Ascen- 
sion day,  137;  goes  to  Hampton-court  to 
hunt,  139;  goes  in  proce;sion  on  Corpus 
Christi  day,  ib.;  goes  hunting  in  Epping  Fo- 
rest, 141 ;  stands  godfather  to  Philip  earl  of 
Arundel,  ib.,  note,  357;*  takes  journey  to- 
ward Dover,  accompanied  by  the  queen,  and 
stops  at  Sittingbourne,  142;  takes  shipping 
for  Calais,  ib.;  married  to  the  French  king's 
daughter,  204 

Philpot,  archdeacon,  burned  in  Smithfield,  98 

Philpott,  master,  preaches  at  funeral,  296,  297 

Pickering,  master,  buried  at  st.  Peter's  in  Cheap, 
73 

Piedmont,  ambassador  of,  arrives  in  London,  66; 
note,  339;  prince  of,  arrives,  and  visits  the 
Tower,  79  ;  attends  mass  at  st.  Paul's,  81; 
note,  341 

Pig,  prodigious,  281 

Pilkington,  James,  bishop  of  Durham,  preaches 
at  funerals,  226,  254, 255  ;  at  court,  227,  252, 
253,284;  a  spital  sermon,  254;  at  Paul's 
cross,  248,  299 

Pillory,  persons  punished  in  the,  21,  bis,  and  in 
almost  every  page 

Pilson  ;  see  Pylson 

Pirates,  trial  of,  4  ;  see  Wapping 

Placard,  political,  330 

Plague,  blue  cross  painted  on  the  doors  of  houses 
infected  with,  310  ;  and  fires  lighted  in  the 
streets,  ib. ;  note,  396 

Plays  :  "  stage-play"  of  the  Passyon  of  Christ, 
at  the  Grey  Friars,  London,  138 ;  at  the 
parish  feast  of  st.  Olave's  Silver  street,  145  ; 
plays  forbidden  for  a  certain  time,  193  ;  by 
the  children  of  Paul's,  at  Nonsuch,  206 ;  at 
court,  221,  222;  note,  378  ;  by  the  gentle- 
men of  the  Temple  before  the  queen,  275  : 


446 


INDEX. 


note,  388  ;  Julius  Csesar,  276 ;  after  the  Bar- 
ber-surgeons' dinner  in  1562,  290 
Pointz,  sir  Nicholas,  made  K.B.  370 
Poisoning,  196,  235,  236;  punishment  for,  197 
Pole,  cardinal,  returns  from  Brabant,  75  ;  note, 

340  ;  publicly  received  in  London,  77  ;  note, 

341  ;  received  at  court,  and  takes  up  his  abode 
at  Lambeth,  76  ;  addresses  the  parliament  on 
the  queen's  quickening,  ib. ;  attends  mass  at 
St.  Paul's,  81 ;  received  with  procession  in 
Westminster  abbey,  98  ;  consecrated  arch- 
bishop at  Greenwich,  and  confirmed  at  Bow 
church,  102  ;  note,  348  ;  visited  by  queen 
Mary  at  Lambeth,  and  rides  with  her  towards 
Eltham,  110  ;  accompanies  the  queen  from 
Cjoydon  to  St.  James's,  114  ;  present  at  the 
consecration  of  abbat  Feckenham,  120  ;  at- 
tends the  queen  to  Westminster  abbey,  122  ; 
in  Greenwich  park,  124  ;  entertains  her  at 
Lambeth,  143  ;  at  Whitehall,  159  ;  preaches 
there,  ib. ;  dies,  178  ;  funeral,  181 ;  note,  368 

Pollard,  sir  John,   knighted,  335  ;   committed 

to  the  Tower,  104  ;  burial  of,  148 
Ponet,  John,  bishop  of  Winchester,  his  divorce 
and  remarriage,  8,  320  ;  his  "  Treatise  of  Po- 
litic Power,"  323 
Pope,  sir  Thomas,  funeral,  188  ;  note,  370 
Poplar,  dinner  at  sheriff  Maynard's  funeral,  157 
Portman,  sir  William,  funeral,  125  ;  note,  355 
Portsmouth,  two  French  ships  brought  to,  25  ; 
the  storehouse  burned,  140,  357  ;  city  train- 
bands conducted  to,  293  ;  men  sent  thither 
from  London,  311,  312 
Portugal,  John  III.  obsequies  at  st.  Paul's  for 

[called  **  king  of  Denmark,"]  note,  358 
Pott,  Gilbert,  punished  in  the  pillory,  330 
Pottnara  (Puttenham  ?),  esquire,  his  funeral,  189 
Poultry,  proclamations  for  the  price  of,  219,  230 
Powis,  Edward  lord,  death,  7  ;  note,  317 

■ Cecily  lady,  her  funeral,   163  ;  notes, 

362,  404 
Powlett ;  see  Paulet 
Powtvell,  Nicholas,  made  serjeant-at-law,  373 


Poynings,  sir  Adrian,  knight  marshal  in  France, 
394 

Pranell  (?),  master,  his  funeral,  157  ;  note,  361 

Pre-emption,  the  queen's  right  of,  abused,  and 
consequent  punishment,  189 

Prentice,  woman  punished  for  cruelty  to,  17 

a  swaggering  one,  262 

Prest,  or  loan,  364 

Preston,  Ralph,  skinner,  funeral,  176 ;  note, 
367 

Priests,  marriage  of,  216  ;  their  wives  dismissed, 
50,  267  ;  note,  398  ;  one  (at  Paul's  cross) 
laments  his  marriage,  69  ;  one  hung  for  cut- 
ting a  purse,  227  ;  one  punished  for  reading 
mass,  291 

Primrose,  launched,  317 

Prisons  of  London,  transfer  of  their  custody 
from  the  old  to  the  new  sheriffs,  268 

Processions,  on  st.  Katharine's  day  at  St.  Paul's, 
49 ;  sermon  in  favour  of,  ib.  ;  others,  49  ; 
general,  82,  87,  165 

Proclamations  on  the  coinage,  7,  114,  122,  243, 
245,  260,  272,  276,  279,  notes,  383,  384, 388; 
against  ingrating  or  ingrossing,  against  usury, 
for  regulating  public-houses,  and  against  fight- 
ing in  churches,  17,  note,  325  ;  for  holidays 
and  fasts,  for  curriers  and  leather-sellers,  tin- 
kers and  pedlars,  18  ;  Gascon  wine,  ale,  and 
beer,  ib. ;  respecting  the  price  of  meat,  9,  24, 
91,  notes,  321,  326  ;  of  poultry,  219,  230; 
against  the  sale  of  great  horses,  26  ;  regulating 
pentices,  and  condemning  privy  lights,  35  ; 
respecting  vagabonds,  69,  note,  339  ;  for  de- 
livering up  heretical  books,  90  ;  note,  344  ; 
of  traitors  fled  beyond  sea,  103  ;  as  to  de- 
serted children,  119  ;  of  war  with  France, 
138,  357  ;  of  peace  with  France,  193  ;  of  the 
acts  passed  in  Parliament,  169  ;  respecting 
ale  and  beer,  147  ;  of  five  acts,  198  ;  on  ap- 
parel, 216,  281,  note,  376  ;  for  keeping  Lent, 
4,  226,  249;  of  the  conduct  of  the  French 
king  and  Scottish  queen,  229  ;  by  the  mayor 
against  keeping  gunpowder,  240  ;  that  free- 


INDEX. 


447 


men  should  not  wear  cloaks  in  London,  246 ; 
respecting  the  French,  311,  312;  note,  896 

Proctor,  taken  at  Scarborough  castle,  135;  con- 
demned, 136 

Prodigies  ;  see  Calf,  Pig 

Progress  of  King  Edward  in  1551,  21  ;  note, 
325 

Prophetess,  pretended,  88 

Protestant  funeral  service  in  1559,  193  ;  the 
English  service  commenced  in  the  queen's 
chapel,  197 

Provisions,  proclamation  respecting  meat,  9,  24, 
91  ;  notes,  321,  326  ;  penalty  inforced  by  the 
forfeiture  of  a  cartload  of  beef,  20  ;  punish- 
ments for  bad  meat,  56,  57  ;  for  bad  fish, 
189;  proclamations  respecting  poultry,  219, 
230 ;  see  Purveyors 

Psalm-singing,  in  the  Geneva  way,  228  (bis)  ; 
247 

St.  Pulcher's  procession,  attacked  by  a  Protes- 
tant, 64  ;  funerals  at,  142, 161,  258,  263,  276 

Purfew,  bishop  ;  see  Warton 

Purgatory  preached  by  bp.  Bourn,  78  ;  its  ex- 
istence plainly  denied  by  bishop  Jewell,  224 

Purveyors,  one  of  the  Queen's,  punished  by 
the  pillory,  189,  note,  371  ;  another,  223 

Putney,  king  Edward  there,  21;  funeral  at,  170 

Putnam,  gentleman,  convicted  of  rape,  256 

Puttenham  ;  see  Pottnam 

Pye  comer,  225 

Pylson,  sir  Edward,  knighted  335 

Pynoke,  master,  his  funeral,  166 

Queenhithe,  waterman  whipped  at,  272 ;  stairs 
borne  away,  279 

Quest  (jury),  on  the  trial  of  sir  Thomas  Arun- 
del, shut  up  all  night  without  meat  or  drink,  15 

Qwalett,  Ralph,  151 

Randall,  Thomas,  married  to  Mary  Rowe,  376 

Ramsey,  Harry,  of  Amwell,  143 

Ratcliffe,  sir  Henry,  knighted,  334 

Rawlins,  the  two,  committed  to  the  Tower,  102 


Raynford,  sir  John,  funeral  of,  211  ;  note,  375 
Reche,  lady,  funeral  of,  144,  note,  358 
Red  Bull,  beyond  Coldharbour,  267 
Red-cross  street,  lady  Walgrave  resident  there, 

266  ;  fray  in,  293 
"  Regamus,"  a  messenger  from  Spain,  151 
Rehearsal  service  at  the  spital,  231 
Reigate,  earthquake  at,  6 
Reformation,  post  of,  164 
Religion,  proclamation  respecting  changes  in, 

Dec.  1553,  50 
Reniger,  Michael,  preaches  at  Paul's  cross,  272 ; 

at  funerals,  297,  393  ;  verses  on  the  young 

dukes  of  Suffolk,  319 
Renold,  Roger,  fled  beyond  sea,  proclaimed  a 

traitor,  103 
Rhodes,    knights   of,  one    buried,   158;    four 

made,  159 
Rich,  sir  Hugh,  made  K.B.  at  queen  Mary's 

coronation,  45,  334  ;  his  funeral,  76 
Elizabeth  lady,  her  funeral,   184  ;    note, 

369 

sir  Robert,  made  K.B.  370 

Richardson  the  Scot  preaches  a  sermon  refus- 
ing to  recant,  91  ;  preaches  at  funerals,  6, 

13,  218  ;  parson  of  st.  Matthew's,  262,  269; 

at  the  Barber-surgeons'  feast,  290 
Richardson,  sir  Richard,  priest,  99 
Richmond,  earl  of  Devonshire  created  there,  43 ; 

funeral  at,  51  ;  queen  Elizabeth  there,  241 
Ridges,  master,  auditor,  funeral  of,  173 
Riding,  punishment  by,  218,  220,  221,  227,  229, 

238,  245, 248, 253,  258,  295  (twice),  299;  with 

music,  to  shame  a  scold,  301 ;  note,  394 
Ridley,  Nicholas,  bishop  of  London,  committed 

to  the  Tower,  38  ;  brought  out  of  the  Tower 

and  conveyed  towards  Oxford,  57  ;  burnt  at 

Oxford,  96 
Ring,  running  at,  5,  277,  316 
Rings,  "  false,"  sold,  109  ;  note,  408 
Robbery,  93,  108,  241 
Robinson  ("Robyn"),  William,  alderman  of 

London,  funeral,  28  ;  epitaph,  328 


448 


INDEX. 


Roche,  lady  (widow  of  sir  William),  funeral, 
190;  note,  371 

Rochester  castle,  seized  by  the  Kentish  rebels 
in  1553-4,  52 

Rochester,  dean  of,  231 

Rochester,  sir  Robert,  made  comptroller  of  the 
household,  39  ;  K.B.  at  queen  Mary's  coro- 
nation, 45,  334  ;  mourner  at  the  duke  of 
Norfolk's  obsequy,  70 ;  receives  the  queen 
and  king  at  Greenwich,  93  ;  mourner  at  bp. 
Gardiner's  funeral,  101  ;  chosen  K.G.  133, 
134;  funeral  of,  160 

Roe ;  see  Rowe 

Rogation  week,  processions  in,  61,  236 

Rogers  delivered  from  the  Tower  [an  error  of 
the  Diarist?],  80 

Rogers,  John,  arraigned,  80  ;  burnt  in  Smith- 
field,  81  ;  note,  340 

Rokeby,  Ralph,  made  a  serjeant-at-law,  327 

Rood  in  st.  Paul's,  397 ;  in  st.  Margaret's  West- 
minster, 399 

Roods,  &c.,  from  the  churches,  burnt  in  Lon- 
don, 207,208,  209 

Roodlofts,  destruction  of,  241 ,  408 

Roper,  master,  at  the  funeral  of  lady  White, 
167 

Rose,  at  Fleet  bridge,  16 

Rose,  at  St.  Katharine's,  304 

Rose  tavern,  riot  at,  221 

Rose,  [Robert,]  chosen  master  warden  of  the 
Merchant-taylors'  company,  239 

Rose  pence,"by  proclamation,  to  pass  only  in 
Ireland,  not  in  England,  114 

Rosse,  Thomas,  a  Protestant  minister,  sent  to 
the  Tower,  79 

Rossey,  William,  keeper  of  the  Starchamber, 
committed  to  the  Tower,  102;  accuses  Throg- 
morton  and  Woodhall  of  high  treason,  104; 
himself  condemned,  and  hung,  106 

Rotherham,  murder  of  master  West  at,  107, 
165  ;  funeral  gear  of  auditor  Swift  made  for, 
266 

Rowe,  alderman  sir  Thomas,  chosen  warden  of 


the  Merchant-taylors,  91 ;  at  the  Merchant- 
taylors'  feast,  149;  his  daughter  married, 
215,  note,  376;  at  the  Grocers'  feast,  260; 
closes  his  shrievalty,  268;  note,  345 

Rowlett,  sir  Ralph,  funeral  of  his  wife  Dorothy, 
160,  note,  362  ;  of  his  wife  Margaret,  169, 
note,  364 

Royston,  funeral  at,  303 

Rud,  recants  at  Paul's  cross,  and  laments  that 
he  was  ever  married,  69 

Rudston,  master,  joins  sir  Thomas  Wyatt's  re- 
bellion, 52 

Ruffe,  a  Scot  and  friar,  takes  part  with  the 
Gospellers,  160  ;  condemned  to  be  burnt, 
161 

Rufford,  Giles,  murder  of,  102,  103;  note, 
349 

Running  at  the  ring,  5,  277,  316 

Russell,  Francis  lord,  (second  earl  of  Bedford,) 
attends  the  queen  of  Scots,  11 ;  committed  to 
the  Fleet,  38  ;  receives  the  prince  of  Pied- 
mont, 79  ;  see  Bedford 

Francis  lord,  present  at  the  sermon   at 


Paul's  cross,  197;  accompanies  the  queen  to 
Deptford,  232 

Russell,  mistress,  funeral,  235 

Rutland,  Henry  earl  of,  resident  in  Whitting- 
ton  College,  3;  his  men  of  arms  and  standard, 
13,  19  ;  committed  to  the  Fleet,  38;  attends 
on  the  earl  of  Northumberland  at  his  crea- 
tion, 134  ;  takes  the  muster  of  the  queen's 
pensioners,  167;  elected  K.G.,  196;  present 
at  the  sermon  at  Paul's  cross,  197  ;  in- 
stalled at  Windsor,  200  ;  judge  at  justs,  233; 
deputy  for  the  queen  at  an  installation  at 
Windsor,  247  ;  at  st.  George's  feast,  306 

Rutland,  Margaret  countess  of,  death,  215;  her 
hearse,  ib. ;  funeral,  216  ;  note,  376 

Rye,  loss  of  the  Greyhound  at,  302,  308 

Ryth,  Richard,  fled  beyond  sea,  proclaimed  a 
traitor,  103 

Sackville,    John,   esquire,    his   funeral,    153  ; 


INDEX. 


4^19 


note,  360 ;  at  the  French  king's  obsequies, 
210;  sits  at  Guildhall,  290;  chief  mourner 
at  master  Denham's  funeral,  301 
Sackville,  lady,  deputy  for  queen  Elizabeth  as 
godmother  to  Robert  Dethick,  264 

Sadler,  alderman,  and  draper,  his  funeral,  203  ; 
note,  374 

St.  John's,  Clerkenwell,  the  princess  Mary's 
place,  4,  30 

St.  Leger,  sir  Anthony,  K.G.,  at  St.  George's  day, 
134  ;  mourner  at  the  countess  of  Arundel's 
funeral,  155  ;  his  funeral,  192;  his  wife  dies 
shortly  after,  ib.;  note,  372 

St.  Loe,  sir  John,  his  funeral,  191  ;  note,  371 

St.  Michael,  order  of,  sent  to  king  Edward  9, 
321,397 

Saint  Quintin's,  winning  of,  147  ;  rejoicings  in 
London  thereon,  ib.  150  ;  lord  Bray's  death 
got  there,  158;  "  Book  of  the  army"  at,  358 

Salisbury,  lord  Stourton  hanged  at,  128 

Salters'  company,  a  priest  bequeaths  his  all  to, 
176  ;  their  feast  in  1562,  286  ;  a  funeral(?) 
226 

Sampson,  dean  of  Christ-church,  bums  "  great 
riches"  at  Oxford,  266  ;  preaches  at  a  funeral, 
27  ;  at  court,  252,  254  ;  at  Paul's  cross,  192, 
231,  280;  notes,  347,372 

Samsun,  sir  Thomas,  a  priest,  does  penance  for 
having  two  wives,  100;  note,  347 

Sanctuary  at  Westminster,  procession  of  sanc- 
tuary men  on  st.  Nicholas'  day,  121  ;  one 
whipped  for  murder,  125  ;  the  case  of  Wak- 
ham,  taken  thence  and  restored,  144, 150,  151 

Sandes,  Henry,  son  of  lord  Sandes,  8  ;  note, 
320 

Sandes,  a  younger  son  of  lord  Sandes,  hung  for 
robbery,  108  ;  note,  350 

Sandes,  Edwyn,  bishop  of  London,  committed 
to  the  Tower,  37  ;  preaches  before  the  queen, 
190  ;  preaches  at  court,  227,  276  ;  at  Paul's 
cross,  229 

Saunders,  sir  Edward,  knighted,  342 

Saunders,  Lawrence,  arraigned,  and  cast  to  be 
CAMD.  SOC. 


burnt,  81  ;  departed  to  Coventry,  82 
Saunders,  captain,  taken  at  Scarborough  castle, 
135  ;  condemned,  136 

Saunders,  Ninion,  or  Alexander  Onyon,  drowned, 
36;  note,  230 

Savoy,  funerals  at,  27,  110,  121,  152,  186; 
procession  of  the  Spaniards  at,  78  ;  the  pro- 
cessional cross  of,  89 

Saxsay,  Harry,  mercer,  condemned  in  the  Star- 
chamber,  277 

Scambler,  Edmund,  bishop  of  Peterborough, 
consecrated,  251  ;  preaches  before  the  queen, 
ib. ;  at  Paul's  cross,  235  ;  at  funerals,  246, 
254,  258 

Scarborough  castle,  traitors  taken  at,  135  ;  their 
trials,  136,  137  ;  executions,  142  ;  note,  356 

Schoolmaster,  punished  for  severity,  311 

Schools  of  London,  processions  of,  87,  88,  92  ; 
see  St.  Anthony's,  Christ's  Hospital,  Mer- 
chant-taylors',  and  st.  Paul's 

Scold,  punished,  299,  301  ;  note,  394 

Scot,  Cuthbert,  bishop  of  Chester,  commissioner 
sent  to  Cambridge  to  burn  the  bodies  of  Bucer 
and  Fagius,  124  ;  preaches  at  Paul's  cross, 
165  ;  deprived,  201 

Scot,  the,  minister  of  st.  Peter's,  Cornhill,  6, 
13 ;  note,  323 

Scotland,  embassy  to,  236 

Scots,  Margaret  queen  of,  her  visit  to  London 
in  1551, 11,  322 

Scots,  battle  with,  Nov.  1557,  158 

Scott,  master  (Thomas  ?), funeral  of,  247  ;  note, 
384 

Scory,  John  (bishop  of  Hereford),  preaches 
before  the  queen,  189  ;  preaches  at  Paul's 
cross,  206  ;  elected  bishop  of  Hereford,  201 
preaches  in  st.  Paul's  at  the  French  king's 
obsequies,  210  ;  at  court,  226 ;  at  st.  Paul's, 
227 

Scory,  doctor,  sent  to  the  Fleet  prison,  235 

Scrope,  Richard,  354 

Sea-fight  between  the  French  and  Flemings,  92 

with  the  French,  152 

3  M 


450 


INDEX. 


Sebastian,  master  of  the  children  of  Paul's,  206  ; 
note,  374 

Seditious  words,  persons  punished  for,  69  bis, 
71,  150,  154,  164 

See,  Oswald,  goldsmith,  funeral  of,  211 

St.  Sepulchre  ;  see  st.  Pulcher's 

Sercotte,  executor  to  sir  Peter  ....  307 

Serjeants  of  the  coif,  creation  of  seven  in  1552, 
26,  note,  327  ;  feast  in  1555,  95,  note,  346  ; 
feast  in  1559,  195,  note,  373 

Sermons  ;  see  Paul's  cross  and  Spital 

Sessions  at  Newgate,  251,  282 

Sextons  of  London,  mass  for,  at  the  Grey  friars, 
65;  procession,  140 

Seymer,  lady,  widow  of  sir  Thomas,  alderman 
of  London,  her  funeral,  109  ;  note,  351 

Seymour,  John,  eldest  son  of  Edward  duke  of 
Somerset,  sent  to  the  Tower,  10  ;  his  funeral 
at,  27  ;  note,  327 

Seymour,  lady  Jane,  death  of,  253  ;  her  funeral, 
254  ;  note,  384 

Seymour,  lord  Thomas,  his  birth  and  baptism 
in  the  Tower,  10  Feb.  1562-3,  300 

Seywell  condemned,  taken  at  Scarborough,  135; 
136 

Sheen  charterhouse,  funeral  at,  160 

Sheepmaster,  a  great,  22  ;  note,  326 

Sheffield,  John  lord,  made  K.B.  370 

Shelley,  Henry,  his  widow  remarried  to  captain 
Matson,  185  ;  note,  405 

Shelley,  master,  of  Sussex,  the  second  husband 
of  lady  Lyster,  273 

Shepherd,  an  old,  rails  at  the  Paul's  cross  ser- 
mon, 98 

Sheriffs,  election  of,  22  ;  John  Maynard's  pro- 
vision for  the  office,  326  ;  sworn  at  Westmin- 
ster, 25  ;  chosen  at  the  Grocers'  feast  in  1555, 
90,  note  on  the  ceremony,  402  ;  chosen  in 
1558,  170  ;  swearing  of,  in  1559,  213  ;  elec- 
tion of,  1561,  265  ;  the  old  sheriffs  deliver  the 
custody  of  the  prisons  to  the  new,  on  Michael- 
mas eve,  1561,  268  ;  swearing  of,  in  the  Ex- 
chequer, ib. ;  sworn  in  1562,  293 


Shipping  lost,  220 

Ships,  two  French,  taken  by  English  barks,  25 

Ships,  men  and  guns  sent  to  the  queen's,  234 

Shoreditch,  the  vicar  of,  a  Scot,  (John  Mac- 
bray)  preaches  at  sir  A.  Wingfield's  funeral, 
24  ;  funerals  at,  123,  174,  216 

Shrewsbury,  Francis  earl  of,  comes  to  London, 
6  ;  attends  the  lady  Mary,  31  ;  at  the  Tower, 
35  ;  present  at  the  proclamation  of  queen 
Mary,  37  ;  bore  the  crown  at  her  coronation, 
46  ;  rides  into  London  to  the  Parliament  with 
six  score  horse,  74 ;  bears  king  Philip's  cap 
of  maintenance,  ib. ;  conducts  cardinal  Pole 
into  London,  75  ;  welcomes  the  cardinal  with 
his  barge,  76  ;  mourner  at  st.  Paul's  for  the 
queen  of  Spain,  90  ;  present  at  the  proclama- 
tion of  queen  Elizabeth  in  London,  178; 
rides  in  state  into  London,  224  ;  funeral, 
244  ;  note,  383 

Shrewsbury,  George  earl  of,  (when  lord  Talbot) 
bears  the  sword  of  state  before  king  Philip, 
132,  134  ;  elected  K.G.  23  April  1561,  257; 
comes  into  London  with  a  great  attendance, 
258  ;  installed  at  Windsor,  ib.  ;  godfather  to 
Robert  son  of  sir  Gilbert  Dethick,  264;  at 
St.  George's  feast,  1563,  305,306 

Shrewsbury,  countess  of,  30 

Shriving  Jack  o'Lent,  33 

Simmonds,  William,  made  a  Serjeant  at  law, 
373 

Sittingbourne,  king  Philip  and  queen  Mary 
sleep  there,  142 

Skinner,  Anthony,  his  funeral,  179;  note,  368 

Skinner,  Ralph,  dean  of  Durham,  preaches  at 
Paul's  cross,  261 

Skinners'  company,  present  at  funerals,  99, 
106,  110,  176,  177,  224,  233,  255,  269,  278  ; 
their  feast  in  1560,  237  ;  their  feast  in  1561, 
260  ;  their  feast  in  1562,  283  ;  the  master, 
four  wardens,  and  beadle,  attend  at  the  Mer- 
chant-taylors'  feast,  287  ;  note,  406 

Slips  (foreign  coins),  proclamation  respecting, 
260  ;  note,  384 


INDEX. 


451 


Slynford,  funeral  of  sir  Harry  Hussey  at,  150 ; 
of  his  wife,  154 

Smelts,  man  pilloried  with  a  collar  of,  189 

Smith,  sir  Clement,  uncle  to  King  Edward,  his 
death,  24  ;  note,  326 

sir  Thomas,  customer,  godfather  to  Mary 

Powlett,  288  ;  his  wife  and  sons,  367 

Smithfield,  criminal  hung  there,  4 ;  Rogers 
burnt  in,  81  ;  other  hereticks  burnt  in,  83, 
88,  90,  98,  99,  104,  130,  157,  161  ;  fray  in, 
282  ;  house  of  Black  friars  the  first  restored 
by  queen  Mary,  171 ;  obsequies  of  lady  Cecily 
Mansfield  at,  174;  the  friars  of  dismissed, 
204 

Smithfield  pond,  fire  near,  265 

Smyth,  doctor,  preaches  at  funerals,  59,  68 
(twice),  70,  71  ;  at  the  burning  of  Latimer 
and  Ridley,  96 

Smyth,  master,  merchant,  committed  to  the 
Tower,  102 ;  sentenced  to  perpetual  impri- 
sonment, 118 

Smyth,  Benett,  hanged  for  murder,  102  ;  note, 
349 

Smyth,  master,  oyster  feast  at  his  cellar,  143 

Snowdel ;  see  Sowdley 

Soda,  mistress,  funeral  of,  113  ;  note,  403 

Somerset,  Edward  Seymour  duke  of,  sent  to  the 
Tower,  10  ;  charges  against,  ib. ;  his  trial, 
12;  beheaded,  14;  and  buried  in  st.  Peter's 
church,  ib. ;  note,  323 

. duchess  of,  sent  to  the  Tower,  10 

Somerset  place.  Strand,  late  the  duke  of  So- 
merset's, the  princess  Elizabeth's,  37,  120, 
167;  she  is  there  as  queen,  180,  181,  295 

Soothsaying,  251 

Southampton,  Philip  prince  of  Spain  arrives  at, 

Southampton,  sir  Thomas  Wriothesley,  earl  of, 
his  funeral,  1 ;  note,  313 

countess  of,  funeral,  2;  note,  313 

Southcote,  John,  made  a  serjeant  at  law,  373 
Southminster,  Essex,  funeral  of  William  Har- 
ris esquire  at,  115 


Southwark,  disturbances  in,  44;  Kentish  men 
pardoned  in,  57;  funeral  of  bishop  Gardiner 
at  St.  Mary  Overies,  and  dinner  at  Montacute 
house,  100,  101;  place  of  the  bishop  of  Ro- 
chester at,  180  ;  the  duke  of  Suffolk's  park 
in,  the  city  musters  there,  202;  Dolman's 
house  in,  204;  see  st.  Mary  Overy  and  st. 
Thomas  a  Watering 

Southwell,  sir  Richard,  mourner  at  St.  Paul's 
for  the  queen  of  Spain,  90;  receives  the  queen 
and  king  at  Greenwich,  93 ;  mourner  at  the 
king  of  [Portugal's]  obsequies,  148;  at  lady 

W 's  funeral,  156  ;  at  sir  Thomas  Pope's, 

188  ;  note,  376 

sir  Robert,  funeral,  217,  note,  376 

lady,  funeral  of,  174;  note,  367 

Sowdley,  Thomas,  336 

Spain,  ambassadors  of,  50  ;  note,  337  ;  recep- 
tion of  a  messenger  from,  151 ;  embassy  to, 
225 

Spain,  Jane  queen  of,  obsequies  at  st.  Paul's, 
90 ;  note,  344 

Spaniards,  dine  at  Guildhall,  73;  their  tilting 
with  canes,  79,  82,  83  ;  note,  401  ;  funerals 
of,  71,  72,  75,  79;  sing  mass  at  St.  Paul's,  72  ; 
at  Westminster  abbey,  77  ;  at  st.  Margaret's 
Westminster,  processions,  78,  107 ;  their 
cross  at  the  Savoy,  89;  one  hung  at  Tybourn, 
69  ;  one  kills  a  servant  of  sir  George  GifFord, 
72  ;  he  is  hung  at  Charing  cross,  ib. ;  fray  at 
Charing  cross,  74  ;  kill  an  Englishman  basely, 
79  ;  one  robbed,  and  two  men  hung  at  his 
gate  in  Fleet  street,  96  ;  one  killed  in  a  liot 
at  court,  134;  a  duchess,  kinswoman  to  the 
king,  rides  to  the  court,  133 

Sparke,  [John],  chosen  renter  warden  of  the 
Merchant-taylors'  company,  239 ;  his  daugh- 
ter married  to  master  Davenet,  300 

Sparow,  burnt  in  Smithfield,  158 

Speke,  sir  George,  made  K.B.  370 

sir  Thomas,  funeral,  7  ;  note,  318 

Spencer,  sir  John,  knighted,  335 

Spenser,  master,  committed  to  the  Tower,  102; 


452 


INDEX. 


hanged  for  the  murder  of  master  Rufford, 

102,  103 
Spital  sermons,  1553,  33  ;  in  1557,  131,  132  ; 

in  1558-9,  192  ;  in  1560,  231  ;  rehearsal  ser- 
mon, i  J.  ;    in  1561,  254;    in  1561-2,  279; 

**  declared"  (rehearsed),  280;  in  1563,  304, 

305 
Springham,  Richard,  executor  to  lady  Locke, 

323 ;   godfather  to  mr.  Nicholls's  daughter, 

305 
Stafford,  sir  Henry,  knighted,  335 
Stafford,  Thomas,  taken  at  Scarborough  castle, 

135  ;  condemned,  136 ;  beheaded,  137 
Stage-play  at  the  Grey  Friars,   138,  357  ;  see 

Play 
Staines,  heretic  burnt  at,  95 
Stamford,  William,  made  a  serjeant,  27,  327  ; 

knighted,    342  ;    his   funeral,    172  ;     note, 

366 
Stamford  hill,  accident  to  the  duke  of  Norfolk 

at,  139 
Standing,  for  shooting  deer  at  Nonsuch,  206  ; 

note,  405 
Standish,     doctor,    preaches    at    St.    Paul's, 

151 
Standley,  a  priest,  and  steward  to  the  lord  trea- 
surer, his  funeral,  251 
Stanford,  co.  Northampton,  funeral  at,  173 
Stanhope,  sir  Michael,  sent  to  the  Tower,  10  ; 

arraigned,  15  ;  beheaded,  ib. ;  note,  324 
Stanley,  [Jam]es,  of  Le,  in  Essex,  143 

sir  George,  knighted,  335 

sir  Rowland,  knighted,  335 

sir  Thomas,  knighted,  334 

sir  ,    at     the    Merchant- taylors' 

feast,  1562,  287 
Stapleton,  sir  Richard,  knighted,  335 
Starke,   master,  elected  fourth  warden   of  the 
Skinners'  company,  260  ;  funeral  of  his  wife, 
289;  marries  the  daughter  of  Wm.  Allen  (then 
sheriff).  295 
Staunton,  captain  William,  condemned  of  high 
treason,  105  ;  hanged  at  Tybourn,  106,  348 


Steelyard,  the  alderman  of,  his  funeral,  174 

St.  Stephen's  Coleman  street,  funerals  at,  244 ; 
249 

St.  Stephen's  Walbrook,  sermons  at,  48  ;  fune- 
rals, 152,  177,  271 

Stepney,  funerals  at,  24,  157 

Stocks,  the,  292,  295  ;  in  Newgate  market,  260; 
punishment  by,  255 

Stockton  ("  Stockdun"),  Richard,  funeral  of, 
98 

Stokes,  John,  the  queen's  brewer,  his  funeral, 
177 

Stonor,  sir  Francis,  knighted,  335 

Stony  Stratford,  funeral  at,  157 

Stop -Gallant,  a  name  given  to  the  sweating- 
sickness,  319 

Storms,  209,  215  (note,  374),  220,  231,  256, 
259,  265,  308 

Stourton,  Arthur,  funeral  of,  165  ;  note,  363 

Stourton,  Charles  lord,  committed  to  the  Tower 
for  the  murder  of  the  Hartgills,  125  ;  tried, 
126  ;  removed  towards  his  execution,  127  ; 
hung  at  Salisbury,  128  ;  note,  355 

Stowe,  William,  hung  at  Tybourn,  142,  357 

Stradling,  sir  Thomas,  mourner  at  sir  Thomas 
Pope's  funeral,  188 

Strange,  Henry  lord  (afterwards  fourth  earl  of 
Derby),  married  to  lady  Margaret  Clifford, 
82,  note,  342  ;  bears  the  sword  of  state  on  st. 
George's  day,  1557,  135  ;  attends  on  some 
Frenchmen  returning  from  Scotland,  270 

Strangways,  sir  Giles,  articles  made  for  his 
funeral,  281  ;  note,  389 

Strangways,  sir  Richard,  knighted,  335 

Strangways,  rover  of  the  sea,  brought  to  the 
Tower,  206  ;  arraigned,  212 ;  removed  to  the 
Marshalsea,  213  ;  reprieved,  ib. 

Stratford  (at  Bow),  death  of  the  miller  at,  16  j 
heretics  burnt  at,  92,  106,  108 

Stratford,  Essex,  the  bishop's  prison  at,  heretics 
committed  to,  94 

Strete,  John,  338 

Stukley,  master,  buried  at  st.  Pulcher's,  142 


INDEX. 


453 


Stukley,  captain,  entertains  the  queen  on  the 

river,  309 
Stump,  sir  James,  funeral,  308  ;  note,  395 
Sturley, esquire,  buried  at  Richmond,  51  ; 

note,  337 
Style,  sir  Humphrey,  funeral,  16  ;  note,  324 
Suicides,  204,  225,  258,  259,  283,284,  301,  302 
Suffolk,  Henry  and  Charles  Brandon,  dukes  of, 

their  deaths,  8  ;  their  month's  mind,  9 ;  note, 

318 
Suffolk,  Henry  Grey,  third  marquess  of  Dorset, 

created  duke  of,   10  ;  attends  the  queen  of 

Scots,  11 ;  his  men  of  arms,  19  ;  attends  the 

lady  Mary,  30 ;  committed  to  the  Tower,  38  ; 

delivered,  ib. ;  brought  to  the  Tower  with  his 

brother,  54  ;  arraigned,  and  cast  for  death  at 

Westminster,  55  ;  beheaded,  57 
Suffolk,  Frances  duchess  of,  30  ;  bears  the  train 

of  her  daughter  queen  Jane  when  entering 

the  Tower,  35  ;  her  funeral,  217  ;  note,  377 
Katharine  duchess  of,  318  ;  fire  at  her 

house  in  Barbican,  308 
Suffolk,  heretics,  89 

Suffolk,  visitation  of  Clarenceux  in  1563,  311 
Surcott,    master,   sits  as  justice   at  Guildhall, 

287,  290;  see  Sercotte 
Surrey,  earthquake  in,  6,  317 
Surrey,   Thomas   Howard   earl  of,  (afterwards 

duke  of  Norfolk,)  made  K.B.  at  queen  Mary's 

coronation,  45;  and  served  as  doer,  46 
Sussex,  Henry  earl  of,  created  K.G.  60;  death, 

12G  ;  funeral,  127 ;  month's  mind,  128  ;  note, 

355 
Sussex,  Thomas,  earl  of  {see  lord  Fitz waiter), 

lord  deputy  of  Ireland,  elected  K.G.  133,134 

(there   erroneously  styled    lord  Fitzwalter)  ; 

banner   set   up  at  Windsor,  162;  takes  his 

journey  to  return  to  Ireland,  169  ;  present 

sermon   at  Paul's  cross,  197;  justs,  233  ;  at 

the  Merchant-taylors'  feast,  287 
Sutton,  earthquake  at,  6 
Sutton,  queen  Elizabeth  there  in  1560,   241  ; 

burnt  three  days  after,  ib. 


Sutton,  James,  clerk  of  the  green  cloth,  mar- 
ries Agnes  widow  of  John  Hethe,  15  ;  buried 
at  St.  Botolph,  Bishopgate,  67;  his  month's 
mind  at  Waltham  Abbey,  70;  marriage  of  his 
daughter,  219 

Swallow,  esquire,  of  the  Exchequer,  buried,  281 

the  Swan,  without ....  gate,  103 

Swan  with  the  two  nekes  at  Milk- street  end, 
111 

Swan  in  Whittington  college,  132 

Sweat,  the  epidemic  plague,  7,  8  ;  note,  319 

Sweden,  prince  of  (John  duke  of  Finland),  lands 
at  Harwich,  213  ;  comes  to  London,  214  ; 
conducted  to  court,  215  ;  stands  godfather  to 
sir  Thomas  Chamberlain's  son,  216  ;  rides  to 
court  in  state,  221  ;  fatal  fray  among  his 
men,  223  ;  departs,  230  ;  note,  375 

the  ambassador  of,  entertains  the  queen's 

council,  262  ;  his  presents  to  queen  Eliza- 
beth, 265 

Eric  king  of,  (false)  report  that  he  had 

landed  in  the  North,  267  ;  sends  a  present  of 
horses,  and  other  things,  268  ;  the  queen's 
order  respecting  his  portrait,  385 

Swift,  Peter,  auditor  of  st.  Paul's,  funeral,  266; 
note,  386 

Swift,  Robert,  his  funeral  gear  made  for  Rother- 
ham  church,  266  ;  note,  386 

Sword-play  before  the  queen,  250 

Sydnam,  friar,  preaches  at  a  funeral,  98  ;  at 
Trinity  church  near  the  Tower,  108 

Sydenham,  243 

Sydney,  sir  Henry,  knighted  (not  sir  William), 
10  ;  note,  322  ;  his  place  at  Penshurst,  72  ; 
house  in  Chanell  row,  355  ;  departs  to  Wales 
as  Lord  President  238  ;  deputy  for  the  earl 
of  Warwick  at  installation  of  the  Garter,  308 

Sydney,  sir  William,  his  men  of  arras,  325  ; 
his  funeral  at  Penshurst,  31 ;  note,  329 

Symonds,  master,  a  master  of  Bridewell,  205 

St.  Sythe's  ;  see  Osith 

Syon,  the  nuns  again  closed  in,  145  ;  note,  358; 
the  priests  and  nuns  dismissed,  204 


454 


INDEX. 


Tadeley,  master,  haberdasher,  his  funeral,  136 

Talbot,  Francis  lord,  rides  into  London  to  his 
naarriage,  300  ;  note,  393 

lady  Katharine,  married  to  lord  Herbert, 

30(1;  note,  393 

Taverns,  regulations  of,  31 

Tate,  sir  Richard,  knighted,  335 

Taylor,  John,  deprived  of  the  bishoprick  of 
Lincoln,  58  ;  arraigned  and  cast  to  be  burnt, 
81  ;  sent  into  Suffolk,  82 

Tayller,  a  gold  refiner,  his  funeral,  123 

Temple,  funerals  in,  156,  228  ;  Christmas  fes- 
tivities at,  274  ;  the  gentlemen  perform  a 
play  before  the  queen,  275  ;  note,  388 

Temple- bar,  fray  near,  296 

Tesmond,  whipped  for  falsifying  dispensations, 
408 

Testerns,  proclamation  reducing  their  value, 
7  ;  disturbances  in  London  respecting,  114, 
122  ;  further  proclamations,  243,  245  ;  see 
Coinage 

Thame,  funeral  of  lord  Williams  at,  217 

Thames,  low  ebb,  in  March  1557-8,  167 

Thirlby,  Thomas,  bishop  of  Ely,  goes  to  meet 
cardinal  Pole  in  Kent,  75  ;  comes  from 
Rome,  93  ;  receives  the  queen  and  king  at 
Greenwich,  93  ;  receives  cardinal  Pole  at  Bow 
church,  103  ;  commissioner  to  negociate  a 
loan  from  the  city,  168  ;  dines  with  the  lord 
mayor,  169  ;  returns  from  an  embassy  to 
France,  194  ;  deposed,  203  ;  sent  to  the 
Tower,  237 ;  excommunicated,  249 

Thimblebury,  master,  set  in  the  pillory,  300 

St.  Thomas  of  Acres,  funerals  at,  1,  117,  193, 
232  ;  image  of  the  saint  broken,  82  ;  again, 
83  ;  note,  34^^^ 

St.  Thomas  a'  Watering,  executions  at,  30,  34  ; 
part  of  sir  Thomas  Wyatt's  body  suspended 
there,  60  ;  lord  Sandes'  son  hung  at,  108 ; 
pirates  hung  at,  213  ;  other  executions  at, 
225,  251 

Thomas,  William,  clerk  of  the  council  to  king 
Edward  VL  condemned,  61  ;  executed,  63 


Thorley,  Thomas,  of  Pricklewell  in  Essex,  143 

T(h)ornburn,  master,  fishmonger,  burial,  143 

Thornhill,  master,  funeral  of,  170 

Throgmorton,  John,  committed  to  the  Tower, 
102  ;  condemned,  104  ;  hung,  ib. ;  note,  348 

Throckmorton,  sir  Nicholas,  tried  at  Guildhall 
and  acquitted,  60  ;  delivered  from  the  Tower, 
80 

sir  Thomas,  knighted,  335 

Thynne,  sir  John,  sent  to  the  Tower,  10 

Tide,  low,  in  the  Thames,  167 

Tilt,  running  at,  79,  80,  82,  83, 187  ;  in  Green- 
wich park,  203  ;  see  Tournay 

Tindal,  his  books  ordered  to  be  delivered  up,  90 

Toddington,  lady  Cheyne  dies  at,  282,  and  is 
buried  there,  284 

Tomkins,  a  weaver  in  Shoreditch,  burnt  in 
Smithfield  for  heresy,  83 

Tomson,  the  herald,  arraigned,  80 

Tooly,  his  body  burnt,  342 

Tomer,  captain,  condemned  of  high  treason, 
108 

Toto,  master,  Serjeant  painter  to  Henry  VIII. 
267  ;  note,  386 

Tottenham  high  cross,  209 

Tournay,  Henry  the  Eighth's  great  justing  at, 
remembered  in  1556,  114 

Tournay,  with  swords,  5,  316  ;  see  Tilt 

Tower  hamlets,  list  of,  in  1553,  42 

Tower  hill,  duke  of  Somerset  beheaded  at,  14  ; 
accident  there  from  gunpowder,  18  ;  execu- 
tions, 137  ;  the  new  abbey  on,  occupied  by 
sir  Arthur  Darcy,  220 

Tower  of  London,  procession  of  its  officers  in 
Rogation  week,  61 ;  sir  James  Crofts  replaced 
by  lord  Clinton  as  constable,  35  ;  furnished 
with  artillery  and  ammunition,  36  ;  prisoners 
sent  to,  104,  139 

ammunition  sent  to,  155  ;  queen  Eliza- 
beth there  for  a  week  on  her  accession,  180  ; 
mint  visited  by  the  queen,  262  ;  a  fire  in,  268 

St.  Peter's  ad  vincula,  duke  of  Somer- 


set buried  at,  14  ;  other  funerals  in,  114,  182 


INDEX. 


455 


TowUys,  alderman  and  sheriff,  his  wife,  22 ; 
note,  408 

Townlay,  Richard,  his  funeral,  72 

Traitors  fled  beyond  sea,  proclaimed,  103 

Trapps,  Robert,  goldsmith,  his  funeral,  24G  ; 
note,  383  ;  one  of  his  daughters,  363 

Tregonell,  sir  John,  knighted,  334 

Trekett,  one  of  the  keepers  of  the  vestry  at  st. 
Paul's,  buried,  125 

Tremayne,  Richard  and  Nicholas,  fled  beyond 
sea  and  proclaimed  traitors,  103 

Tresham,  George,  348 

Tresham,  sir  Thomas,  executor  and  chief 
mourner  to  bishop  Chambers,  348  ;  created 
lord  of  St.  John's,  159  ;  his  funeral,  192  ; 
note,  372 

Tresham,  lady,  funeral  at  Peterborough,  142 

Trial  by  battle,  165 

Tribes,  the  Nine,  rumour  respecting,  265 

Trinity  the  Little,  by  Queenhithe,  altars  conse- 
crated in,  105  ;  the  parishioners  shoot  for  a 
wager  in  Finsbury  fields,  132  ;  their  cope  of 
cloth  of  gold,  166  ;  conduct  of  their  parson; 
see  Chambers 

Triumph,  of  running  at  ring  and  tournay,  5 

Tubman,  Nicholas,  made  Lancaster  herald,  336; 
dies  at  Gravesend,  185  ;  buried  there,  186 

Tunstall,  Cuthbert,  bishop  of  Durham,  exam- 
ined and  deposed,  26  ;  a  commissioner  for  the 
deprivation  of  bishops,  58  ;  preaches  at  st. 
Paul's,  71  ;  conducts  cardinal  Pole  into  Lon- 
don, 75  ;  rides  into  London,  204  ;  deposed  of 
his  bishopric,  214  ;  buried  at  Lambeth,  218; 
note,  377 

Turberville,  James,  bishop  of  Exeter,  consecra- 
ted at  St.  Paul's,  94  ;  sent  to  the  Tower, 
238 

Turnagain-lane,  murder  in,  225,  226 

Turner,  preaches  at  Paul's  cross,  210  ;  preached 
at  the  funeral  of  lady  Cobham,  214  ;  a  spital 
sermon,  279 

Twins,  united,  birth  of,  23  ;  their  death,  24 

Twelfth-day,   its   celebration  at  Henley-upon- 


Thames  in  1555-6,  99 ;  celebration  of  by  the 

corporation  of  London,  222 
Two-years'  mind,  141 
Ty bourn,  executions  at,  18,  22,  27,  30,  51,  63, 

69  bis,  80,  91.  101,  104,  106,  109,  131  ;   17 

hanged  at,  137;  and  3  more,  ib.,  223,  233, 

256,  273,  280,  286,  290,  301 
Tylworth,  master,  goldsmith,  his  funeral,  138 
Tyndall,  sir  Thomas,  knighted,  335 
Typkyn,  mistress,  her  funeral,  296 
Tyrell,  sir  John,  knighted,  334 
Tyrrell,  sir  William,  funeral  of,  158  ;  note,  361 
Tyrone ;  see  O'Neil 

Udall,  Richard,  captain  of  the  Isle  of  Wight, 
arraigned  for  high  treason,  104 ;  beheaded, 
ib. ;  note,  348,  349 

Underbill,  mistress,  funeral,  280 

Underbill,  master,  282 

Unicorn  in  Cheapside,  258 

Unton,  sir  Edward,  326  ;  his  servant  Banaster 
killed  in  a  fray,  296  ;  note,  393 

Uxbridge,  heretic  burnt  at,  92 

Vagabonds  and  loiterers  punished,  69 

Vane,  sir  Ralph,  sent  to  the  Tower,  10  ;  ar- 
raigned, 15  ;  hung,  ib. 

Vane,  master,  committed  to  the  Tower  for 
Wyatt's  rebellion,  54 

Vanholt ;  see  Holstein 

Vaughan,  Cuthbert,  trial  at  Guildhall,  60  ;  de- 
livered from  the  Tower,  80 

Vaux  of  Harrowden,  Thomas  lord,  his  funeral, 
115;  note,  352 

Vawce,  Serjeant,  328 

st.  Vedast  Foster ;  see  Foster 

Venor,  John,  99 

Verney,  Francis,  condemned  of  high  treason,  108 

Verney,  master  of  the  Jewel-house,  his  funeral, 
182 

Verney,  sir  Thomas,  knighted,  335 

Veron,  John,  committed  to  the  Tower,  332  ; 
preaches  at  Whitehall,  214  ;  admitted  parson 


456 


INDEX. 


of  St.  Martin's  Ludgate,  228  ;  preaches  at 
Paul's  cross,  211,  228,265  ;  at  funerals,  212, 
225,  234,  248,  257,  263, 284;  at  an  execution, 
301;  a  young  man  does  penance  for  slander- 
ing, 271;  Machyn,  the  author  of  the  Diary, 
does  penance  for  the  like  transgression,  272; 
notes,  329,  379 

Vintners'  company,  present  at  funerals,  234, 
270 

Visitors  ( ecclesiastical )  sit  at  the  bishop  of 
London's  palace,  204;  sit  at  st.  Paul's,  206, 
216 

Visions  and  signs,  persons  whipped  for,  22,  34 

Vyntoner,  hangs  himself  in  a  g.tter,  103 

W  .  .  .  lady,  her  funeral,  156 

Wade,  Guy,  chosen  master  of  the  Merchant- 

taylors,    91  ;     secondary   of  the  counter  in 

Wood  street,  151 
Wager  of  Battle,  165 
V7aits  of  London,  65,  73,   113,  117,   139,140, 

156, 260 
Wakefield,  Joan,  married  to  Thomas  Greenhill, 

103 
Wakefield,  execution  at,  143 
Wakerley,  Richard,  348 
Wakham,  master,  a  captain  of  the  city  musters, 

293 
Wakham  ;  see  Waxham 
Walgrave,  sir  Edward,  knighted,  344;  sent  with 

his  wife  to  the  Tower,  256;  dies  in  the  Tower, 

and  his  widow  released,  266 
Walkenden,  master,  272 

Walker,  servant  to  the  earl  of  Devonshire,  con- 
demned to  imprisonment  for  carrying  letters, 

118 

Walker, hung  for  robbery,  290 

Walles,  hanged  at  st.  Thomas  a'  Watering,  225 
Wallop,    sir  John,   K.G.   his  death,    8  ;  note, 

318 
Wallwyne,  sir  Thomas ,  knighted,  335 
Walpole,  Serjeant  John,  his  funeral,  156  ;  note, 

361 


Walpole,  master,  godfather  to  George  Bacon, 

300 
Walsingham,  secretary,  funeral  of  his  mother, 

193 
Waltham  abbey  church,  fall  of  the  great  steeple, 

30;  note,  328 
month's  mind  of  James  Sutton,  esq. 

at,  70  ;  Jakes  a  merchant  taylor  buried  at, 

113 
Walworth,  sir  William,  repair  of  his  monument, 

285;  note,  390 
Wanton,  master,  mourner  at  sir  Wm.  Laxton's 

funeral,  112 
Wapping,  pirates  hung  at,   111,  131,  213,  256, 

281  ;  note,  351 
Warblington,  funeral  of  sir  Richard  Cotton  at, 

115  ;  note,  352 
Warburton,  sir  John,  knighted,  335 
Ward,  hanged  at  st.  Thomas  a'  Watering,  225 
Wardrobe,  the  queen's,  robbery  of,  93 
Ware,  marriage  of  the  widow  of  a  priest  of,  216 
Warham,  sir  William,  knighted,  335 
Warner,  sir  Edward,  delivered  from  the  Tower, 

80 ;  lieutenant  of  the  Tower,  203  ;  mourner 

at  st.  Paul's  at  the  French  king's  obsequies, 

210;  his  lady  buried,  241,  note,  382 
Warner,  mistress,  widow  of  a  serjeant  of  the 

admiralty,  punished  for  bawdry,  239 
de  la  Warr,  Thomas  lord,  funeral,  71  ;  note,  339 
William   lord,    sentenced   for   at- 
tempted poisoning,  and  pardoned,  109,  350  ; 

committed  to  the  Fleet  for  a  fray,  270 
Warren,  John,  clothworker,   burnt,    88  ;     his 

widow  burnt,  and  his  son  and  daughter  de- 
stined to  be,  92 
Warren,  sir  Ralph,  funeral  of,  36;  note,  330  ; 

his  widow  married  to  sir  Thomas  White,  179; 

her  funeral,  330  ;  his  daughter,  277 
Warwick,  Anne  countess  of,  296,  393 
Warwick,    John  Dudley   earl  of,    attends  the 

king,  6,  7;  created  Duke  of  Northumberland, 

10  ;  see  Northumberland 
Warwick,  John  Dudley  earl  of,  (eldest  son  of 


INDEX. 


457 


the  preceding),  attends  the  queen  of  Scots, 
11  ;  bears  the  king's  sword  on  st.  George's 
day,  1552,  17  ;  committal  to  the  Tower,  37  ; 
arraigned  and  condemned,  41;  dies  at  Pens- 
hurst,  72;  note,  340  ;  his  widow,  393 
Warwick,  lord  Ambrose  Dudley  created  earl  of, 
273  ;  elected  K.G.  306  ;  installed  by  deputy, 
308 
Warton,   or    Purfew,  bishop  of   st.   Asaph,  a 
commissioner  for  the  deprivation  of  bishops, 
58  ;  translated  to  the  see  of  Hereford,  ilf. 
Warwick,  earl  of;  see  Northumberland 
Wast  (West  ?)  mistress,  funeral,  288 
Watch,  great,  with  pageantry,  287 
Waters,  Edward,  Serjeant  at  arms,  152,  359 
Watling  street,  fire  in,  309 
Watson,  Thomas  (bishop  of  Lincoln),  preaches 
at  Paul's  cross,   41  ;  report  of  the  sermon, 
332  ;  elected  bishop  of  Lincoln  (misdescribed 
as  "  doctor  Weston  dene  of  Westmynster," 
instead  of"  doctor  Watson,  dean  of  Durham") 
103  ;    commissioner   sent   to    Cambridge   to 
burn  the  bodies  of  Bucer  and  Fagius,  124  ; 
preaches  before  queen  Mary,  128  ;  preaches 
Lent  sermons,  131,  132;  preaches  at  Paul's 
cross,  166  ;  sent  to  the  Tower,  3  April  1559, 
192 ;  deprived201;  sent  again  to  theTower,235 
Watson,  the  queen's  merchant,  buried,  218 
Waxchandlers,  make  the  pascal  light  for  West- 
minster Abbey,  169 ;  their    feast,  290  ;  pre- 
sent at  a  funeral,   187  ;  the  waxchandler  to 
cardinal  Pole,  186 
Waxham,  breaks  out  of  the  Tower  and  brought 
back,  144  ;  breaks  out  again,   150;  and  re- 
captured, ib. ;  restored  to  Westminster  sanc- 
tuary, 151 ;  note,  358 
Wayman,  sir  Thomas,  knighted,  335 
Weather,  processions  and  prayer  for  fair,  50 
Webbe,  Harry,  esq.  porter  of  the  Tower,  funeral 

32;  note,  329 
Welle,  John,  miller  at  Stratford,  his  death,  16 
Welles,  mistress,  her  funeral,  297 
Welsh,  John,  made  a  serjeant  at-law,  373 
CAMD.  SOC. 


Wendy,  Thomas,  physician  at  Cambridge,  his 

funeral,  235  ;  note,  378 
Wenman  ;  see  Wayman 
Wentworth,  Thomas  first  lord,  his  funeral,  3  ; 

note,  314 
Wentworth,  Michael,  officer  to  queen  Mary,  his 

funeral,  176  ;  note,  368 
Wentworth,  Thomas  lord,  arraigned  for  the  loss 
of  Calais  and  acquitted,  195;  two  of  his  bre- 
thren, James  and   John,  lost  in  the  Grey- 
hound, 302, 394 
Wentworth,  sir  Robert,  buried  at  Greenwich, 

67 
West,  Lewis,  slain  by  George  Darcy,  near  Ro- 
therham,  107  ;  the  murderer  takes  sanctuary 
at  Westminster,  121  ;  his  trial,  165  ;    note, 
349 
West,  dr.  [Mr.  Reginald?]  of  the  "  new"  doc- 
trine, his  sermon  against  roodlofts,  and  for 
the  Protestant  refugees,  216;  preaches  at  a 
funeral,  243  ;  note,  406 
West,  William  ;   see  de  la  Warre 
Westcott ;  see  Sebastian 

West,  sir  William,  his  funeral,  161  ;  note,  362 
Westmerland,  Henry  Neville  earl  of,  elected 
K.G.  17;  note,  324  ;  installed,  27  ;  bears  the 
cap  of  maintenance  at  Queen  Mary's  coro- 
nation, 46;  and  at  the  opening  of  Parliament, 
ib.;  present  at  the  sermon  at  Paul's  cross, 
197  ;  challenger  to  a  just,  276 
Westmerland,  Katharine  countess  of,  buried  at 

Shoreditch,  88  ;  note  343 
Westmerland  place,  within  Silver  street,  278 
Westminster  abbey,  funerals   at,  3,   159,  177, 
217  (two),  264;  hearse  erected  there  for  king 
Edward,  40;  mass  of  the  holy-ghost  before 
the  opening  of  Parliament,  40,74  ;  the  king 
and  queen  go  there  in  great  state,  77  ;  proces- 
sion of  the  church,  81 ;  the  new  abbat  (Fec- 
kenham)  put  in  and  fourteen  monks  shorn, 
21   Nov.   1556,   118;  the  abbat  consecrated, 
119  ;  procession  of  the  abbat  with  the  sanc- 
tuary men  on  st.  Nicholas  day,  121 ;  restora- 
3  N 


458 


INDEX. 


tion  of  the  shrine  of  king  Edward  the  con- 
fessor, 130  ;  visited  by  the  Muscovite  ambas- 
sador, 132;  sermon  of  the  abbat  on  Passion 
Monday,  1557,  131  ;  procession  there  on 
Ascension  day,  1557,  137  ;  funeral  of  the 
lady  Anna  of  Cleves  at,  145  ;  herse  taken 
down,  148;  procession  at,  159;  the  queen 
attends  mass  there,  164  ;  note,  405  ;  pascal 
light  made  for,  in  1557-8,  169;  funeral  of 
queen  Mary  at,  183  ;  obsequy  for  the  em- 
peror Charles  V.,  184;  coronation  of  queen 
Elizabeth,  186  ;  the  abbat  and  monks  de- 
prived, 204;  its  altars  destroyed,  and  the 
stones  used  for  queen  Mary's  tomb,  256  ; 
sermons  at,  272,  2S9 
Westminster,  abbat  of;  see  Feckenham 
Westminster  hall,  prepared  for  the  trial  of  the 
duke  of  Somerset,  12  ;  for  that  of  the  duke 
of  Northumberland,  41  ;  trial  of  lord  Went- 
worth  at,  195 
Westminster,  palace  and  tiltyard,  works  done 
in,  269  ;  the  Kentish  prisoners  solicited  the 
queen's  pardon  in  the  tiltyard,  56 
Westminster,  st.  James's  palace,  procession  to 
on  St.  George's  day,  1554,  60  ;  procession  of 
the  queen's  chapel  of  st.  James's  for  three 
days  in  Rogation  week,  1554,  61  ;  see  st. 
James 
Westminster,  st.  James's  fair,  170,  240 

St.  Peter's  fair,  66,  141 

W^estminster,  st.  Margaret's,  attack  on  a  priest 
at,  84 ;  fair  kept  in  the  churchyard,  1557, 141  ; 
see  St.  Margaret's 
Westminster  sanctuary;  see  Sanctuary 
Westminster  school,  a  boy  of,  employed  in  sel- 
ling papers  and  printed  books,  killed  by   a 
stone  thrown  by  another  boy  in  Westminster 
hall,  121 
Weston,  Hugh,  dean  of  Westminster,  preaches 
at  Paul's  cross,  46  ;  walks  in  procession  to 
Temple-bar,  81  ;  having  been  transferred  to 
the  deanery  of  Windsor,  is  deprived  thereof, 
16i  ;  his  funeral,  181 


Weston,  master,  his  house  at  Sutton  burnt,  241 

sir  Henry,  made  K.B.  370  , 

—  Henry,  made  a  serjeant-at-law,  373       i| 

Wethers,  Richard,  painter,  burial  of,  77  ' 

Wharton,  Anne  lady,  funeral  of,  259  ;  note,  384 
Whalley,  Richard,  sent  to  the  Tower,  10  ;  again, 

25  ;  note,  327 
Whetheley,  or  Whethill,  master,  merchant-tay- 
lor,  bishop  Man  dies  at  his  house,  116;  elected 
master  of  the   Merchant-taylors'  company, 
1562,  287 
Whettley,  master,  funeral  of,  at  Bermondsey, 

175 
Whiddon,  sir  John,  knighted,  342  j 

Whinburgh  ;  see  Wynborue  • 

Whipping,  34,  85,  86,  87,  88 
Whirlepooles,  great  fishes,  327  i| 

Whitby,  rebels  executed  at,  142  I 

White ;  see  Wyth 

White,  alderman  John,  master  of  the  Grocers 
in  1555-6,  90, 108  ;  marriage  of,  172  ;  chris- 
tening of  his  son  John,  198  ;  receives  Dr. 
White  bishop  of  Winchester  on  his  release 
from  the  Tower,  203  ;  his  son  Thomas  chris- 
tened, 248  ;  his  wife  churched,  249  ;  at  the 
Grocers'  feast,  260  ;  at  the  Merchant-taylors', 
261  ;  his  wife  godmother  to  Mary  Powlett, 
288  ;  a  mourner,  307  ;  note,  405 
White,  John,  warden  of  Winchester,  preaches  in 
favour  of  church  processions,  49 ;  consecrated 
bishop  of  Lincoln,  58  ;  preaches  at  Paul's 
cross,  75  ;  preaches  at  bishop  Gardiner's  fu- 
neral, 97,  101  ;  receives  cardinal  Pole  at  Bow 
church,  103  ;  elected  bishop  of  Winchester, 
ib  ;  sings  mass  onst.  George's  day  1557,  132, 
134  ;  preaches  at  st.  Mary  overies  to  a  here- 
tic, 136  ;  preaches  at  Paul's  cross,  164 ; 
preaches  at  bishop  Griffith's  funeral,  180  ;  at 
queen  Mary's,  183  ;  sent  to  the  Tower,  192  ; 
godfather  to  the  son  of  alderman  John  White 
198  ;  deprived  and  committed  to  the  Tower, 
201  ;  comes  out  to  alderman  White's,  203  ; 
death,  223  ;  funeral,  224  ;  note,  378 


INDEX, 


459 


White,  Ralph,  elected  head-warden  of  the  Mer- 
chant-taylors,  287 

White,  sir  Thomas,  knighted,  335  ;  his  pageant 
as  lord  mayor,  47  ;  at  the  Merchant- taylors' 
feast,  93,  149,  287  ;  death  and  funeral  of  his 
wife,  167  ;  her  funeral,  ib.;  remarried  to 
the  widow  of  sir  Ralph  Warren,  179,  note, 
330;  bishop  White  died  at  his  house,  223  ; 
biog.  note,  363 

sir  Thomas,  of  South  Warnborough, 

knighted,  335  ;  marriage  of  a  daughter,  282; 
note,  378 

White,  lady,  godmother  to Cromwell,  277 

White,  mistress,  of  Fleet  street,  punished  by 
riding  in  a  car,  258 

White,  master  of  fence,  exhibits  before  king 
Philip,  82 

Whitechapel,  296  (?) 

White-friars,  on  Tower-hill,  house  given  to  sir 
A.  Darcy,  26 

Whitefriars,  near  Fleet  street,  master  Goodrick 
dies  in,  283  ;  child-murder  there,  298 

Whitehall,  bishop  Gardiner  dies  at,  at  which 
time  it  is  called  "  the  king  (Philip)'s-place," 
96;  procession  of  Spaniards  at,  107;  chris- 
tening of  Philip  earl  of  Arundel  at,  141  ;  last 
sitting  of  Parliament  held  at,  7  March  1557-8, 
168;  sermon  at  214  ;  play  at,  222  ;  bull  and 
bear-baiting  at,  270 

Whitehead,  preaches  before  the  queen,  189 

Whiting,  sir  Robert,  knighted,  335 

Whittington  College,  3 ;  the  bodies  of  Whit- 
tington  and  his  wife  new  coffined,  143  ;  the 
residence  of  lord  Wentworth  in  1559,  195 

Whoredom,  punishment  for,  156,  160 

Whythere,  parson,  (Veron  ?)  his  wife  punished, 
32 ;  note,  329 

Wigston,  sir  William,  knighted,  335 

Wilford ;  see  Wylford 

Williams,  Ambrose,  esquire  and  grocer,  his 
funeral,  177 

Williams,  Francis,  nephew  to  Lord  Williams  of 
Thame,  burial  of,  225 


Williams,  Harry,  sonof  sir  John,  his  funeral,  8; 
notes,  320,  396 

sir  James,  knighted,  335 

sir  John,  attendant  on  the  lady  Eliza- 
beth in  1553,  37  ;  as  sheriff  of  Oxfordshire, 
receives  Cranmer,  Ridley,  and  Latimer  at 
Brentford,  and  conveys  them  towards  Oxford, 
57  ;  created  baron  Williams  of  Thame,  59  ; 
was  lord  chamberlain  to  Philip,  prince  of 
Spain,  ib.  ;  his  funeral,  217  ;  note,  377 

John,  esquire,  funeral,  225  ;  note,  379 

lady,  her  funeral,  118  ;  note,  359 

lady  (second  wife  and  widow  of  lord 


Williams)  remarried  to  William  Darcy,  244 
see  Wylliam 


Willoughby  (of  Parham),  William  lord,  attends 
the  queen  of  Scots,  11 

Winchester,  William  Paulet  earl  of  Wiltshire 
created  marquess  of,  10  ;  attends  the  queen 
of  Scots  out  of  London,  12;  his  men  of  arms 
and  standard,  12, 19;  lives  at  Austin  Friars  in 
London,  and  his  house  visited  by  the  king's 
lord  of  misrule,  13,  29;  at  the  Tower,  35;  at 
the  proclamation  of  queen  Mary,  37  ;  made 
lord  treasurer,  39  ;  at  Paul's  cross  sermon, 
332;  attends  the  opening  of  Parliament,  74; 
at  the  earl  of  Bedford's  funeral,  84 ;  mourner 
at  st.  Paul's  for  the  queen  of  Spain,  90;  at 
the  consecration  of  abbat  Feckenham,  120; 
his  lord  of  misrule  visits  the  city,  125;  his 
servant  Robert  Lenthall  killed,  126;  at  the 
trial  of  lord  Stourton,  ib  /  at  st.  George's 
day,  1557,  134;  chief  mourner  at  the  king  of 
[Portugal's obsequies,  148;  commissioner  to 
negociate  a  loan  from  the  city,  168;  dines 
with  the  lord  mayor,  169;  death  of  his 
daughter  lady  Pecsall,  175;  present  at  the 
proclamation  of  queen  Elizabeth,  178;  bears 
a  banner  at  the  funeral  of  queen  Mary,  182; 
present  at  the  sermon  at  Paul's  cross,  197; 
bishops  deposed  at  his  house,  203  ;  pre- 
sent at  the  Mercers'  supper,  205  ;  chief 
mourner  at  the  French  king's  obsequies,  209 


460 


INDEX. 


Winchester,    Elizabeth    marchioness   of,    30  ; 

chief  mourner  at  the  funeral  of  the  lady  Anna 

of  Cleves,  146;  herfuneral,  187, 188 ;  note,  371 
Winchester,  queen  Mary's  wedding  fixed  for, 

66  ;  bishop  White  buried  at,  224 
Winchester,   warden   of,   delivered   out   of  the 

Tower,  205 
W^inchester  house,  the  prince  of  Sweden  lodged 

there  in  1559,  214 
Windebank,  lady,  her  funeral,  182 
Windsor,  installation  of  king  Henri  II.  at,  9 

the  earl  of  Sussex's  banner  set  up  there,  162 

St.  George's  feast  kept  at,  200,  234,  258 

priests  of,  ordered  to  dismiss  their  wives,  267 
Windsor,  sir  Edmund,  knighted  at  queen  Mary's 

coronation,  334 
Windsor,  William  lord,  at  queen  Mary's  coro- 
nation, 46  ;  funeral  of,  172  ;  note,  365 
Windsor,  sir  Thomas,  his  month's  mind,  29  5 

note,  328 
Wingfield,   sir   Anthony,    comptroller    of    the 

king's  house,  5 ;  his  death,  23 ;  his  funeral 

at  Stepney,  24  ;  note,  326 

Sir  Robert,  knighted,  335 

Robert,  348 

Withers,  Richard,  336 

Withypoll,  Paul,  380 

Wode  (or  Wood),    ghostly  father  to  Thomas 

Stafford  at  his  execution,  137 
Wodhall ;  see  Udall 

Wood,  carman,  punished  for  dishonesty,  211 
WoodhamWalter,lady  Fitzwalterburiedthere,  80 
Woodhouse,  sir  Roger,  knighted,  335 
Woodmonger,  punished  for  dishonesty,  267 
Woodroffe,  alderman  David,  the  only  alderman 

absent  from  a  sermon,  131  ;  funeral  of,  303  ; 

note,  395 
Woodstreet  counter,  205 
Woolsack  without  Aldgate,  goodman  of,  sent  to 

the  Tower,  91 
Woolwich,  sir  John  Lutterell  dies  there,  7  ;  the 

Great  Harry  burnt  there,  43  ;  visited  by  queen 

Elizabeth,  203 


Worcester,  William  Somerset,  earl  of,  carver  at 
queen  Mary's  coronation,  46;  said  to  have 
home  the  sword  before  the  queen  on  opening 
Parliament,  299;  his  place  at  Garlickhithe,301 

Worcester,  countess  of,  mourner  at  the  countess 
of  Arundel's  funeral,  155 

Worley,  master,  burial,  143 

Wotton,  Edward,  a  physician,  buried,  95;  note, 
346 

Wotton,  dr.  returns  from  an  embassy  to  France, 
194  ;  sent  ambassador  to  Scotland,  236 

Wrestling  at  Clerkenwell,  207  ;  at  Finsbury 
field,  208  ;  before  the  queen,  251 

Wriothesley,  Charles  (Windsor  herald),  funeral 
of,  275  ;  note,  389 

Wrothun,  sir ,  imprisoned  in  the  Fleet  on 

suspicion  of  robbery,  128 

Wyatt,  sir  Thomas,  events  during  his  rebellion, 
52  et  »€q. ;  committed  to  the  Tower,  54  ;  ar- 
raigned, 58  ;  beheaded,  59 ;  and  his  body 
hung  on  a  gallows,  60  ;  note,  337 

Wylford,  sir  James,  funeral,  3  ;  note,  314 

Wylford,  Thomas,  condemned  for  coining,  290 

Wylliam,  master,  buried,  51 

Wynborue,  master,  slain  at  the  west  door  of  st. 
Paul's,  220  ;  trial  and  execution  of  his  mur- 
derers,  222  ;  note,  377 

Wynter,  master,  tried  at  Guildhall,  60,  61 

Wysdom,  master,  preaches  at  court,  229  ;  at 
Paul's  cross,  230 

Wyth  (White),  of  Norfolk,  condemnation  of,  4 

Yonge,  Thomas,  preaches  a  spital  sermon,  131 ; 
consecrated  archbishop  of  York,  252 

Yorke,  sir  John,  committed  to  the  Tower,  38, 
note,  331 ;  present  at  a  sermon,  48 ;  lady,  bears 
the  train  of  lady  Sackville,  the  queen's  deputy, 
at  the  christening  of  Robert  Dethick,  264 

York,  execution  at,  142 

Zouche,    George  lord,    made    K.B.   at   queen 

Mary's  coronation,  45 
Zouche,  sir  John,  made  K.B.  370 


GLOSSARIAL   INDEX. 


amice,greyl45,171,258.  Thiswasaterm 
applied  to  canons,  as  the  "  grey  amices 
of  Paul's  "  (see  note  in  p.  365),  from 
the  tippets  of  fur  which  they  wore. 
Mr.  Way  has  remarked  (Promptorium, 
p.  11,)  that  the  amice  for  a  canon, 
which  was  made  of  fur,  was  a  vestment 
perfectly  distinct  from  the  more  ancient 
ecclesiastical  vestment  of  the  same 
name,  which  was  of  linen.  It  is 
twice  introduced  in  Skelton's  poems 
(edit,  by  Dyce,  i.  68,  ii.  84);  in  the 
former  instance  the  birds  are  represented 
as  performing  a  dirige  for  the  soul  of 
Phyllyp  Sparowe, 

They  shall  morne  soft  and  styll 

In  theyr  amysse  of  gray. 
A  Londoner  in  1 54  6  writes  of  the  canons 
as  "  gay  gray  amesses,"  (Ellis,  Orig. 
Letters,  II.  ii.  177,)  so  much  did  their 
appearance  distinguish  them  from  others. 
The  term  was  also  given  to  the  fur 
itself.  "  The  lord  maior,  and  those 
knights  that  have  borne  the  office  of 
the  maioralty,  ought  to  have  their 
cloakes  furred  with  gray  amis.  And 
those  aldermen  that  have  not  been 
maiors,  are  to  have  their  cloakes  furred 
with  calabre.^''  Stowe's  Survay,  edit. 
1633,  p.  660. 
auditor  105,  154,  173,  266. 

baldrick  13,  20,  28  ;  a  belt  worn  across 
from  the  shoulder. 

basses  19;  leggings  worn  under  armour; 
a  skirt  of  cloth,  &c.  worn  under  armour. 

bastard  sword  250. 

bishoping,  the  office  of  confirmation  per- 
formed immediately  after  baptism  153. 

book,  alluding  to  benefit  of  clergy  227. 

hosted  209;  embossed  ? 

calabur  258;  see  amice. 

carding,  a  woman  carding  her  'prentice 

17  ;  a  homely  metaphor  from  carding 

wool. 


cassokes  given  to  female  mourners,  262". 

cater  26,  one  who  catered;  from  Fr. 
acheter. 

chanabuUe  13;  probably  for  changeable. 
The  material  called  "  changeable  taf- 
fata,"  resembling  what  is  now  called 
shot  silk,  was  fashionable  in  the  16th 
century. 

chyminer  (or  chymmer)  226,  229,  251 ;  a 
sleeveless  robe,  with  apertures  for  the 
arms  to  pass  through.  See  Palmer's 
Origines  Liturgicae,  ii.  407,  and  figure 
viii. 

cloth-saykes  29;  "^ clothe  sacke,  lahus.** 
Palsgrave. 

colasyon,  a  sermon  after  a  funeral,  xxii. 
184.  The  collatio  was  a  reading  of  the 
Scriptures,  in  monasteries  especially. 
See  Ducange.  Fabyan  relates  that 
Bede,  when  he  became  blind,  being 
led  in  mockery  to  preach  to  stones, 
"  with  great  deuocyon  beganne  there  a 
collacyon,"  at  the  end  of  which  the 
stones,  like  a  large  congregation,  said 
Amen.  Part  vi.  148.  James  I.  in  his 
Letter  concerning  Preachers,  1622,  or- 
dained that  no  parson  should  preach 
"  any  sermon  or  collation  "  in  the  after- 
noon but  on  the  Catechism,  Creed,  &c. 

cole-staff  278. 

colyar  71 ;  a  dealer  in  charcoal. 

communion,  keeping  of  290. 

costerells  13. 

crayer,  a  trading  vessel,  152. 

cressets  82. 

crossear,  cross-bearer  140, 171 ;  "  crocere," 
Prompt.  Parv.  p.  104. 

cross-stafi",  fighting  with  250. 

cunning  man,  a  clever  workman  77. 

cuttpurs  18,  21,  251. 

dag  139;  a  pistol.  In  1579  queen  Eliza- 
beth issued  a  proclamation  against 
carrying  "such  small  pieces  as  were 
commonly  called  pocket  dags,  or  that 
may  be  hid  in  a  pocket,  or  like  place 


462 


GLOSSARIAL  INDEX. 


about  a  man's  body,  to  be  hid  or  carried 
covertly."  See  its  substance  in  Strype, 
Annals,  ii.  603. 

Death  with  a  dart  in  his  hand  125. 

doer  46 ;  qu.  any  office  intended  ?  or 
merely  that  the  earl  of  Surrey  was  his 
grandfather's  deputy,  in  doing  or  per- 
forming the  duties  of  earl  marshal  ? 

dolle,  a  dole,  or  portion  197. 

drousselars  rather  dronsselars  13  ;  a  kind 
of  tabor  or  kettle-drum,  usually  written 
dronslade  or  dromslade. 

dullo  33,  duyllyll  47,  duUe  73,  duwylle 
89,  duwUe  96,  dullvyll  125;  a  merry 
devil  in  the  lord  mayor's  show,  usually 
discharging  squibs. 

foist  270,  fuyst  47,  fuste  294  ;  what  is 
now  called  a  barge;  see  penoys. 

gaune,  or  gang,  week  236  ;  Rogation 
week,  when  parochial  perambulations 
were  made. 

genetes,  gennets  124. 

geton  13,  gettene  38,  gytton  19,  20;  a 
guidon,  the  small  flag  for  cavahy,  &c. 

giant  20,  45,  89,  186,  191. 

godys  man  to  the  poor  170;  probably 
meaning  a  bestower  of  goods. 

"  goodman  of  the  house,"  and  "  good- 
wife  "34. 

grandsire  164,  grandfather. 

green  and  white,  the  royal  livery  37,  38, 
59,  163,  164,  167.    See  note  in  p.  397. 

hall,  keeping  of  28. 

harness  33,  52,  79,  146,  155,  282,  293. 
The  use  of  this  word  for  body-armour 
is  remarkably  exemplified  in  a  passage 
of  Stowe's  Chronicle  relating  to  this 
very  crisis :  "  On  the  fryday,  which  was 
Candlemasse  daie  (Feb.  2,  1553-4),  the 
most  parte  of  the  householders  of  Lon- 
don, with  the  Maior  and  aldermen, 
were  in  ham  esse  ;  yea  this  day  and 
other  daies  the  justices,  sergeants  at  the 
law,  and  other  lawyers  in  Westminster- 
hal,  pleaded  in  harnesse." 

herse  of  wax  43,  57, 180 ;  a  frame  erected 
for  candles  at  a  funeral :  also  adorned 
with  pennons,  &c.  (See  introductory 
note  on  Funerals.)  What  we  now  call 
a  hearse  is  described  in  p.  101  as  "  a 
wagon  with  iiij  wheels,  all  covered  with 
black." 


hobby-horse  33,  89. 

hokyll-bone  78. 

holy- water  stocks  45. 

horse- litter,  used  to  convey  a  corpse  43. 

hott-howse,  the  residence  of  a  bawd  104 ; 

commonly    called    a   stew,   siupha   or 

bagnio,  hot  baths  being  there  taken, 
housekeeper,  "  the  best  housekeeper  of  a 

commoner  in  London  "  293. 
hoveles  8. 
howslyng  after  the  old  fashion  42;  joining 

in  the  mass, 
hurly-burly,  "herle-borle  "  41. 

in-gratt  17;  this  word  is  singular,  and 
seems  to  be  by  way  of  a  translation  of 
engross,  in  which  sense  it  here  occurs. 
The  common  word  was  regrate,  to  buy 
wholesale  and  sell  retail.  See  the  Stat. 
5  and  6  Edw.  VI.  against  regrating, 
c.  xiv.  where  the  words  are  "  regrators 
and  ingrossers,'*''  which  supplies  the  de- 
ficient word  in  the  text.  (Stat,  of  Realm, 
IV.  part  I.  148.) 

ippocras  199,  216,  237. 

Jack  o'Lent  33;  a  puppet,  thrown  at  in 
Lent,  like  Shrove-cocks.  Brand's  An- 
tiquit.  Ash  Wednesday.  Nares's  Glos- 
sary. 

jebett  54,  jubett  60;  gibbet. 

kirtles,  worn  by  the  alms-knights  of 
Windsor  258. 

lacquey,  "  lake  "  27. 

laske   309,  a   flux.     "  Laske,  a  disease, 

flux  de  ventre."  Palsgrave.      "I    have 

a  laske,  sum  cita  alvo.''^    Horman. 
lectorne  79  ;  qu.  a  lecture  ? 
licence   to   beg   292.     Poor   Stowe    the 

chronicler,  in  his  old  age,  had  such  a 

licence 
lodging  scocheons  248. 
lycted  54.     Wyatt  lighted,  t.  e.  leaped  up, 

behind  another  rider  on  horseback. 

majeste,  at  a  funeral  43,  160;  canopy  of 

the  herse  ? 
mantyll-frieze    67,    et    intssira,    probably 

frieze  made  purposely  for  mantles, 
marbull-coats  12;  made  with  wool  or  silk 

of  various  colours  mixed  together  :  see 

the  Gentleman's  Magazine,  1835,  N.  S. 

vi.  2,  114,  226. 


GLOSSARIAL  INDEX, 


463 


march-paynes  171 ;  from  the  Fr.  masse- 
pain,  a  kind  of  sweet  biscuit. 

masket,  a  masquerade  or  show  276. 

mastes  191,  mastiffs.    Fr.  mastin.    Palsg. 

Milaner,  "melener  "  21,  now  milliner,  a 
dealer  in  goods  from  Milan. 

moketors  32,  handkerchiefs.  Fr.  mouchoir. 
"  Mockendar  for  a  chyldre  {sic),  mou- 
choir. Mockedar,"tc?.  Palsgrave.  Com- 
pare Cotgrave,  v.  Baverette,  bavon,  &c. 
"For  eyen  and  nose  the  nedethe  a 
mokadour."  Lydgate's  Minor  Poems, 
p.  30,  edit.  Halliwell. 

monumentt,  qu.  funeral  or  month's  mind? 
24. 

mores-dance  20,  33,  89,  191. 

mores-pikes  146,  230. 

much-a-do,  "  myche  a  doo  "  2. 

murrey  colour  195. 

musters,  a  colour  195 ;  for  musterdevelers, 
or  mustrevilers,  probably  cloth  made  at 
Montevillier,  near  Caudebec.  "  Mus- 
tredules  colour,  gris  mesle.''  Palsgrave. 

muscadell  199,  216. 

musysyoners  125. 

occupying  her  own  gear,  or  bawdry,  295 
(twice),  299. 

"  office  taken  away  from  him,"  a  phrase 
for  the  misfortune  afterwards  termed 
being  made  a  cuckold,  302. 

oranges  196.  A  similar  use  of  this  fruit 
as  a  sportive  missile  occurs  in  a  letter 
of  lord  Mountjoy  written  in  1516.  A 
spy  which  he  had  sent  to  Lyons  had 
seen  the  French  king  "  many  tymes 
uppon  the  water  of  Som  with  his  young 
noblemen  castyng  oranges  oute  of  one 
bote  into  another,  and  usyng  many 
other  pastymes  with  theym."  Excerpta 
Historica,  p.  288.     See  Porttyngales. 

ouches,  "  owtchys "  130,  set  jewels,  or 
brooches. 

panchyd  with  his  own  sword,  a  man 
murdered,  170. 

paper-ryall  291 ;  marked  with  the  crown  ? 
Archseol.  xii.  pi.  xv. 

pastes,  head-dresses  for  brides  240.  "  Paste 
for  a  lady  or  woman,  unes  paces.''  Pals- 
grave. Parishes  kept "  pastes  "  to  let  out 
at  weddings,  as  they  did  the  herse-cloths 
for  funerals :  and  the  customary  charge 
made  at  St.  Margaret's  Westminster  in 
the  reigns  of  Edward  VI.  and  Mary  was 


7i\]d.  In  the  inventory  of  the  church- 
goods  of  that  parish  in  1564,  occurs, 
"  Cerclet  for  brydes.  Item,  one  past 
for  brydes  sett  with  perle  and  stone." 
But  at  this  time  its  use  seems  to  have 
been  discontinued,  as  no  such  receipts 
occur  as  before. 

peneston  91,  a  kind  of  coarse  woollen 
cloth,  mentioned  in  Stat.  43  Eliz.  c.  10. 

penoys  73,  96,  a  pinnace ;  see  fuyst. 

porttyngales  237 ;  oranges,  called  like- 
wise in  some  parts  of  Italy  portogalli. 

preacher,  "  new  preacher  "  211,  214;  ap- 
plied to  the  Reformers. 

prevermentt  of  perjury  104. 

prick-song  106,  112,  171,  174. 

progeny,  for  pedigree  or  genealogy,  14. 

proper  man  63,  177,  225.  This  was  a 
term  somewhat  resembling  "a  tall 
man,"  but  more  commendatory. 

prysse,  i,  e.  mainprise  91. 

pulter  86,  now  poulterer. 

pyk-purs  and  cut-purse  18,  21. 

pynion,  the  old  orthography  of  penon,  xxi. 

quondam  57,  334 ;  Fr.  d-devant. 

qwarell  121.  A  quarry  or  quarrier  was 
a  candle  containing  ordinarily  a  quarter 
of  a  lb.  of  wax ;  here  "  a  great  qwarell 
of  half  a  lb."  ^^  Doppiere,  a  certain 
lyghte  of  waxe,  as  we  call  it  a  quar- 
riere."     W.  Thomas,  Ital.  Diet.  1548. 

qwest  15,  a  jury. 

quick,  alive,  '*  a  qwyck  tree  and  a  dead," 
186. 

qwyckenyng  76. 

raylles  155,  157,  213,  245,  262,  given  to 
female  mourners.  A  cloak,  or  loose 
gown  ;  see  Nares. 

recheussly  40. 

reculyd  202,  recoiled. 

the  Reformation,  whipping-post  so  called, 
164. 

regalls  45,  107,  180,  282. 

regiment,  equivalent  to  army  358. 

rings,  false,  109.     See  note  in  p.  408. 

rochet  226,  229,  251.  The  rochet  was 
"  a  linen  vest,  like  a  surplice,  worn  by 
bishops,  under  their  satin  robe.  The 
word,  it  is  true,  is  not  obsolete,  nor  the 
thing  disused,  but  it  is  little  known, 
and  therefore  deserves  explanation." 
(Nares.)  Like  "  lawn  sleeves  "  or  the 
lately  discarded  wig,  it  seems  to  have 


464 


GLOSSARIAL  INDEX. 


been  regarded  as  the  distinguishing 
mark  of  the  costume  of  a  bishop. 
"  Who  knoweth  not,"  says  Ponet, 
*'  that  the  name  Bishop  hath  been  so 
abused,  that,  when  it  was  spoken,  the 
people  understood  nothing  else  but  a 
great  lord,  that  went  in  a  white  rochet, 
with  a  wide-shaven  crown,  and  that 
carried  an  oil-box  with  him,  wherewith 
he  used  once  in  seven  years,  riding 
about,  to  confirm  children,  &c." 
(Bishop  Ponet's  Answer  to  Dr.  Martin, 
quoted  in  Strype's  Eccl.  Memorials 
under  King  Edw.  VI,  Book  II.  chap. 
23.)  In  Holinshed's  Chronicle,  p. 
1144,  is  a  story  of  the  duchess  of  Suf- 
folk having  ridiculed  bishop  Gardiner 
by  dressing  up  a  dog  in  a  rochet. 

ruffelars  194. 

rygges,  or  dolphins  326. 

sagbottes  78,  sackbuts,  music. 

sawden  33,  137,  a  sultan. 

search,  "  the  search  of  Gravesend,"  an 
ofl&cer  of  the  customs  ?  102, 

sectur  139,  299,  307,  executor;  compare 
the  inscription  on  a  Tile  at  Malvern, 
Nichols'  Examples,  No.  72. 

shalmes  91,  musical  instruments. 

shepster  258,  a  seamster.  "  Sarcinatrix, 
a  shepster  or  seamester.  Sutatis  (sic, 
sutatrix  ?)  a  seamster  or  shepster." 
Elyot's  Librarie,  1543.  "  Schepstarre, 
lingiere.  Shores  for  shepsters, /orces." 
Palsgrave.  Caxton  says,  in  the  Book 
for  Travellers,  "  Mabyll  the  shepster 
(cousturitre)  cheuissheth  her  right  well, 
she  maketh  surplys,  shertes,  breches, 
keuerchiffs,  and  all  that  may  be  wrought 
of  lynnen  cloth. " 

shrudes  or  shrowds,  the  crypt  of  St. 
Paul's  cathedral,  71,  151,  237,  253. 

slips  and  half-slips  260,  counterfeit  coins, 
explained  in  p.  384. 

spice-bread  xxii.  113,  140,  173,  237. 

spyld,  splinter  204. 

strangwyllyon  271 ,  a  disease  ;  strangury  ? 

sumner  73 ;  summoner  of  the  ecclesiasti- 
cal courts. 


tabret  13. 

"  tag  and  rag"   50. 


The  following  in- 


stance of  the  use  of  the  phrase  "tag 
and  rag  "  occurs  in  Harrison's  Descrip- 
tion of  England.  Speaking  of  certain 
baths  at  King's  Newnham,  he  says,  "  One 

is  reserved the  other  is  left 

common  for  tag  and  rag."  (Holinshed, 
i.  360.)  This  carries  the  use  of  the 
phrase  back  nearly  to  the  time  of  the 
present  writer.  [In  the  same  passage 
of  our  Diary  "bonds"  means  hounds, 
not  "  hands,"  as  Strype,  Mem.  iii.  59, 
understood  it.] 

tall  men  13,  30,  47,  105,  men  of  great 
corporeal  power — "  a  very  good  blade  ! 
a  very  tall  man  "  (Romeo  and  Juliet, 
ii.  4.)  See  other  examples  in  Nares. 
''  Tal  or  semely,  decens,  elegans.'''' 
Prompt.  Parv. 

tensell  148,  sparkling  cloth,  Fr.  estencelle, 
now  tinsel. 

token,  a  prodigy  282. 


upholster  8S 
holsterer. 


92,  now  upholder  or  up- 


waits  of  the  city,  "  whettes,"  65,  73,  113, 
117,  139,  140,  156,  260.  Originally 
watchmen,  "  Wayte,  ex«t&iw5."  (MS. 
Ancient  Vocabulary.)  They  piped  the 
hour  :  hence  their  conversion  into  mu- 
sicians, in  which  character  they  appear 
in  this  volume,  and  have  still  an  occa- 
sional existence  at  Christmas  time. 

wede,  a  monk  buried  in  his,  110. 

whirlepooles327;  porpoises.  "  Whyrlpole, 
a  fisshe,  chaudron  de  mer.'*  Pals- 
grave. 

white-coats  (with  red  crosses)  52,  163, 
164,  234,  the  London  trained  bands, 
clad  in  a  kind  of  uniform  taken  from 
the  English  national  flag, — Argent,  the 
cross  of  Saint  George  gules. 

white  and  green  (the  royal  livery),  see 
note  in  p.  397. 

wodyn  47,  vodys  73,  wodys  96  ;  woods, 
or  savage  men.    Ang.-S.  wod,furiosus. 

wondernus  (sunderance  ?)  of  earth,  an 
earthquake  6. 

Worthies,  the  nine  137. 

wyrth  33. 

yede  58,  went. 


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At  a  General  Meeting  of  the  Camden  Society  held  at  the  Freemasons' 
Tavern,  Great  Queen  Street,  Lincoln's  Inn  Fields,  on  Tuesday  the 
2nd  of  May,  1848, 

The  Right  Hon.  Lord  BRAYBROOKE  in  the  chair, 

His  Lordship  having  opened  the  business  of  the  Meeting, 

The  Secretary  read  the  Report  of  the  Council  agreed  upon  at  their 
meeting  of  the  19th  April  last,  whereupon  it  was 

Resolved,  That  the  said  Report  be  received  and  adopted,  and  that 
the  Thanks  of  the  Society  be  given  to  the  Director  and  Council  for  their 
services. 

The  Thanks  of  the  Society  were  also  voted  to  the  Editors  of  the 
Society's  publications  for  the  past  year ;  and  to  the  Local  Secretaries. 

The  Secretary  then  read  the  Report  of  the  Auditors  agreed  upon  at 
their  Meeting  of  the  29th  April  last,  whereupon  it  was 

Resolved,  That  the  said  Report  be  received  and  adopted,  and  that  the 
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2  ANNIVERSARY    MEETING    OF    1848. 

The  Meeting  proceeded  to  the  election  of  Officers,  when 
The  Right  Hon.  Lord  Braybrooke,  F.S.A. 
was  elected  President  of  the  Society  ;  and 

Thomas  Amyot,  Esq.  F.R.S.,  F.S.A. 

William  Henry  Blaauw,  Esq.  M.A. 

Ven.  Charles  Parr  Burney,  D.D.,  F.R.S.,  F.S.A. 

John  Payne  Collier,  Esq.  Treas.  S.A. 

Charles  Purton  Cooper,  Esq.  Q.C.,  D.C.L.,  F.R.S.,  F.S.A. 

William  Durrant  Cooper,  Esq.  F.S.A. 

Bolton  Corney,  Esq.  M.R.S.L, 

Sir  Henry  Ellis,  K.H.,  F.R.S.,  Sec.  S.A. 

The  Rev.  Joseph  Hunter,  F.S.A. 

Peter  Levesque,  Esq.  F.S.A. 

Thomas  Joseph  Pettigrew,  Esq.  F.R.S.,  F.S.A. 

Henry  Crabb  Robinson,  Esq.  F.S.A. 

Thomas  Stapleton,  Esq.  F.S.A. 

William  John  Thoms,  Esq.  F.S.A.  and 

Sir  Harry  Verney,  Bart.  M.P. 
were  elected  as  the  Council  ;  and 

John  Yonge  Akerman,  Esq.  Sec.  S.A. 

Rev.  William  Harness,  M.A.  and 

Frederick  Ouvry,  Esq.  F.S.A. 
were  elected  Auditors  of  the  Society  for  the  ensuing  year. 

Thanks  were  then  voted  to  the  Secretary;  and  to  Lord  Braybrooke, 
for  the  interest  he  had  always  taken  in  the  welfare  of  the  Society,  and  for 
his  able  conduct  in  the  Chair. 


ELECTION  OF  OFFICERS,  1848. 

At  a  Meeting  of  the  Council  of  the  Camden  Society  held  at  No.  25, 
Parliament  Street,  Westminster,  on  Wednesday  the  3rd  May,  1848, 

The  Rt.  Hon.  Lord  Braybrooke,  the  President,  in  the  Chair; 

Thomas  Amyot,  Esq.  was  elected  Director ;  John  Payne  Collier, 
Esq.  Treasurer;  and  William  J.  Thoms,  Esq.  Secretary,  for  the  Year 
next  ensuing. 


REPORT  OF  THE  COUNCIL 

OF 

THE   CAMDEN   SOCIETY, 

ELECTED  3rd  MAY,  1847. 


The  Council  of  the  Camden  Society,  elected  on  the  3rd  of  May, 
1847,  have  great  pleasure  in  announcing  to  the  Society  that  the 
investment  standing  in  the  name  of  the  Trustees  of  the  Society 
has,  during  the  past  year,  been  increased  from  £877  105.  9c?.  to 
£900  14*.  9d.  Three  per  cent.  Consols.  Like  every  similar  institution,  the 
Camden  Society  has  suffered  some  diminution  in  its  ranks,  from  the 
operation  of  public  causes  to  which  it  is  unnecessary  to  advert  more 
particularly ;  but  the  number  of  members  is  still  amply  sufficient  to  main- 
tain the  Society  in  its  course  of  usefulness,  and  to  prove  the  wide  interest 
still  felt  in  the  objects  for  which  the  Society  was  instituted. 

The  Council  have  added  the  following  gentlemen  to  the  List  of  Local 
Secretaries : — 

The  Rev.  J.  E.  Leefe,  for  Bishop  Wear  mouth; 
William  Travis,  Esq.,  M.D.,  for  Scarborough ; 
The  Rev.  J.  W.  Blakesley,  M.A.,  for  Ware ;  and 
Richard  Lewis  Rbece,  Esq.,  for  Cardiff,  in  the  place  of  Richard 
Reece,  Esq.,  F.S.A.,  who  retires ; 

and  again  beg  to  impress  upon  the  Members  resident  in  the  country  and 
possessed  of  local  influence,  what  important  service  they  may  render  to  the 
Society  by  taking  upon  themselves  the  office  of  Local  Secretaries,  by 
bringing  its  works  under  the  immediate  notice  of  friends  who  take  an 
interest  in  the  early  literature  and  history  of  the  country ;  or  by  dis- 
seminating through  the  usual  provincial  channels  of  information  notices  of 


4  REPORT  OF  THE  COUNCIL,  1848. 

the  Books  as  they  are  published,  and  announcements  of  such  as  are  forth- 
coming. The  first  success  of  the  Camden  Society  may,  in  some  measure, 
be  attributed  to  the  influence  of  such  voluntary  exertions  on  its  behalf, 
and  its  continued  prosperity  cannot  fail  to  be  ensured  by  similar  exertions. 

The  Council  have  to  regret  the  deaths,  during  the  past  year,  of — 

The  Right  Hon.  Sir  John  Bernard  Bosanquet,  Knt.,  F.S.A. 

His  Grace  the  Lord  Archbishop  of  Canterbury. 

Right  Hon.  the  Countess  Cornwallis. 

Samuel.  Duckworth,  Esq.,  M.A.,  Master  in  Chancery. 

Baldwin  Fulford,  Esq. 

John  Black  Gracie,  Esq.,  F.S.A.  Sc. 

Right  Hon.  the  Earl  of  Harrowby,  F.S.A. 

Sir  Samuel  Rush  Meyrick,  K.H.,  F.S.A. 

Right  Hon.  the  Earl  of  Powis,  K.G. 

Francis  Riddell  Reynolds,  Esq. 

J.  W.  Southgate,  Esq. 

George  Stokes,  Esq. 

Daniel  Wakefield,  Esq.,  Q.C. 

W.  Archibald  Armstrong  White,  Esq.,  F.R.S.,  F.S.A. 

The  Council  have,  during  the  past  year,  added  the  following  works  to 
the  List  of  suggested  Pubhcations  : 

The  Day-Book  of  John  Dome,  a  foreign  bookseller  residing  in  England  in  the 
year  1520,  from  a  MS.  in  the  Library  of  Corpus  Christi  College,  Oxford.  To  be 
edited  by  the  Venerable  Henry  Cotton,  D.C.L.,  Archdeacon  of  Cashel,  and  the 
Rev.  John  Wilson,  B.D.,  Fellow  of  Trinity  College,  Oxford. 

Annales  Cambriae,  an  Early  Chronicle  of  Wales,  preserved  among  the  Exchequer 
Records.  To  be  edited  by  Sir  Henry  Ellis,  from  a  transcript  made  by  the  late 
Mr.  Petrie,  and  kindly  placed  at  the  disposal  of  the  Camden  Society  by  the  Right 
Honourable  Lord  Langdale,  Her  Majesty's  Keeper  of  Records. 

The  Request  and  Suite  of  a  Tvue-harted  Englysheman  wishing  the  welfare  of  his 
Native  Contrey.  From  a  MS.  in  the  Library  of  Advocates,  Edinburgh.  To  be 
edited  by  William  J.  Thoms,  Esq.,  F.S.A.,  Lond.  and  Sc. 

Inedited  Letters  of  Queen  Elizabeth,  addressed  to  King  James  VI.  of  Scotland, 
between  the  years  1381  and  1594.  From  the  originals,  in  the  possession  of  the 
Rev.  Edward  Ryder,  of  Oaksey,  Wilts.  To  be  edited  by  John  Bruce,  Esq.,  F.S.A. 

It  is  to  be  remarked,  that  the  materials  for  the  last  mentioned  work,  as 
also  for  the  lately  delivered  Diary  of  Walter  Yonge,  Esq.,  are  in  the 


REPORT  OF  THE  COUNCIL,  1848.  5 

possession  of  a  private  gentleman.  The  Council  have  always  felt  it 
their  especial  duty  not  only  to  afford  every  facility  for  the  printing  his- 
torical documents  deserving  of  publication  found  in  private  hands,  and 
thereby  render  them  available  for  general  use,  but  to  search  out  the  pos- 
sessors of  such  documents,  and  solicit  them  to  permit  their  publication ; 
and  the  Council,  having  reason  to  believe  that  such  papers  are  scattered 
very  widely  throughout  the  country,  and  that  they  occasionally  exist  in 
the  hands  of  persons  who  are  neither  aware  of  their  importance  nor 
of  the  means  provided  for  making  them  available  for  historical  purposes, 
during  the  past  year  issued  a  copy  of  their  prospectus  to  every  literary 
and  scientific  institution  of  the  kingdom,  requesting  from  the  respective 
secretaries  information  as  to  the  existence  of  any  unpublished  materials 
for  the  civil,  ecclesiastical,  or  literary  history  of  the  United  Kingdom 
which  might  be  in  the  possession  of  any  persons  connected  with  such  in- 
stitutions. 

The  books  issued  during  the  past  year  have  been 

The  Camden  Miscellany,  Vol.  I.:  containing,  1.  The  Register  and  Chronicle  of 
the  Abbey  of  Aberconway  ;  2.  A  Chronicle  of  the  Lincolnshire  Rebellion,  in  the 
year  1470  ;  3.  The  Papal  Bull  for  the  marriage  of  King  Henry  VII. ;  4.  A  Journal 
of  the  Siege  of  Rouen  in  1591,  by  Sir  Thomas  Coningsby,  of  Hampton  Court,  co. 
Hereford  ;  5.  Letter  of  George  Fleetwood,  describing  the  Battle  of  Lutzen  and  the 
Death  of  Gustavus  Adolphus,  in  1632 ;  6.  The  Diary  of  Dr.  Edward  Lake,  Chap- 
lain and  Tutor  to  the  Princesses  Mary  and  Anne,  in  1677-78 ; 

which  belongs  to  the  Subscription  of  the  preceding  year. 

I.  A  Commentary  of  the  Services  and  Charges  of  William  Lord  Grey  of  Wilton, 
K.G.  by  his  son  Arthur  Lord  Grey  of  Wilton,  K.G.  with  Documents  illustrating 
the  Biography  of  those  Noblemen.  Edited  by  Sir  Philip  de  Malpas  Grey 
Egerton,  Bart.  M.P.,  F.R.S.,  &c. 

II.  The  Diary  of  Walter  Yonge,  Esquire,  Justice  of  the  Peace  and  M.P.  for  Honi- 
ton,  from  1604  to  1628.  Edited  by  George  Roberts,  Esq.,  from  the  original 
MS.  in  his  possession. 

and  these  will  be  followed  by 

III.  The  Diary  of  Henry  Machyn,  Citizen  and  Merchant-taylor  of  London, 
extending  from  the  year  1550  to  1563,  now  the  Cottonian  MS.  Vitellius  F.  v. 
Edited  by  John  Gough  Nichols,  Esq.,  F.S.A. 

The  Council  have  further  to  Report  to  the  Society  that  they  have  re- 
cently taken  a  step  calculated,  as  they  hope,  to  promote  in  a  very  high 
degree   the   welfare   of    EngUsh    Historical    Literature.      Circumstances 


6  REPORT  OF  THE  COUNCIL,  1848. 

having  brought  under  their  notice  in  a  very  striking  manner  the  difficulties 
thrown  in  the  way  of  gentlemen  engaged  in  editing  books  for  this  Society, 
and  indeed  of  all  literary  inquirers,  by  the  peculiar  constitution  of  the 
Prerogative  Office,  Doctors'  Commons,  under  which  the  use  of  the  ancient 
wills  is  precluded,  except  under  embarrassing  restrictions  and  upon  pay- 
ment of  heavy  fees,  the  Council  unanimously  agreed  to  address  to  His 
Grace  the  Archbishop  of  Canterbury  the  following  Memorial : — 

To  the  Most  Rev.  and  the  Right  Hon.  The  Lord  Archbishop  of  Canterbury. 
The  humble  Memorial  of  the  President  and  Council  of  the  Camden  Society, 
Respectfully  sheweth, 

That  the  Camden  Society  was  instituted  in  the  year  1838,  for  the  publication  of 
early  historical  and  literary  remains. 

It  has  the  honour  to  be  patronized  by  H.  R.  H.  the  Prince  Albert ;  and  was 
supported,  from  its  institution,  by  the  countenance  and  subscription  of  your  Grace's 
predecessor  in  the  See  of  Canterbury. 

The  Society  has  published  forty  volumes  of  works  relating  to  English  History, 
and  continues  to  be  actively  engaged  in  researches  connected  with  the  same  impor- 
tant branch  of  literature. 

In  the  course  of  its  proceedings,  the  Society  has  had  brought  under  its  notice  the 
manner  in  which  the  regulations  of  the  Prerogative  Office  in  Doctors'  Commons 
interfere  with  the  accuracy  and  completeness  of  works  in  the  preparation  of  which 
the  Council  is  now  engaged,  and  with  the  pursuits  and  labours  of  all  other  historical 
inquirers ;  and  they  beg  leave  respectfully  to  submit  to  your  Grace  the  results  of 
certain  investigations  which  they  have  made  upon  the  subject. 

Besides  the  original  wills  deposited  in  the  Office  of  the  Prerogative  Court,  there 
is  kept  in  the  same  repository  a  long  series  of  register  books,  containing  copies  of 
wills  entered  chronologically  from  A.D.  1383  to  the  present  time.  These  registers 
or  books  of  entry  fall  practically  into  two  different  divisions  or  classes.  The  earlier 
and  the  latter  books  contain  information  suited  to  the  wants  of  totally  different  kinds 
of  persons,  and  applicable  to  entirely  different  purposes.  Their  custody  is  also  of 
very  different  importance  to  the  office.  The  class  which  is  first  both  of  number  of 
books  and  in  importance  contains  entries  of  modern  wills.  These  are  daily  con- 
sulted by  relatives  of  testators,  by  claimants  and  solicitors,  principally  for  legal  pur- 
poses, and  yield  a  large  revenue  to  the  office  in  fees  paid  for  searches,  inspections, 
and  copies.  The  second  class,  which  comprises  a  comparatively  small  number  of 
volumes,  contains  entries  of  ancient  wills,  dated  before  the  period  during  which  wills 
are  now  useful  for  legal  purposes.     These  are  never  consulted  by  lawyers  or  claim- 


REPORT    OF    THE    COUNCIL,    1848.  7 

ants,  nor  do  they  yield  any  revenue  to  the  office,  save  an  occasional  small  receipt 
from  the  Camden  Society,  or  from  some  similar  body,  or  private  literary  inquirer. 

With  respect  to  the  original  wills,  and  the  entries  of  modern  wills,  your  memori- 
alists beg  to  express  clearly  that  this  application  is  not  designed  to  have  any  refer- 
ence to  them.  Your  memorialists  confine  their  remarks  exclusively  to  the  books  of 
entries  of  those  ancient  wills  which  have  long  and  unquestionably  ceased  to  be  useful 
for  legal  purposes. 

These  entries  of  ancient  wills  are  of  the  very  highest  importance  to  historical  in- 
quirers. They  abound  with  illustrations  of  manners  and  customs ;  they  exhibit  in 
the  most  authentic  way  the  state  of  religion,  the  condition  of  the  various  classes  of 
the  people,  and  of  society  in  general ;  they  are  invaluable  to  the  lexicographer,  the 
genealogist,  the  topographer,  the  biographer, —  to  historical  writers  of  every  order 
and  kind.  They  constitute  the  most  important  depository  in  existence  of  exact  in- 
formation relating  to  events  and  persons  of  the  period  to  which  they  relate. 

But  all  this  information  is  unavailable  in  consequence  of  the  regulations  of  the 
office  in  which  the  wills  are  kept.  All  the  books  of  entry,  both  of  ancient  and 
modern  wills,  are  kept  together,  and  can  only  be  consulted  in  the  same  department 
of  the  same  office,  in  the  same  manner  and  subject  to  precisely  the  same  restrictions 
and  the  same  payments.  No  distinction  is  made  between  the  fees  to  be  paid  by  a 
literary  person  who  wishes  to  make  a  few  notes  from  wills,  perhaps  three  or  four 
hundred  years  old,  in  order  to  rectify  a  fact,  a  name,  a  date,  or  to  establish  the  proper 
place  of  a  descent  in  a  pedigree,  or  the  exact  meaning  of  a  doubtful  word,  and  the 
fees  to  be  paid  by  the  person  who  wants  a  copy  of  a  will  proved  yesterday  as  evi- 
dence of  a  right  to  property  perhaps  to  be  established  in  a  court  of  justice.  No 
extract  is  allowed  to  be  made,  not  even  of  a  word  or  a  date,  except  the  names  of  the 
executors  and  the  date  of  the  will.  Printed  statements  in  historical  books,  which 
refer  to  wills,  may  not  be  compared  with  the  wills  as  entered ;  even  ancient  copies  of 
wills  handed  down  for  many  generations  in  the  families  of  the  testators,  may  not  be 
examined  with  the  registered  wills  without  paying  the  office  for  making  new  and 
entire  copies. 

No  such  restrictions  exclude  literary  inquirers  from  the  British  Museum,  where 
there  are  papers  equally  valuable.  The  public  Record  offices  are  all  open,  either 
gratuitously  or  upon  payment  of  easy  fees.  The  Secretary  of  State  for  the  Home 
Department  grants  permission  of  access  to  Her  Majesty's  State  Paper  Office.  Your 
Grace's  predecessor  gave  the  Camden  Society  free  access  to  the  registers  of  wills  at 
Lambeth — documents  exactly  similar  to  those  at  Doctors'  Commons.  The  Prero- 
gative Office  is,  probably,  the  only  public  office  in  the  kingdom  which  is  shut  against 
literary  inquirers. 

The  results  of  such  regulations  are  obvious.  The  ancient  wills  at  Doctors'  Com- 
mons not  being  accessible  to  those  to  whom  alone  they  are  useful,  yield  scarcely  any 


8  REPORT    OF    THE    COUNCIL,    1848. 

fees  to  the  office  ;  historical  inquirers  are  discouraged ;  errors  remain  uncorrected  ; 
statements  of  facts  in  historical  works  are  obliged  to  be  left  uncertain  and  incomplete  ; 
the  researches  of  the  Camden  Society  and  other  similar  societies  are  thwarted ;  and 
all  historical  inquirers  regard  the  condition  of  the  Prerogative  Office  as  a  great 
literary  grievance. 

The  President  and  Council  of  the  Camden  Society  respectfully  submit  these  cir- 
cumstances to  your  Grace  with  a  full  persuasion  that  nothing  which  relates  to  the 
welfare  of  English  historical  literature  can  be  uninteresting  either  to  your  Grace 
personally,  or  to  the  Church  over  which  you  preside ;  and  they  humbly  pray  your  Grace 
that  such  changes  may  be  made  in  the  regulations  of  the  Prerogative  Office  as  nxay 
assimilate  its  practice  to  that  of  the  Public  Record  Office,  so  far  as  regards  the  in- 
spection of  the  books  of  entry  of  ancient  wills,  or  that  such  other  remedy  may  be 
applied  to  the  inconveniences  now  stated  as  to  your  Grace  may  seem  fit. 

(Signed)     Braybrooke,  President. 

Thomas  Amyot,  Director.  Thos.  Stapleton. 

Henry  Ellis.  Wm.  Durrant  Cooper. 

J.  Payne  Collier,  Treas"".  Peter  Levesque. 

Harry  Verney.  Thos.  J.  Pettigrew. 

H.  H.  Milman.  John  Bruce. 

Joseph  Hunter.  Beriah  Botfield. 
William  J.  Thoms,  Secretary.        Bolton  Corney. 
Chs.  Purton  Cooper. 

25,  Parliament  Street,  Westminster^ 
13  April,  1848. 

Time  for  a  reply  has  not  yet  elapsed:  but  the  Council  sincerely  trust  that 
on  the  next  recurrence  of  the  annual  meeting  they  shall  be  able  to  report, 
that  the  memorial  has  been  successful  in  procuring  such  a  modification  of 
the  regulations  of  the  Prerogative  Office  as  will  assimilate  its  practice  to 
that  of  the  pubhc  Record  departments  of  the  government ;  and  by  per- 
mitting the  literary  student  to  inspect,  collate,  and  if  necessary  trans- 
cribe, the  documents  there  deposited,  further  that  which  is  the  great  object 
of  the  Camden  Society,  the  dissemination  of  Historical  Truth. 

By  Order  of  the  Council, 

Thomas  Amyot,  Director. 
William  J.  Thoms,  Secretary. 


REPORT   OF   THE   AUDITORS, 

Dated  April  29,  1848. 

We,  the  Auditors  appointed  to  audit  the  Accounts  of  the  Camden 
Society,  report  to  the  Society,  that  the  Treasurer  has  exhibited  to  us  an 
account  of  the  Receipts  and  Expenditure  of  the  Society,  from  the  1  st  of 
May,  1847,  to  the  29th  of  April,  1848,  and  that  we  have  examined  the  said 
accounts,  with  the  vouchers  relating  thereto,  and  find  the  same  to  be 
correct  and  satisfactory. 

And  we  further  report  that  the  following  is  an  Abstract  of  the 
Receipts  and  Expenditure  of  the  Society  during  the  period  we  have  men- 
tioned. 


An  ABSTRACT  of  the  RECEIPTS  and  EXPENDITURE  of  THE  CAMDEN  SOCIETY, 
from  the  1st  May,  1847,  to  the  29th  April,  1848. 


78 


*,  d. 
16     3 


Balance  of  last  year's  account  .... 

Received  on  account  of  Members 
whose  Subscriptions  were  in  ar- 
rear  at  the  last  Audit    98     0     0 

The  like  on  account  of  Subscrip- 
tions due  1st  May,  1847   730     0     0 

One  year's  dividend  on  ^877 10*.  9d. 
3  per  Cent.  Consols,  invested  in 
the  names  of  the  Trustees  of  the 
Society,  deducting  property-tax     25  17  10 

Composition     received    from    one 

Member.- 10     0 


Total  receipts  for  the  year  i?942  14     1 


£.     8.  d. 
Paid  for  the  purchase  of  £23  4«.  3  per  Cent.  Consols, 

invested  for  the  benefit  of  the  Society 20     0    0 

Paid  for  printing  and  paper  of  1,250  copies  of  "  Mid- 

dleham  Charters  "   96 

Thelikeofl,250copiesof  •'CamdenMiscellany,"vol.I.  122 
The  like  of  1,250  copies  of  "  Lord  Grey  of  Wilton"..  76 
The  like  of  1,250  copies  of  '«  Walter  Yonge's  Diary  ". .  89 
Paid  for  binding  1,200  copies  of  «'  Middleham  Charters  "  43 
The  like  for  1 ,200  copies  of  "  Relations  of  England  "  43 
The  like  for  1,200  copies  of  "Camden  Miscellany," 


vol.  T. 


The  like  for  1,200  copies  of  "  Lord  Grey  of  Wilton" 
Paid  for  delivery  and  transmission  of  1,000  copies  of 

"Middleham    Charters,"     "Camden    Miscellany," 

"  Lord  Grey  of  Wilton,"  and  "  Yonge's  Diary,"  at  2d. 

per  book,  with  paper  for  wrappers,  &c 

Paid  for  Miscellaneous  Printing,  Lists  of  Members,  &c. 
Paid  for  Transcripts  connected  with  works  published  or 

in  progress   

Paid  expenses  connected  with  circulation  of  Prospectus 
One  year's  payment  for  keeping  Accounts  and  General 

Correspondence  of  the  Society   52 

Paid  for  postages,  carriage  of  parcels,  stationery,  and 

other  petty  cash  expenses    *      16 

Cash  balance,  viz.  Sum  remaining  in  hand 

for  Composition £^0     0     0 

Balance  of  Subscriptions  and  other  receipts    1 75  18     3 

■  - '  lo5 


16     2 
11     0 


14     8 
6     8 


10     0 
2     4 


18     3 


ir942  14     1 


10  REPORT  OF  THE  AUDITORS. 

And  we,  the  Auditors,  further  state,  that  the  Treasurer  has  reported 
to  us,  that,  over  and  above  the  present  balance  of  £185  ISs,  Sd.  there  are 
outstanding  various  subscriptions  of  Foreign  Members,  of  Members 
resident  in  places  distant  from  London,  and  of  Members  recently  elected, 
which  the  Treasurer  sees  no  reason  to  doubt  will  shortly  be  received. 

Given  under  our  hands  this  29th  day  of  April,  1848, 

Geo.  Godwin,  Jun.  Robt.  Lemon. 

As  a  postscript  to  this  Report  the  Auditors  take  leave  to  refer  to  an 
arrangement,  recently  made  by  the  Society  of  Antiquaries,  which  pro- 
vides that  one  of  the  Auditors  acting  in  the  current  year  shall  be  re- ap- 
pointed for  the  ensuing  year ;  and,  considering  this  a  salutary  provision, 
they  venture  to  recommend  its  adoption  by  the  Council  of  the  Camden 
Society. 

RoBT.  Lemon.  Geo.  Godwin,  Jun. 

^jon7  29,  1848. 


MEMBERS    OF    THE    CAMDEN    SOCIETY, 

FOR    THE 

TENTH  YEAR,  ENDING  1st  MAY,  1848. 


Those  Members  to  whose  names  (c.)  is  prefixed  have  compounded  for  their  Annual  Subscriptions. 
The  Members  whose  names  are  printed  in  Small  Capitals  were  on  the  Council  of  the  year. 

THE  RIGHT  HONOURABLE  LORD  BRAYBROOKE,  F.S.A.,  President. 
(c.)  H.R.  H.  Prince  Albert  of  Saxe-Coburg  Gotha,  K.G.,  F.R.S.,  F.S.A. 

The  Most  Rev.  and  Right  Hon.  William  Lord  Archbishop  of  Canterbury.     [Died  Feb.  11,  1848.] 
The  Right  Hon.  Lord  Cottenham,  LL.D.,  F.R.S.,  Lord  High  Chancellor. 
The  Most  Hon.  the  Marquess  of  Northampton,  D.C.L.,  Pres.  R.S.,  F.S.A. 


J.  White  Abbott,  Esq.  Exeter 

Abraham  Abell,  Esq.  Cork 

Right   Hon.  the  Earl  of   Aberdeen, 

F.R.S.,  F.S.A. 
Joseph  Ablett,  Esq  Llanbedr  Hall 
Rt.  Hon.  Lord  Viscount  Acheson 
(c.)  Sir  Robert  Shafto  Adair 
John  Adamson,  Esq.  Sec.  S.  A.  Newc. 

Local  Secretary  at  Newcastle 
(c.)  Rev.  James  Adcock,  M.A. 
The  Adelphi  Reading  Society,  Basing. 

hall- street 
Professor  Dr.  Adrian,  Hesse  Darmstadt 
Wm.  Harrison  Ains worth,  Esq. 
Ralph  Ainsworth,  Esq.  M.D. 
John  Yonge  Akerman,  Esq.  Sec.  S.A. 
William  Aldam,  Esq. 
(c)  Edward  Nelson  Alexander,  Esq. 

F.S.A.  Local  Secretary  at  Halifax 
Robert  Henry  Allan,  Esq.  F.S.A. 
George  Edward  Allen,  Esq.  Bath 
Mr.  William  Allen 
Franklin  AUport,  Esq. 
Richard  Almack,  Esq.  F.S.A. 
Rev.  Edward  Constable  Alston,  M.A. 
George  Henry  Ames,  Esq.  Bristol 
Samuel  Amory,  Esq. 
Thomas  Amyot,  Esq.  F.R.S.,  F.S.A. 

Director 
Alexander  Annand,  Esq.  F.S.A. 
Thomas  Chisholme  Anstey,  Esq.  M.P. 
Samuel  Appleby,  Esq. 
George  Appleyard,  Esq. 
M.  le  Chevalier  Artaud,  Membre  de 

rinstitut  de  France 
Robert  John  Ashton,  Esq.  F.L.S. 
Sydney  Aspland,  Esq. 
The  Athenseum  Club 


Fenton  Robinson  Atkinson,  Esq. 

Rev.  William  Atthill,  M.A.  Deanery, 
Middleham,  Yorkshire.  Local  Se- 
cretary at  Middleham 

Benjamin  Austen,  Esq. 

Australasian  Public  Library 

W.  Scrope  Ayrton,  Esq.  F.S.A. 

James  Bacon,  Esq. 

Thomas  Bacon,  Esq.  Redlands,  Reading 

Rt.  Hon.  Lord  Bagot,  LL.D.,  F.S.A. 

James  Evan  Baillie,  Esq. 

George  Baker,  Esq.  Local  Secretary 
at  Northampton 

Rev.  John  Baldwin,  M.A.  Dalton 

Rev.  Bulkeley  Bandinel,  D.D.  Bod- 
ley's  Librarian,  Oxford 

Harwood  W.  Banner,  Esq.  Liverpool 

W.  G.  J.  Barker,  Esq.  Harmby,  Ley- 
burn,  Yorkshire 

(c.)  George  Barlow,  Esq.  Oldham 

Benjamin  Barnard,  Esq. 

E.  C.  Gee  Barnard,  Esq, 

John  Barnard,  Esq. 

Keith  Barnes,  Esq. 

Ralph  Barnes,  Esq.  Exeter 

Charles  Frederick  Barnwell, Esq.M.  A., 
F.R.S.,  F.S.A. 

Rev.  John  Bartholomew,  Morchard 

Arthur  Barr,  Esq. 

Mr.  J.  Bartlett,  Blandford 

J.  R.  Bartlett,  Esq.  New  York 

William  Bateman,  Esq.  R.N. 

R.  R.  Bayley,  Esq. 

Richard  Bayley,  Esq.  SheflSeld 

Henry  Ridley  Beal,  Esq. 

John  Beardmore,  Esq.  Uplands 

His  Grace  the  Duke  of  Bedford 

John  Thomas  Bedford,  Esq. 


The  Bedford  Permanent  Library 

James  Bell,  Esq. 

Robert  Bell,  Esq.  Chiswick 

Thomas  Bell,  Esq.  F.R.S. 

Charles  Bellamy,  Esq.  D.C.L. 

Samuel  Beltz,  Esq. 

Rev.  Samuel  Benson 

Francis  Benthall,  Esq.  F.S.A. 

Henry  Bentley,  Esq. 

John  Bentley,  Esq.  Birch  House 

Michael  Bentley,  Esq. 

Richard  Bentley,  Esq. 

Peter  S.  Benwell,  Esq.  Henley 

John  Brodribb  Bergne,  Esq.  F.S.A, 

Auditor 
The  Royal  Library,  Berlin 
Charles  William  de  Bernardy,  Esq. 
Samuel  Berridge,  Esq.  Leicester 
(c.)    The   Rev.  John   Besly,   D.C.L. 

Vicar  of  Benton,  Northumberland 
Sir  William  Betham,  Ulster  King  of 

Arms,    F.S.A.,   M.R.I. A.      Local 

Secretary  at  Dublin 
Richard    Bethell,     Esq.     Rise,    near 

Beverley 
Edward  Bevan,  Esq. 
La  Biblioth^que  du  Roi,  Paris 
Robert  Bickersteth,  Esq.  Liverpool 
John  Bidwell,  Esq.  F.S.A. 
Leonard  Shelford  BidweU,  Esq.  F.S.A. 
Rev.    George   Augustus   Biedermann. 

Rector  of  Dauntsey,  Wilts. 
Arthur  Biggs,  Esq.  Bristol 
(c.)  John  Billing,  Esq.  Reading 
Henry   Back,    Esq.  Trinity   College 

Cambridge 
Samuel  H.  Bindon,  Esq. 
William  Bird,  Esq.  Rock  Park 


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MEMBERS    OP    THE    CAMDEN    SOCIETY,    1847-8. 


Thomas  Birkbeck,  Esq. 
(c.)  John  Birkbeck,  Esq.  Anley  House 
The  Birmingham  Public  Library 
W.  H.    Blaauw,   Esq.   M.A.    Beech- 
land.     Auditor 
John  Blachford,  Esq. 
William  Black,  Esq. 
John  Burgoyne  Blackett,  Esq. 
(c.)    Rev.  Joseph  William  Blakesley, 

M.A.      Local  Secretary  at  Ware, 

Herts. 
Michael  Bland,  Esq.  F.R.S.,  F.S.A.. 
Venble.   George  Bland,  M.A.,  Arch- 
deacon of  Lindisfarne 
Charles  Blandy,  Esq.  Reading 
(c.)  John  Jackson  Blandy,  Esq.  Local 

Secretary  at  Reading 
William  Blandy,  Esq.  Reading 
Robert  Willis   Blencowe,  Esq.  M.A. 

The  Hooke,  near  Lewes 
Octavian   Blewitt,    Esq.  Secretary  to 

the  Literary  Fund  Society 
(c.)  Rev.  Philip  Bliss,  D.C.L.,  F.S.A., 

Principal  of  New  Inn  Hall,  Oxford. 

Local  Secretary  at  Oxford 
Bindon  Blood,  Esq.  F.R.S.E.,  F.S.A., 

Scot.,  M.R.I.A.  Ennis,  Ireland 
Edward  Blore,  Esq.  D.C.L.,  F.S.A. 
B.  Blundell,  Esq.  Temple 
John  Blunt,  Esq. 
Rev.  Wm.  Blunt,  B.A.  Under  Master 

of  Merchant-Taylors'  School 
Miss  Bockett,  Southcote  Lodge,  Berks 
Henry  G.  Bohn,  Esq. 
Rev.  J.  A.  Bolster,  MA.,  M.R.I.A. 

Local  Secretary  at  Cork 
Mr.  William  Boone 
B.  W.  Booth,  Esq.  Manchester 
John  Booth,  Esq.  Barton  on  Irwell 
Mr.  Lionel  Booth 
Rt.  Hon.  Sir  John  Bernard  Bosanquet, 

Knt.  M.A.    [Died  Sept.  26,  1847]. 
Rev.  Joseph  Bosworth,  LL.D.,F.R.S., 

F.S.A.  Local  Secretary  at  Derby 
(c.)  Beriah  Botfield,  Esq.  F.R.S., 

F.S.A. 
Lieut.  Bowden,  22nd  Foot 
Miss  Bower,  Doncaster 
Rev.  Thomas  Frere  Bowerbank,  M.A. 

Vicar  of  Chiswick 
George  Bowyer,  Esq.  D.C.L.,  F.S.A.. 
Mark  Boyd,  Esq. 
David  Bradberry,  Esq. 
The  Subscription  Library,   Bradford, 

Yorkshire 
Robert  Greene  Bradley,  Esq.  Bencher 

of  Grey's  Inn.     Local  Secretary  at 

Lancaster 
George    Weare     Braikenridge,    Esq. 

F.S.A.  Brislington  House,  Som. 
Thomas  W.  Bramston,  Esq.  M.P. 


Humphrey  Brandreth,  Esq.  Houghton 

House,  Beds. 
Edward  Wedlake  Brayley,  Esq.  F.S.A. 
George  Brice,  Esq.  Queen's  Coll.  Oxf. 
John  Bright,  Esq.  M.D. 
John    Ruggles    Brise,     Esq.    Spains 

Hall  ^        ^ 

Charles  Bristed,  Esq.Trin.  Coll.Camb. 
Thomas  Broadwood,  Esq. 
William  Brockedon,  Esq.  F.R.S. 
William  Bromet,  M.D.,  F.S.A. 
(c.)  Right  Hon.  the  Lord  Brooke. 
Francis  Capper  Brooke,  Esq.  Uflford, 

Place,  Suffolk 
Charles  Bros,  Esq. 
The  Right  Hon.  Lord  Brougham  and 

Vaux,  F.R.S. 
Rev.  John  Brown,  M.A.  Vice-Master 

of  Trinity  College,  Cambridge 
Robert  Brown,  Esq.  Bishopwearmouth 
Rev.  Meredith  Brown,  Incumbent  of 

Chiltre,  Wilts 
Samuel  Cowper  Brown,  Esq.  F.S.A. 

Shillingford  Cross,  near  Exeter 
Samuel  Wm.  Browne,  Esq.  Lewisham 
William  Henry Browne,Esq. Lewisham 
Rt.  Hon.  Sir  James  L.  Knight  Bruce, 

Vice- Chancellor,  F.R.S.,  F.S.A. 
(c.)  John  Bruce,  Esq.  F.S.A.  Hyde 

House,    Minchinhampton.      Local 

Secretary^  and  Auditor 
The  Royal  Library,  Brussels 
Rev.  Guy  Bryan,  M.A.,  F.S.A.  Rec- 
tor of   Woodham    Walter,    Essex. 

Local  Secretary  at  Maldon 
Mr.  John  Bryant 
Henry  T.  Buckle,  Esq. 
George  Buckton,  Esq.  Oakfield 
Lieut.-Gen.      Sir     Henry     Bunburv, 

K.C.B.,  F.S.A. 
John  Burder,  Esq.  F.S.A. 
John  William  Burgon,  Esq. 
James  Burn,  Esq.  W.  S.  Edinburgh 
Ven.  Chas.  Parr  Bumey,  D.D.  F.R.S., 

F.S.A.  Archdeacon  of  St.  Alban's 
John  Burrell,  Esq.  Durham 
Robert  Burrell,  Esq.  Durham 
Edmund  Burrow,  Esq. 
Decimus  Burton,  Esq.  F.R.S.,  F.S.A. 
John  M.  Burton,  Esq.  Greenwich 
Johnson  Atkinson  Busfield,  Esq.  Brad- 
ford, Yorkshire 
Rev.    Thomas  Byrth,  D.D.,   F.S.A., 

Rector  of  Wallasey,  Cheshire 
Benjamin  Bond  Cabbell,  Esq.  M.P 

F.R.S.,  F.S.A. 
Frederick  Caldwell,  Esq. 
Rt.  Hon.  Lord  Campbell 
Union  Society,  Cambridge 
J.  S.  Cardale,  Esq.  Leicester 
The  Cardiff  Institution 


(c.)  The  Rev.  Edward  Cardwell,  D.D 

Camden's    Professor    of    Ancient 

History,  Oxford 
W.  Henry  Pole  Carew,  Esq.  Anthony 
(c.)  Peter  Stafford  Carey,  Esq.  M.A. 
Rt.  Hon.  the  Earl  of  Carlisle,  F.R.S. 
Edward  John  Carlos,  Esq. 
Rev.  John  Carr,  M.A.  Fellow  of  Bal- 

liol  college,  Oxford 
William  Thomas  Carr,  Esq, 
John  Carter,  Esq.  Coventry 
George   Alfred    Carthew,   Esq.    Easi 

Dereham,  Norfolk 
(c.)  Cornelius  Cartwright, Esq.  Dudlei 
W.  C.  Cartwright,  Esq. 
Rev.  W.  Cams,  M.A.  Fellow  of  Trin 

Coll.  Camb. 
The  Rt.  Hon.  Earl  Cawdor,  F.R.S. 
Edward  P.  Cearns,  Esq.  Liverpool 
Mr.  James  Chaffin,  Islington 
Thomas  Chapman,  Esq.  F.R.S.  F.S.A, 
William  Chapman,  Esq.  Richmond 
(c.)  William  Chappell,  Esq.  F.S.A. 
Sir  William  Chatterton,  Bart. 
J.  M.  G.  Cheek,  Esq.  Evesham.  Locai 

Secretary  at  Evesham 
Rt.  Rev.  the  Lord  Bishop  of  Chichestei 
(c.)    John  Walbanke    Childers,    Esq. 

M.P.  ^ 

Francis  Cholmeley,  Esq,  F.S.A, 
Rev,  Henry  Christmas,  M,A„  F.R.S., 

F.S.A,,  Sec,  N,S.,  Librarian  of  Sion 

College,  &c.,  &c, 
Henry  Christy,  Esq. 
F.  Churchill,  Esq. 
Charles  Clark,  Esq.  Middle  Temple 
Rev.    Francis   Foreman  Clark,  B.A., 

Townfield  House,  Staffordshire 
William    Clark,    M.D,    Professor    of 

Anatomy,  Cambridge 
Joseph  Clarke,  Esq. 
Thomas  Clarke,  Esq.  F.R.S.,  F.S.A. 
Rev.  Patrick  Clason,  D.D.  Edinb,    For 

the  Library  of  the  Free  Church  ol 

Scotland 
Rev.  Jacob  Clements,  M.A.  Upton  St. 

Leonard's,  near  Gloucester 
(c.)  Rev.  Alfred  Butler  Clough,  B.D., 

F.S.A.  Jesus  College,  Oxford 
Charles    Thornton    Coathupe,     Esq. 

Wraxhall,  near  Bristol 
James  Cobb,  Esq.  Yarmouth 
J.  Ingram  Cobbin,  Esq, 
Sir  Wm,     S.    R.     Cockburn,     Bart. 

M.A. 
William  Colboume,  Esq.  Chippenham 
Francis  George  Coleridge,  Esq,  Ottery 

St,  Mary,  Devon 
The  Hon.  Sir  John  Taylor  Coleridge. 

one  of  the  Judges  of  the  Queen'? 

Bench,  M.A. 


MEMBERS    OF    THE    CAMDEN    SOCIETY,    1847-8, 


13 


John  Payne  Collier,  Esq.  Treas. 
S.A.    Director   of  the  Shakespeare 
Society.     Treasurer 
Mr.  Edwin  Collings,  Bath 
Edward  Collins,  Esq. 
Thomas  Combe,  Esq.  Oxford 
Rev.  C.  Comberbach,  Stonor 
John  Comport,  Esq.  F.S.A.  Strood. 

Local  Secretary  for  Rochester 
The  Library  of  Congress,  Washington 
(c.)  Rev.  John  Connop,  M.A.  Brad- 
field  Hall,  Berkshire 
Edward  Conroy,  Esq.  M. A., M.R.I. A. 
William  Conway,  Esq.  Rathmines 
Lord  Albert  Conyngham,  F.S.A. 
William  Henry  Cooke,  Esq.  Barrister- 

at-Law,  Temple 
Charles  Henry  Cooper,  Esq.  Coroner 

for  Cambridge 
Charles     Purton     Cooper,    Esq. 

Q.C.,  D.C.L.,  F.R.S.,  F.S.A. 
Rev.  James  Cooper,  M.A.  St.  Paul's 

School 
Thomas  Henry  Cooper,  Esq.  F.L.S. 
William    Durrant   Cooper,    Esq. 

F.S.A.. 
The  Royal  Library  of  Copenhagen 
The  Lord  Bishop  of  Cork,  Cloyne  and 

Ross 
George  Richard  Corner,  Esq.  F.S.A. 
(c.)  Bolton  Corney,  Esq.  M.R.S.L. 
Rev.  Tho.  Corser,  Stand,  Manchester 
Rev.   G.  E.   Corrie,   B.D.   Fellow  of 
Cath.  Hall,  and  Norrisian  Prof,  of 
Divin.  in  the  Univ.  of  Cambridge 
Right  Hon.  Countess  CornwaUis  [Died 

Nov.  4,  1847]. 
Andrew  Coventry,  Esq.  Advocate 
Rev.  M.  Cowie,  M.A.  St.  John's  Coll. 

Cambridge 
William  Crafter,  Esq.  Gravesend 
Cc.)  James  T.  Gibson  Craig,  Esq. 
George  L.  Craik,  Esq. 
Very  Rev.  John  Anthony  Crainer,D.D. 

Dean  of  Carlisle 
Rev.  Richard  Crawley,  M.A.  Steeple 

Ashton,  Wiltshire 
Charles  Crawley,  Esq. 
Sir  Archer  Denman  Croft,  Bart. 
Rev.  Richard  Croft,  Vicar  of  Hart- 
burn,  Northumberland 
Anthony  Crofton,  Esq.  Barrister 
Jolin  Crofts,  Esq.  Bradford,  York 
The  Rt.  Hon.  John  Wilson  Croker, 

LL.D.,  F.R.S. 
Thomas    Crofton    Croker,    Esq. 

F.S.A.,  M.R.LA. 
Junies  Crosby,  Esq. 
Crosby   Hall   Literary  and   Scientific 

Institution 
John  Cross,  Esq.  Barrister-at-Law 


James  Crossley,  Esq.  Local  Secretary 

at  Manchester 
James  Dodsley  CuflF,  Esq. 
Rev.    Samuel    Cumming,    B.A.    Old 

Romney 
George    Godfrey    Cunningham,   Esq. 

Redcol,  East  Lothian 
Peter  Cunningham,  Esq.  Treasurer  of 

the  Shakespeare  Society 
Miss  Richardson  Currer,  Eshton  Hall 
Henry     Curwen,     Esq.    Workington 

Hall,  Cumberland 
The  Rev.   Henry  Curwen,   Rector  of 

Workington 
The  Hon.  Edward  Cecil  Curzon 
Edward  Dalton,  Esq.  LL.D.,  F.S.A. 
John  Dalton,  Esq.  West  Belney,  near 

Lynn 
Thomas  Dalton,  Esq.  Cardiff 
George  Daniel,  Esq. 
George  Webb  Dasent,  Esq.  M.A. 
William  Davie,  Esq.  Town  Clerk  of 

Glasgow 
Francis  Robert  Davies,  Esq.  Dublin 
Robert   Davies,    Esq.    F.S.A,    Town 

Clerk  of  York 
Richard  Davies,  jun.  Esq.  Llangefni 
Thomas  Stephens  Davies,  Esq.  F.R.S. 

L.  and  Ed.  F.S.A. 
David  Elisha  Davy,  Esq.  Ufford,  Suf- 

folk.     Local  Secretary 
Matthew  Dawes,  Esq.  F.G.S. 
Vesey  Thomas  Dawson,  Esq. 
Rev.  Arthur  Dayman,  M.A.  Shilling- 
stone  Rectory,  Blandford 
Charles  Deane,  Esq. 
Rev.  J.  Bathurst  Deane,  M.A.,F.S.A. 
George  Kenyon  Dearden,  Esq.  Bury, 

Lane. 
James  Dearden,  Esq.  F.S.A.  Rochdale 
Right  Hon.  Earl  de  Grey,  Pres  of  R. 

Inst.  Br.  Architects,  F.S.A. 
Rev.  D.  C.  Delafosse,  M.A. 
Philip  Chilwell  De  la  Garde,  Esq. 
Mons.   Jules   Desnoyers,   Sec.    de    la 

Soc.  de  I'Histoire  de  France 
His  Grace  the  Duke  of  Devonshire, 

K.G.,  D.C.L. 
F.  H.  Dickinson,  Esq. 
\\'illiam  Dike,  Esq. 
Charles  Wentworth  Dilke,  Esq.  LL.B. 
Joseph  C.  Dimsdale,  Esq, 
(c.)    John    Disney,  Esq.  The   Hyde, 

Ingatestone 
(c.)  George  Dodd,  Esq.  M.P.,  F.S.A. 
Charles  Cooper  Doggett,  Esq. 
Mr.  Dolman,  Bond  street 
Charles     Dorrien,     Esq.      Sennicots, 

Chichester 
John  Edward  Dowdeswell,  Esq.  Pull 
Court,  Worcestershire 


(c.)  Charles  Downes,  Esq. 
Thomas   D'Oyly,   Esq.    D.C.L.    Ser- 
jeant-at- Law 
Samuel  Duckworth,  Esq.,  M.A.  Mas- 
terin  Chancery  [DiedDec.3, 1847]. 
Thomas  Farmer  Dukes,  Esq.  F.S.A. 
Philip    Bury  Duncan,    Esq.,    M.A., 

Keeper  of  the  Ashmolean  Museum 
David  Dundas,  Esq.,  M.A.,  Temple 
William   Pitt    Dundas,   Esq.  Deputy 

Clerk  Register  of  Scotland 
John  Dunn,  Esq.  Paisley 
Enoch  Durant,  Esq.  F.S.A. 
Right  Rev.  the  Lord  Bishop  of  Dur- 
ham, F.R.S.,  F.S.A. 
Rev.  Alexander  Dyce,  B.A. 
Rev.  Thomas    Dyer,   M.A.    Abbot's 

Roding,  Ongar,  Essex 
J.  Compton  Dyke,  Esq.  Rochester 
Mr.  Thomas  Eaton,  Worcester 
Thomas  Edgworth,  Esq. 
Sir  Philip  de  Malpas   Grey  Egerton, 

Bart.  M.P.,  F.R  S.,  V.P.G.S. 
Benjamin  Elam,  Esq. 
Rev.  H.  T.  Ellacombe,  M.A.,  F.S.A. 

Bitton,  near  Bristol 
J.  Bardoe  Elliott,  Esq. 
George  Percy  Elliott,  Esq.  Barrister- 

at-law,  Temple 
Sir    Henry   Ellis,    K.H.,    LL.B., 
F.R.S.,  Sec.  S.A.,  Principal  Libra- 
rian of  the  British  Museum 
(c.)  G.  Stevenson  Ellis,  Esq. 
Rev.  John  Joseph  Ellis,  M.A.,  F.S.A. 
Joseph  Ellis,  jun.  Esq.  Richmond 
Rt.  Hon.  the  Earl  of  Ellesmere 
John  Fullerton  Elphinstone,  Esq. 
Charles    Norton    Elvin,    Esq.     East 

Dereham,  Norfolk 
Hastings  Elwin,  Esq. 
William  Empson,  Esq.  M.A. 
C.  Engledew,  Esq.  Haddington,  N.B. 
The  Erechtheium  Club 
The  Rt.  Hon.  Thomas  Erskine 
George  Essell,  Esq.  Rochester 
Thomas  Grimston  Bucknall  Estcourt, 
Esq.  M.P.  for  the  Univ.  of  Oxford 
Rev.  Henry  Herbert  Evans,  M.A. 
Herbert  Norman  Evans,  Esq. 
Thomas  Evans,  Esq.  Cardiff 
C.  W.  Evors,  Esq. 
(c.)   John  Leman  Ewen,  Esq.  Vale- 
wood,  Haslemere,  Sussex 
(c.)  Joseph  Walter  King  Eyton,  Esq. 

F.S.A.  Lond.  &  Scot. 
George  Lock  ton  Faithful!,  Esq.  Tring 
The  Right  Hon.  Lord  Farnham 
(c.)  Sir  Walter  Farquhar,  Bart. 
James  William  Farrer,  Esq.  Master  in. 

Chancery,  F.S.A. 
Mr.  Thomas  Faulkner,  Chelsea 


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MEMBERS  OF  THE  CAMDEN  SOCIETY,  1847-8. 


Tarver  R.  Fearnside,  Esq. 

Dr.  Feder,  Head  Librarian  to  the  Court 

of  Hesse  Darmstadt 
Rev.  George  O.  Fenwicke,  F.S.A. 
Copley  Fielding,  Esq.  Brighton 
Rev.  Henry  Fielding,  M.A.  Salmonby 

Rectory,  near  Horncastle 
William  Figg,  Esq.  Lewes 
Charles  Filica,  Esq. 
John  Joseph  Ashby  Fillinham,  Esq. 
(c.)  Sir  Edmund  Filmer,  Bart.  M.P. 

East  Sutton  Place,  Kent 
John  Goate  Fisher,  Esq.  Yarmouth 
Paul  Hawkins  Fisher,  Esq.    The  Cas- 
tle, Stroud 
Wm.    Stevenson   Fitch,    Esq.     Local 

Secretary  at  Ipswich 
Robert  Fitch,  Esq.  NDrwich 
The  Right  Hon.  Earl  FitzWilliam 
Rev.  Henry  Fletcher,  Ulceby,  Line. 
John    W.    Fletcher,    Esq.   Brazenose 

College,  Oxford 
(c.)  Thomas  W.  Fletcher,  Esq.  F.R.S., 

F.S.A.  Local  Secretary  at  Dudley 
(c.)  Rev.  William  Fletcher,  M.A.  Lo- 
cal Secretary  at  Southwell 
Sir    William   J.    H.    Browne   Folkes, 

Bart.  F.R.S.,  F.S.A. 
(c.)  George  FoUiott,  Esq. 
Rev.   Josiah  Forshall,  M.A.,  F.R.S., 

F.S.A.  Sec.  to  the  British  Museum 
John  Forster,  Esq. 
John    Forster,    Esq.     Newton-in-the 

Willows 
Matthew  Forster,  Esq.  Belsize 
W.E.  Forster,Esq.  Bradford,  Yorkshire 
Hon.  George  M.  Fortescue 
Edward  Foss,  Esq.  F.S.A. 
W.  F.  Foster,  Esq.  Stamford-hill 
liieut.  Colonel  Charles  Richard  Fox 
Charles  B.  Fox,  Esq. 
Charles  Larkin  Francis,  Esq. 
Henry  Ralph  Francis,  Esq.  M.A.  late 

Fellow  of  St.  John's  Coll.  Camb. 
Miss  Francis,  Hampstead 
Richard  Frankum,  Esq. 
William  French,  Esq. 
Thomas  Frewen,  Esq.  Brickwall  House 
Charles  Frost,  Esq.   F.S.A.   Pres.  of 

the  Lit.  and   Philos.  Soc.  of  Hull. 

Local  Secretary 
The   Ven.  R.    Hurrell  Froude,  M.A. 

Archdeacon  of  Totness 
Right  Hon.  Sir  Herbert  Jenner  Fust, 

LL.D.  Dean  of  the  Arches 
(c.)  John  Lewis  Ffytche,  Esq.  Line. 

Coll.  Oxf.  Thorp  Hall,  Louth 
Charles  Gambler,  Esq.  Harley-street 
Rev.  Richard  Garnet,  F.S.A.  British 

Museum 
Thomas  Garrard,  Esq.  F.S.A.  Bristol 


Thomas  Gaspey,  Esq. 
Herr  Von  G^vay,  Vienna 
Professor  Aug.  Fred.  Gfroeroer,  Direc- 
tor of  the  Royal  Library,  Stuttgard 
John  Gidley,  Esq.  Exeter 
Edward  Gifford,  Esq.  Admiralty 
Richard  James  Gilman,  Esq. 
William  Anthony  Gilman,  Esq. 
Thomas  Ward  Gleadow,  Esq.  Hull 
The  Literary  and  Scientific  Association 

of  Gloucester 
(c.)  John  Hulbert  Glover,  Esq.  F.S.A. 

Librarian  to  Her  Majesty 
Sir  Stephen  R.  Glynne,  Bart.  F.S.A. 
George    Godwin,    jun.    Esq.    F.R.S., 
F.S.A.  Hon.  Sec.  Art.  Union.    Au- 
ditor 

Henry  Godwin,  Esq.  F.S.A.  Newbury 
Gabriel  Goldney,  Esq. 
Aaron  Asher  Goldsmid,  Esq. 
Sir  Isaac  Lyon  Goldsmid,  Bart.  F.R.S. 

F.S.A. 
Rev.    William   Goode,    M.A.    F.S.A. 

Rector  of  St.  Antholine,  London 
James  Gooden,  Esq.  F.S.A. 
Jonathan   Gooding,    Esq.     Local  Se- 
cretary of  Southwald 
Alexander  Gordon,  jun.  Esq. 
W.  Ormsby  Gore,  Esq.  M.P. 
Richard  Gosling,  Esq. 
The  Gottingen  University  Library 
James  Robert  Gowen,  Esq.  F.G.S. 
John  Black  Gracie,  Esq.  F.S.A.  Sc. 

[Died  1847]. 
Charles  Graham,  Esq.  F.S.A. 
The   Rev.    James   Graves,    Borris   in 

Ossory 
Francis  Graves,  Esq. 
The  Library  of  the  Hon.   Society  of 

Gray's  Inn 
Henry  Green,  Esq.  Spalding 
John  Green,  Esq. 
John  Greenall,  Esq.  Warrington 
Benjamin     Wyatt    Greenfield,      Esq. 
Barrister-at-Law,    Shirley,     South- 
ampton 
Greenwich  Society  for  the  Diffusion  of 

Useful  Knowledge 
Hon.  and  Very  Rev.   George  Neville 

Grenville,  M.A.  Dean  of  Windsor 
Charles  Cavendish  Greville,  Esq. 
Charles  Griffin,  Esq.  Glasgow 
Philip  Griffith,  Esq. 
Rev.  Robert  H.  Groome,  M.A. 
John  Grundy,   Esq.  Hampton  Court 

Palace 
The  Lady  Charlotte  E.  Guest 
Edwin    Guest,  Esq.  M.A.    Fellow  of 

Caius  Coll.  Camb. 
Sir  John  Guise,  Bart.  Rendcomb 
Daniel  Gurney,  Esq.  F.S.A. 


(c.)   Hudson  Gurney,  Esq.  V.P.S.A. 

F.R.S. 
Russell  Guruey,  Esq.  Barrister-at-law 
John   Matthew,  Gutch,    Esq.   F.S.A. 

Local  Secretary  at  Worcester 
Frederick  Gwatkin,  Esq. 
Mr.  Henry  Gwyn 
Miss  Hackett,  Clapham,  Sttrrey 
William    D.    Haggard,   Esq.    F.S.A., 

F.R.A.S.,  M.N.S. 
Mr.  David  Haig,  Advocates'  Library, 

Edinburgh 
Edward  Hailstone,  Esq.  F.S.A.  Lon- 

don  and  Edinb.  Horton  Hall.  Local 

Secretary  at  Bradford,  Yorkshire. 
Mr.  Charles  Hall,  Blandford. 
Mrs.  Hall. 
John  Hall,  Esq. 

(c.)  Thomas  Henry  Hall,  F.R.S. 
Henry  Hallam,  Esq.    M.A.,   F.R.S., 

V.P.S.A. 
Charles  William  Hallett,  Esq. 
William  R.  Hallett,  Esq.  Cliff  Lodge, 

Leyburn,  Yorks. 
James  Orchard  Halliwell,  Esq.  F.R.S., 

F.S.A. 
William     Richard     Hamilton,      Esq.i 

F.R.S.,  V.P.S.A. 
John  Hampden,  Esq.  Leamington. 
Robert    Handyside,    Esq.    Advocate, 

Sheriflf  of  Stirlingshire. 
Philip  Augustus  Hanrott,  Esq.  F.S.A.' 
(c.)  J.  A.  Hardcastle,  Esq.   Hatcham 

House,  New  Cross. 
John  Stockdale  Hardy,  Esq.  F.S.A. 

Local  Secretary  at  Leicester. 
(c.)  Ven.  Julius  Charles  Hare,  M.A., 

Archdeacon  of  Lewes. 
James  Hargraves,  Esq.  Manchester. 
Rev.  William  Harness,  M.A. 
Edward  M.  Harrison,  Esq. 
William  Henry  Harrison,  Esq. 
Henry  Harrod,  Esq.  Hon.  Sec.  of  the 

Norfolk  and  Norwich  Archaeological 

Society,  Norwich 
Right   Hon.  the  Earl   of   Harrowby, 

F.S.A.     [Died  Dec.  26,  1847]. 
Leonard  L.  Hartley,  Esq.  Middleton  = 

Lodge,  Darlington. 
Rev.  Edward  Hawkins,  D.D.  Provost 

of  Oriel  College,  Oxford. 
Edward  Hawkins,  Esq.  F.R.S.,  F.S.A. 
Rev.  Edward  Craven  Hawtrey,  D.D., 

F.S.A.,  Head  Master  of  Eton 
Rev.   J.   M.   Heath,  M.A.    Fellow  of 

Trinity  Coll.  Camb. 
Henry  Heffil,  Esq.  Diss,  Norfolk 
Frederick  Heisch,  Esq. 
Alexander  Henderson,  M.D.,  F.S.A. 
E.  T.  Henry,  Esq.  Caius  Coll.  Camb. 
James  Henwood,  Esq.  Hull 


MEMBERS  OF  THE  CAMDEN  SOCIETY,   1847-8. 


15 


Hon.  Algernon  Herbert,  M.A. 

Samuel  R.  Heselton,  Esq. 

R.  W.  Heslop,  Esq.  Local  Secretary 

at  Ripon 
Thomas  Hewitt,  Esq.  M.A.  Cork 

Henry  William  Hewlett,  Esq. 

James  Heywood,  Esq.  F.R.S.,  F.S.A. 

Thomas  Heywood,  Esq.  F.S.A. 
T.  Heywood,  Esq.  Manchester 

George  Hickman,  Esq.  Mario w 

Rev.  W.  Hildyard,  Market  Deeping. 

Henry  Hill,  Esq.  Barrister-at-Law 

(c.)  Rev.  Herbert  Hill,  M.A.  Local 
Secretary  at  Wai-wick 

Jere  Hill,  Esq.  Bristol 

Matthew  D.  Hill,  Esq.  Q.C. 

John  Hill,  Esq.  M.A. 

John  Hodgson  Hinde,  Esq. 

Charles  H.  Hingeston,  Esq. 

J.  H.  Hippisley,  Esq. 

Sampson  Hodgkinson,  Esq. 

W.  B.  Hodgson,  Esq.  Liverpool 

James  Maitland  Hog,  Esq.  of  Newliston 

(c).  James  Holding,  Esq.  Basingstoke 

(c.)  Robert  Hollond,  Esq.  M.A. ,M. P. 

Richard  HoUier,  Esq.  F.S.A. 

Bryan  Holme,  Esq.  New  Inn 

Edward  Holme,  M.D.  Manchester 

Robert  Home,  Esq. 

Mr.  William  Hood 

John  Hooper,  Esq.  Reading 

A.  J.  Beresford  Hope,Esq.M.A.,M.P. 

James  R.  Hope,  Esq. 

The  Right  Hon.  John  Hope,  Lord 
Justice  Clerk,  Edinburgh 

Charles  Hopkinson,  Esq.  M.A. 

Edmund  Hopkinson,  Esq.  Edgeworth 
House,  Cirencester 

William  Hopkinson,  Esq.  Local  Se- 
cretary at  Stamford 

Alfred  John  Horwood,  Esq 

Abraham  Howard,  Esq. 

W.  Waters  Howard,  Esq. 

Edward  Howes,  Esq.  M.A. 

John  Hubback,  Esq.  Barrister-at-Law 

WUliam  H.  Huffam,  Esq.  Hull 

Rev.  John  William  Hughes,  M.A. 

The  Hull  Subscription  Library 

Rev.  Abraham  Hume,  D.D.  Local 
Secretary  at  Liverpool 

William  Powell  Hunt,  Esq.  Ipswich 

John  Hunter,  Esq.  jun.  W.S.  Edinb. 

Rev.  Joseph  Hunter,  F.S.A. 

(c.)  Richard  Charles  Hussey,  Esq. 
F.S.A.  Birmingham 

(c.)  Rev.  Robert  Hussey,  B.D.  Student 
of  Christ  Church,  Oxford 

William  Hutchison,  Esq. 

Sir  Robert  Harry  Inglis,  Bart.  LL.D., 
F.R.S.,  F.S.A.,  M.P.  for  the  Uni- 
versity of  Oxford 


(c.)  Rev.  James  Ingram,  D.D.,  F.S.A. 

President  of  Trin.  Coll.  Oxford 
(c.)    Cosmo    Innes,    Esq.     Advocate 

Sheriff  of  Morayshire,  Edinburgh 
The  Royal  Irish  Academy 
David  Irving,  Esq.  LL.D.  Edinburgh 
Library  of   King   William's   College, 

Isle  of  Man 
The  Islington  Literary  and  Scientific 

Society 
The  Hon.  James   Ivory,   one   of  the 

Lords  of  Session  in  Scotland 
Henry  Jackson,  Esq.  Local  Secretary 

at  Sheffield 
Rev.  Stephen  Jackson,  M.A.  Ipswich 
Rev.  Thomas  Jackson,  M.A.  Incum- 
bent of  St.  Peter's,  Mile  End 
B.  Jacob,  Esq.  Dorchester 
Rev.  William  Jacobson,   M.A.  Vice- 
Principal  of  Magdalen  Hall,  Oxford 
G.  P.  R.  James,  Esq.  Walmer 
(c.)  Rev.  L.  W.  Jeffray,  Preston 
Rev.  Richard  Jenkyns,  D.D.   Master 

of  Balliol  Coll.  Oxford 
William  Jerdan,  Esq.  M.R.S.L. 
Rt.  Hon.  the  Earl  Jermyn,  F.S.A. 
James  Jermyn,  Esq.  Reydon,  Suffolk 
Theophilus  Fairfax  Johnson,  Esq. 
George  Jones,  Esq.  R.A. 
Mr.  Jones,  Organist,  Middleham 
(c.)   Joseph  Jones,  jun.  Esq.     Local 

Secretary  at  Oldham 
Rev.  H.  Longueville  Jones,  M.A. 
Pitman  Jones,  Esq.  Local  Sec.  Exeter 
Richard  Jones,  Esq. 
William  Samuel  Jones,  Esq. 
Dr.    Keller,    Chief  Librarian   of    the 

University  Library,  Tubingen 
Sir  Fitzroy  Kelly,  M.P.,  Q.C. 
John  M.  Kemble,  Esq.  M.A. 
Robert  Palmer  Kemp,  Esq.  Yarmouth 
Rev.  George  Kennard 
The  Kensington  Book  Society 
John  Kenyon,  Esq. 
James  Kerr,  Esq.  Coventry 
Philip  Kernan,  Esq. 
John  Kerr,  Esq.  Local  Sec.  at  Glasgow 
Edward  Key,  Esq.  Holbeach 
John    M.    Kibbey,    Esq.     Collegiate 

School,  Peckham 
Richard  T.  Kiiidersley,  Esq.  Master  in 

Chancery 
Thomas  King,  Esq. 
Thomas  W.  King,  Esq.  F.S.A.  Rouge 

Dragon  Pursuivant  of  Arms 
The  King's  Inns  Library,  Dublin 
George  Ritchie  Kinloch,  Esq.  Edinb. 
Charles  Knight,  Esq. 
Charles  Konig,  Esq.  K.H.,  F.R.S. 
Rt.  Hon.  Henry  Labouchere,  M.P. 
David  Laing,  Esq.  F.S.A.  L.  and  Sc. 


Henry  Eyres  Landor,  Esq.  Warwick 
John     Newton     Lane,    Esq.      King's 

Bromley  Manor,  Lichfield 
William  Lang,  Esq.  Bristol 
Right  Hon.  Lord  Langdale,  Master  of 

the  Rolls 
J.   B.    Langhorne,    Esq.    Richmond, 

Yorkshire 
Rev.  Lambert  B.  Larking,  M.A. 
(c.)  Dr.  J.  M.  Lap}  enberg,For.Memb. 

Soc.  Ant.  Local  Sec.  at  Hamburgh 
Rev.  John  Latham,  Derby 
John  Laurie,  Esq. 
Mr.  W.  Law 

Andrew  Lawson,  Esq.  Boroughbridge 
Sir  William  Lawson,  Bart.  F.S.A. 
Robert  Leadbitter,  Esq.  Newcastle 
Edmund  L.  H.  Lechmere,  Esq.  Hon. 

Sec.  of  Oxford  Architectural  Society, 

Christ  Church,  Oxford 
Thomas  Lee,  Esq. 
Rev.  John  E.  Leefe.   Local  Secretary 

at  Bishop  Wearmouth 
Leicester  Literary   and   Philosophical 

Society 
Henry  Leigh,  Esq.Moorfield  Cottage, 

Swinton,  Manchester 
Sir  T.  Pemberton  Leigh,  Q.C,  M.P. 
Robert  Lemon,  Esq.  F.S.A.    Auditor 
Popham  Lethbridge,  Esq.  Greenwich 

Hospital. 
Charles  Lever,  Esq. 
Peter  Levesque,  Esq.  F.S.A. 
The  Lewes  Library  Society 
Rev.   T.  T.   Lewis,    M.A.   Bridstow, 

near  Ross.     Local  Secretary 
Mr.  Lewis  A.  Lewis 
William  Wrixon  Leycester,  Esq. 
Rt.  Rev.  Lord  Bishop  of  Lichfield 
Henry  Liddell,  Esq.  Bombay 
William  Liddiard,  Esq. 
Alfred  Lillingston,  Esq.  Southwold 
The  Lincoln  Permanent  Library 
Mons.  De  Roux  de  Lincy.     Local  Se- 
cretary at  Paris 
John  Lindsay,  Esq.  Barrister-at-Law, 

Maryville,  Cork 
Rev.  John  Lingard,  D.D.  Hornby,  Lane. 
The  Hon.  Society  of  Lincoln's  Inn 
Right  Rev.  the  Lord  Bishop  of  Llan- 

daflf.  Dean  of  St.  Paul's,  F.S.A. 
William  Horton  Lloyd,  Esq.  F.S.A. 
Henry  F.Lockwood,  Esq.  F.S.A.  Hull 
Rev.  John  Lodge,  MA. 
The    Right   Hon.   and    Rt.    Rev.  the 

Lord  Bishop  of  London 
City  of  London  Library,  Guildhall 
The  London  Library 
The  London  Institution 
The   City   of    London    Literary    and 

Scientific  Institution 


16 


MEMBERS  OF  THE  CAMDEN  SOCIETY,   1847-8. 


Gwalter  B.  Lonsdale,  Esq. 
C.  W.  Loscombe,  Esq.  Clifton 
Henry  Albert   Loscombe,    Esq.   An- 

dover 
Rev.   Richard   H.    Low,    Ahascragh, 

Galway 
Very  Rev.  Thomas  Hill  Lowe,  M.A. 

Dean  of  Exeter 
(c.)  James  Lucas,  Esq.  Stirling 
Ebenezer  Ludlow,    Esq.    M.A.    Ser- 
jeant-at-law 
Robert  Wheatley  Lumley,  Esq. 
The    Right    Hon.    Lord    Lyndhurst, 

LL.D.,  F.R.S. 
Colin  Campbell  Macaulay,  Esq. 
John  David  Macbride,  Esq.   D.C.L. 

Principal  of  Magdalen  Hall,  Oxf. 
William  M'Clure,  Esq.  Eccles 
J.  Whitefoord  Mackenzie,  Esq.  W.S. 
Miss  Macleod 
Alexander  Maconochie,  Esq.  of  Mea- 

dowbank,  Edinburgh 
Allan  A.  Maconochie,  Esq.  Advocate, 

Professor  of  Laws,  Glasgow 
Robert  Maconochie,  Esq. 
John  MacPhail,  Esq.  Edinburgh 
(c.)    Sir   Frederick   Madden,    K.H., 
F.R.S.,  F.S.A.  Keeper  of  the  MSS. 
in  the  British  Museum 
James  Maidment,  Esq.  F.S.A.  Scot. 
Rev.  Samuel  RofTy  Maitland,  F.R.S., 

F.S.A. 
Thomas  John  Manchee,  Esq.  Bristol 
The  Manchester  Athenaeum 
The  Portico  Library,  Manchester 
Exchange  Street  Library,  Manchester 
W.  S.  Mare,  Esq.  Magdalen  College, 

Cambridge 
James  Hey  wood  Markland,  Esq.  F.R.S, 
F.S.A.  Treas.  of  the  Roxb.  Club. 
Local  Secretary  at  Bath 
Hon.  George  P.  Marsh,  M.C.  Wash- 
ington, U.  S. 
Rev.   Herbert  C.   Marsh,  M.A.  Pre- 
bendary of  Peterborough 
Rev.  B.  R.  Marsham,  D.C.L.,  Warden 

of  Merton  College,  Oxford 
George  Martin,  Esq.  M.A.  Cork 
Rev.    Robert    Martin,    M.A.  Anstey 

Pastures,  near  Leicester 
Studley  Martin,  Esq.  Liverpool 
Theodore  Martin,  Esq.  Edinburgh 
Henry  Wenman  Martm,  Esq. 
Philip  Martineau,  Esq. 
Thomas   Mason,    Esq.    F.S.A.    Copt 

Hewick,  near  Ripon 
William  Matchett,  Esq.  Bracondale 
John  Mee  Mathew,  Esq.  F.S.A. 
Daniel  Charles  Meadows,  Esq.  Great 

Bealing,  Suffolk 
(c.)  David  Melville,  Esq.  B.A. 


The  Very  Rev.  John  Merewether,  D.D. 

Dean  of  Hereford,  F.S.A. 
Samuel  Merriman,  M.D. 
Rev.    W.    H.    R.    Merriman.    Local 

Secretary  at  Frame 
Francis  Mewburn,  Esq.  Darlington 
A.  G.  F.  Meyer,  Counsellor  of  Justice, 

Hanover 
Sir  Sam.  Rush  Meyrick,  K.H.,  F.S.A. 

[Died  April,  1848]. 
Mons.  Michelet,  Memb.  de  I'Institut, 
Professeur    d'Histoire    au    College 
Royal  de  France 
John  Miland,  Esq. 
Andrew  Miller,  Esq.  Cardiff 
(c.)  Wm.  Henry  Miller,  Esq.  F.S.A. 
Samuel  Mills,  jun.  Esq. 
Rev.  Thomas  Mills,  Rector  of  Stutton 
Rev.  Henry  Hart  Milman,  M.A. 

Prebendary  of  Westminster 
James  Milner,  Esq. 
Rev.  John  Mitford,  M.A.,  Rector  of 

Benhall,  Suffolk 
Nathaniel  Cranch  Moginie,  Esq. 
Cyril  John  Monkhouse,  Esq. 
Mons.  Monmerque,  Membre  de  I'In- 
stitut de  France 
Mr.  John  Moore,  Tewkesbury 
Maurice  Peter  Moore,  Esq.  Sleaford 
Thomas  Moore,  Esq.   Sloperton  Cot- 
tage, Devizes 
Rev.  W.  Moore,  D.D.  Spalding 
Edward  Raleigh  Moran,  Esq. 
John  Shank  More,  Esq.,  Professor  of 

the  Law  of  Scotland,  Edinburgh 
William  Bowyer  Morgan,  Esq. 
Mr.  John  Morris,  Bath 
Rev.  James  Morton,    B.D.   Preb.  of 

Lincoln.     Local  Sec.  at  Holbeach 
Joseph  Morton,  Esq. 
Thomas  Moule,  Esq. 
J.  D.  Moxon,  Esq.  Bristol 
James  Patrick  Muirhead,  Esq.  M.A. 
Baron    Eligius    von    Miinch-Belling- 

hausen,  Kb.  Hof-Secretar,  Vienna 
Rev.  Jerom  Murch,  Bath 
Charles  Robert  Scott  Murray,  Esq. 
Rt.  Hon.  Sir  John  Archibald  Murray, 

one  of  the  Lords  of  Session 
(c.)   Sir   Francis  W.   Myers,   K.C.S. 
Pentlow  Hall,  near  Sudbury,  Suffolk 
Peter  Rickards  Mynors,  Esq. 
T.  H.  Naylor,  Esq.  M.A. 
(c.)  T.  C.  Neale,  Esq.  Chelmsford 
Richard  Neave,  jun.  Esq. 
John  Nedham,  Esq.  Leicester 
Joseph  Neeld,  Esq.  M.P.,  F.S.A. 
G.  W.  Newell,  Esq.  Holyport,  Berks 
Charles  Thomas  Newton,   Esq.   B.A. 

British  Museum 
Iltid  Nicholl,  Esq.  Usk 


J.  Bowyer  Nichols,  Esq.  F.S.A. 
John  Gough   Nichols,    Esq.    F.S.A. 

Treasurer  of  the  Surtees  Society 
(c.)  Rev.  William  L.  Nichols,  M.A. 
John  Noble,  Esq.  F.S.A. 
George  Stewart  Nicholson,  Esq. 
James  Nightingale,  Esq.  Wilton 
Rev.  George  Barons  Northcote,   So 

merset  Court,  Bridgwater 
George  Ofifor,  Esq. 
The  Public  Library,  Oldenburg 
J.  Walker  Ord,  Esq.   M.D.,  Guisbo- 

rough,  Yorkshire 
George  Ormerod,Esq.  D.C.L., F.R.S. 
F.S.A.  Local  Secretary  at  Chepstou 
Sir  Frederick  A.  Gore  Ouseley,  Bart. 
Frederick  Ouvry,  Esq  F.S  A.. 
The  Oxford  and  Cambridge  Club 
Samuel  Alexander  Pagan,  M.D. 
Peter  Page,  Esq.  Sheen 
William  Dunkley  Paine,  Esq. 
Sir  Francis    Palgrave,   K.H.,  F.R.S. 

Deputy  Keeper  of  Records 
Alfred  Zouch  Palmer,  Esq.  Sonning 
Arthur  Palmer,  Esq.  Bristol 
Arthur  Hare  Palmer,  Esq.  Bristol 
Charles   John    Palmer,    Esq.    F.S.A. 

Local  Secretary  at  Yarmouth 
Henry  Andrewes  Palmer,  Esq.  Bristol 
John  Palmer,  Esq.  Dorney  Court 
The  Hon.  Sir  James  Parke,  Knt.  one 

of  the  Barons  of  the  Exchequer 
William  Parke,  Esq.  Wolverhampton 
Charles  Parker,  Esq. 
John  W.  Parker,  Esq.  West  Strand 
Kenyon  S.  Parker,  Esq. 
Joseph  Parkes,  Esq. 
Anthony  Parkin,  Esq.  Cheltenham 
Charles    Frederick    Parkinson,    Esq. 

Capt.  H.M.  73d  Foot 
Rev.  Richard  Parkinson,  B.D.,  F.S.A. 

Principal  of  St.  Bees'  College 
Rev.  Dr.  Parkinson,  Ravendale,  Great 

Grimsby 
John  Parsons,  Esq.  Oxford 
The  Hon.  Sir  John  Patteson,  one  of 
the  Judges  of  the  Court  of  Queen's 
Bench,  M.A. 
Jacob  Howell  Pattisson,  Esq.  LL.B. 

With  am,  Essex 
Mr.  J.  G.  Payne,  Wallingford 
John  Thomas  Payne,  Esq. 
Anthony  Peacock,  Esq. 
Reginald     Peacock,     Esq. 
House,  near  Sunderland 
Rev.  James  R.  Pears,  Bath 
George  Peel,  Esq.  Brookfield  House" 

Cheadle,  Cheshire 
Rt.    Hon.  Sir    Robert    Peel,    M.l 

F.R.S.,  F.S.A. 
Henry  Perkins,  Esq. 


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Verj  Rev.  the  Dean  of  Peterborough 
"r.  John  Petheram 
Louis  Hayes  Petit,  Esq.  F.R.S.,F.S.A. 
Thomas  Joseph  Pettigrew,  Esq. 

F.R.S.,  F.S.A. 
William Vesalius  Pettigrew,  Esq.  M.D. 
Mr.  William  Pickering 
Rev.  John  Piccope,  Manchester 
Simon  Fraser  Piggot,  Esq. 
Rev.  John  Hearne  Pinckney,  D.D. 
John  Pitcairn,  Esq. 
C.)  Robert  Pitcairn,  Esq.  F.S.A.  So. 
rhomas  Joshua  Piatt,  Esq.  Q.C. 
Charles  Innes  Pocock,  Esq.  Bristol 
Lewis  Pocock,  Esq.  F.S.A. 
c.)  John  Innes  Pococke,  Esq. 
The  Rev.  Nicholas  Pococke,  M.A. 
Fames  Prince  Pollard,  Esq. 
Thomas  Ponton,  Esq.  M.A.,  F.S.A. 
Elev.  Thomas  B.  Pooley,  M.A.  Vicar  of 

Thornton  in  Lonsdale,  Yorkshire 
Elenry  Pope,  Esq. 
Robert  Porrett,  Esq.  F.S.A. 
Elev.  Edw.  A.  Powell,  M.A.  Ampthill 
Fohn  Powell  Powell,  Esq.  Quex  Park 
c.)  Right  Hon.  the  Earl  of  Powis, 

President  of  the  Roxburghe  Club. 

[Died  Jan.  17,  1848]. 
Rev.  Richard  Cowley  Powles,  Fellow 

of  Exeter  College,  Oxford 
Charles  Poynder,  Esq.  Henley 
Samuel  P.  Pratt,  Esq.  Bath 
c.)  Osmond  de  Beauvoir  Priaulx,  Esq. 
lev.  Thomas  Price,  D.D.  Hackney 
Richard  Price,  Esq.  M.P. 
Rev.  George  Proctor,  D.D. 
Robert  Proctor,  Esq. 

dward  Protheroe,  Esq.  M.P.,  F.S.A. 

[arlborough  Pryor,  Esq. 
B.  P.  Putnam,  Esq.  New  York 
"amilton  Pyper,  Esq.  Advocate 

adame  la   Marechale   Duchesse   de 

Raguse 
J.  M.  Rainbow,  Esq. 
\^Y.    James    Raine.     M.A.,    F.S.A. 

Newc,    Secretary   of   the    Surtees 

Society.     Local  Secretary  at  Dur- 
ham 
Ihas.  Ranken,  Esq.  B.A.  Gray's  Inn 
Vm.  Rayner,  Esq.  M.D.  Stockport 
ohn  Read,  Esq.  Derwent  Hall 
Rev.  Joseph  Bancroft  Reade,  M.A., 

F.R.S.  Stone  vicarage,  Bucks 
Mr.  William  Reader 
Richard  Lewis   Reece,   Esq.      Local 

Secretary  at  Cardiff 
Frederick  John  Reed,  Esq.  Dulwich 
Henry  Reeve,  Esq. 
^.  H.  Remson,  Esq.  New  York 
Fhomas  Charles  Renshaw,Esq. 
John  Adey  Repton,  Esq.  F.S.A. 


Francis  Riddell  Reynolds,  Esq.    [Died 

Dec.  28,  1847]. 
The  Hon.  S.  E.  Spring  Rice 
(c.)  Edward  Priest  Richards,  Esq. 
(c.)  Charles  G.  Richardson,  Esq. 
Cha.  Jas.  Richardson,  Esq.  F.S.A. 
Lawford  Richardson,  Esq.  Blackheath 
(c.)  Ralph    Richardson,    Esq.    M.D. 

Greenfield  Hall,  Holywell 
Rev.  Richard  Richardson,  Canterbury 
Charles  Rickards,  Esq. 
Samuel  Rickards,  Esq. 
Edward  Widdrington  Riddell,  Esq. 
Charles  Julius  Roberts,  Esq.  M.D. 
J.  E.  P.  Robertson,  D.C.L. 
Henry  Robinson,  Esq. 
Henry  Crabb  Robinson,  Esq.  F.S.A. 
Wm.  Robinson,  Esq.  LL.D.,  F.S.A. 
John  Roby,  Esq.  M.R.S.L. 
Rev.  Daniel  Rock,  D.D. 
Rev.  Henry  Rogers,  Birmingham 
Rev.  JohnRogerSjM.  A.  Canon  of  Exeter 
Mr.  Rohrmann,  Vienna 
The  Hon.  Sir  Robert  Monsey  Rolfe, 

one  of  the  Barons  of  the  Exchequer 
Wm.  Henry  Rolfe,  Esq.  Sandwich 
John  Romilly,  Esq.  M.A. 
Sir  George  Rose,  F.R.S. 
Rev.  Henry  John  Rose,  B.D.  Rector 

of  Houghton  Conquest,  Beds. 
Robert  P.  Roupell,  Esq.  Q.C,  M.A. 
Rev.    Martin    Joseph    Routh,    D.D. 

President  of  Magdalen  Coll.  Oxf. 
James  Yeeles  Row,  Esq. 
Daniel  Rowland,  Esq.  F.S.A. 
Richard  Roy,  Esq. 
Edward  Rudge,  Esq.  F.R.S.,  F.S.A. 
Charles  Edmund  Rumbold,  Esq. 
The  Russell  Institution 
James  Russell,  Esq.  Barrister-at-Law 
Rt.  Hon.  Andrew  Rutherfurd,  M.P. 
His  Grace  the  Duke  of  Rutland,K.G., 

D.C.L.,  V.P.R.S.L 
William  B.  Rye,  Esq.  British  Museum 
The  University  of  St.  Andrew's 
Rev.  Richard  J.  St.  Aubyn,  M.A. 
The  Most  Hon.  the  Marquess  of  Salis- 
bury, D.C.L. 
Rt.  Rev.  the  Lord  Bishop  of  Salisbury, 

D.D.,  F.R.S.,  F.S.A. 
Frederick  Salmon,  Esq. 
Charles  Sanderson,  Esq.  Sheflfield 
William  Salt,  Esq.  F.S.A. 
Anthony  Salvin,  Esq.  F.S.A. 
Thomas  Sanders,  Esq.  M.A.  Fellow  of 

King's  College,  Cambridge 
William  Sandys,  Esq.  F.S.A. 
Wm.  Devonshire  Saull,  Esq.  F.S.A. 
Mrs.  Daniel  E.  Saunders,  Gloucester 
Thomas  Bush  Saunders,  Esq.  M.A. 
Thomas  Saunders,  Esq.  F.S.A. 


Thomas  Field  Savory,  Esq  F.S.A. 

Edward  Scholfield,  M.D.  Doncaster 

James  John  Scott,  Esq.  Barrister 

(c.)  Rev.  Robert  Scott,  M.A.  Fellow 
of  Balliol  Coll.  Oxford 

Edward  Cator  Seaton,  M.D. 

William  Selwyn,  Esq.  Q.C. 

Rev.  William  Sewell,  M.A.  Professor 
of  Moral  Philosophy,  Oxford 

William  Shackell,  Esq.  M.R.S.L. 

(c.)  Rt.  Hon.  Sir  Lancelot  Shadwell, 
Vice-Chancellor  of  England,  M.A. 

Sir  Cuthbert  Sharp,  Knt. 

Rev.  Lancelot  Sharpe,  M.A.,  F.S.A. 

George  Shaw,  Esq.  M.D.  Leicester 

Daniel  Shears,  Esq.  jun. 

Robert  Shelley,  Esq. 

Samuel  Shepperd,  Esq.  F.S.A. 

Evelyn  Philip  Shirley,  Esq.  M.A. 

Rev.  Thomas  Short,  B.D.  Fellow  of 
Trinity  Coll.  Oxford 

Right  Hon.  Earl  of  Shrewsbury,  F.S.A, 

G.  NichoUs  Simmons,  Esq.  Truro 

Sir  John  Augustus  Francis  Simpkin- 
son,  M.A.,  Q.C,  F.S.A. 

J.  B.  Simpson,  Esq.  Derby 

Samuel  Weller  Singer,  Esq.  F.S.A. 

Edward  Skegg,  Esq. 

Mr.  R.  Slocombe,  Leeds 

Alex.  A.  Smets,  Esq. Savanna,  Georgia 

Edward  Smirke,  Esq.  M.A. 

Sir  Robert  Smirke,  R.A.,  F.S.A. 

Sydney  Smirke,  Esq.  F.S.A. 

Benwell  Smith,  Esq. 

Charles  Roach  Smith,  Esq.  F.S.A., 
Hon.  Sec.  of  Brit.  Archseol.  Asso- 
ciation, Hon.  Mem.  of  Soc.  of  Antiq. 
of  Spain,  Normandy,  &c. 

George  Frederick  Smith,  Esq. 

H.  Porter  Smith,  Esq. 

Henry  Stone  Smith,  Esq. 

John  Abel  Smith,  Esq.  M.P. 

Rev.  J.  J.  Smith,  M.A.  Fellow  of 
Caius  Coll.  Cambridge 

Newman  Smith,  Esq.  Croydon  Lodge 

George  Smurthwaite,  Esq.  Richmond, 
Yorks. 

Clement  Taylor  Smythe,  Esq, 

William  Smythe,  Esq.  Advocate 

Frederick  Snaith,  M.D.  Holbeach 

Mr.  John  Snare,  Reading 

Rev.  W.  Sneyd,  M.A.  Ch.  Ch.  Oxf. 

Rev.  George  D'Oyly  Snow 

His  Grace  the  Duke  of  Somerset, 
K.G.,  D.C.L.,  F.R.S. 

S.  Leigh  Sotheby,  Esq.  M.N.S. 

William  Spalding,  Esq.  Advocate,  Pro- 
fessor of  Rhetoric,  Edinburgh 

Charles  Spence,  Esq.  Admiralty.  Local 
Secretary  at  Plymouth 

Andrew  Spottiswoode,  Esq. 


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MEMBERS  OF  THE  CAMDEN  SOCIETY,   1847-8. 


(c.)  John  Spottiswoode,  Esq.  of  Spot- 

tiswoode 
Thomas  Henry  Spurrier,  Esq.  Douglas 
George  James  Squibb,  Esq. 
Rev.  Thomas  Stacey,  M.A.  Cardiff 
Thomas  Stapleton,  Esq.  V.P.S.A. 
Sir  George   Thomas  Staunton,  Bart. 

D.C.L.,  F.R.S.,  F.S.A. 
(c.)  Rev.  William  Staunton,  M.A. 
G.  Steinman  Steinman,  Esq.  F.S.A. 
Mr.  Thomas  G.  Stevenson,  Edinburgh 
Seth  William  Stevenson,  Esq.  F.S.A. 

Local  Secretary  at  Norwich 
John  Stirling,  Esq.  Edinburgh 
(c.)    Rev.    Charles   William  Stocker, 

D.D.  St.  John's  Coll.  Oxford 
The  Royal  Library,  Stockholm 
George  Stokes,  Esq.  Local  Secretary 

at  Cheltenham.     [Died  1847.] 
Henry    Sewell    Stokes,    Esq.    Local 

Secretary  at  Truro 
Rev.  Thomas  Streatfeild,  F.S.A. 
Miss  Agnes  Strickland,  Reydon  Hall 
(c.)  Rev.  Joseph  Stroud,  M.A. 
John  Stuart,  Esq.  Q.C. 
John   Stuart,    Esq.   Secretary  to   the 

Spalding  Club,  Aberdeen 
Lord  P.  James  Crichton  Stuart,  M.P, 
John  J.  J.  Sudlow,  Esq. 
Edward  Swaine,  Esq.  F.S.S. 
Clement Tudway  Swanston,  Esq.  Q.C, 

F.S.A. 
(c.)  Sir  John  Edw.  Swinburne,  Bart. 
F.R.S.,  F.S.A.,  Pr.  S.  Ant.  Newc. 
Thomas  Noon  Talfourd,  Esq.  Serjeant- 

at-Law 
Mrs.  Tattershall,  Liverpool 
Edward  Taylor,   Esq.  Gresham  Pro- 
fessor of  Music 
Richard  Taylor,  Esq.  F.S.A. 
Mr.  John  Taylor,  Gower- street 
John  Godfrey  Teed,  Esq.   Bencher  of 

Gray's  Inn 
Joseph  Francis  Tempest,  Esq.  F.S.A. 
Christopher  Temple,  Esq.  Q.C. 
Rt.  Temple,  Esq.  The  Lache,  Chester 
The  Hon.  Society  of  the  Inner  Temple 
Mons.  Alexandre  Teulet,  Employ^  aux 

Archives,  Paris 
Robert  Tewart,  Esq. 
Robert  Thackthwaite,  Esq. 
Sir  Fred.  Thesiger,  M.P. 
Mr.  Benj.  Thomas,  Cheltenham 
William    J.    Thoms,   Esq.   F.S.A. 
Corresponding  Member  of  the  Soc. 
of  Ant.  of  Scotland.     Secretary 
Jon.  Thompson,  Esq.  Stubbing  Court 
Rev.  W.  H.  Thompson,  M.A.  Fellow 

of  Trinity  College,  Cambridge 
Mark  B.  Thornhill,  Esq.  Patna,  E.I. 
Mrs.  Thornhill,  Ryde,  Isle  of  Wight. 


Ven. Thomas  Thorpe,  D.D.  Archdeacon 

of  Bristol 
Benjamin  Thorpe,  Esq.  F.S.A. 
Joseph  Win  Thrupp,  Esq. 
Rev.  Mark  Aloysius  Tierney,  F.R.S., 

F.S.A.  Arundel 
Rev.  Nicholas  C.  Tindal 
(c.)  William  Tite,  Esq.  F.R.S.,  F.S.A. 
(c.)  Rev.  James  Henthorn  Todd,  D.D. 

M.R.I. A..    Fellow  of  Trinity   Coll. 

Dublin,  Sec.  Irish  Archseol.  Soc. 
William  Tooke,Esq.F.R.S.,  M.R.S.L. 

V.P.  Soc.  of  Arts,  Treas.   of  Roy. 

Soc.  Lit.  and  the  Lit.  Fund  Soc. 
Charles  Towneley.  Esq.  F.S.A. 
John  Towneley,  Esq. 
Rev.  George  Tyler  Townsend,  M.A., 

Trin.  Coll.  Cambridge 
(c.)  Rev.  J.   Montgomery  Traherne, 

M.A.,  F.R.S.,  F.S.A. 
Wm.    Travis,     Esq.     M.D.,    F.S.A. 

Local  Secretary  at  Scarborough 
Sir  Walter  Calverley  Trevelyan,  Bart. 

F.S.A.  Newc. 
Rev.  H.  B.  Tristram,  Exeter 
W.  J.  A.  Tucker,  Esq. 
Gladwin  Turbutt,  Esq.  Ogston  Hall 
William   B.    D.    D.    TurnbuU,    Esq. 

F.S.A.  Sc.  Local  Sec.  at  Edinburgh 
Alfred  Turner,  Esq. 
Dawson  Turner,  Esq.  F.R.S.,  F.S.A. 
Francis  Turner,  Esq.  Banister-at-law 
Robert  S.  Tumor,  Esq. 
Rev.    Samuel  Blois    Turner,     M.A., 

F.S.A.  Halesworth,  Suffolk 
Rev.   Charles  Turnor,  B.A.,  F.S.A., 

F.R.A.S. 
John  Tyas,  Esq. 
Samuel  Tymms,  Esq.  Local  Secretary 

at  Bury  St.  Edmund's 
(c.)  Edward  Tyrrell,  Esq.    City  Re- 
membrancer, Guildhall 
William  Tyson,  Esq.  F.S.A.  Bristol 
(c.)  J.  R.  D.  Tyssen,  Esq.  F.S.A. 
William  E.  Underwood,  Esq. 
Adam  Urquhart,  Esq.  Sheriff  of  Wig- 

tonshire.  Advocate 
George  Vacher,  Esq. 
Frederick  Vall6,  Esq. 
Harris  Valpy,  Esq.  Reading 
A.  A.  Vansittart,  Esq.  Bisham  Abbey 
Edward  Vernon  Utterson,  Esq.  F.S.A. 
M.  Aart  Veder,  Rotterdam 
(c.)  Sir  Harry  Verney,  Bart.  M.P. 

Claydon  House,  Bucks 
The  Right  Hon.  Lord  Vernon 
William  Vines,  Esq.  F.S.A. 
Gabriel  Vrignon,  Esq. 
Henry  Waite,  Esq.  Stoke  Newington 
Daniel  Wakefield,  Esq.  Q.C.     [Died 


Arthur  Walford,  Esq. 
Thomas  Walford,  Esq. 
D.  M.  Walker,  Esq.  Gloucester 
John  Walker,  Esq.  Prestwich  Lodge 
Lionel  A.  B.  Waller,  Esq. 
William  Elyard  Walmisley,  Esq.         j 
Charles  Walton,  Esq.  j 

William  Wansey,  Esq.  F.S.A. 
John  Ward,  Esq.  Durham 
Mr.  Charles  Warne,  Blandford 
Patrick  Warner,  Esq.  Ardeer,  N.B. 
Willia\3a  A.  Warwick,  Esq.  Chesterton 
Warwickshire    Natural    History    anc 

Archaeological  Society 
Albert  Way,  Esq.  M.A.,  F.S.A. 
Rev.  Thomas  William  Weare,  M.A. 
Rev.    John    Webb,    M.A.,     F.S.A.,' 

M.R.S.L.,  Tretire,  Herefordshire 
Rev.  Montagu  Webster,  Bridgenorth 
John  Weld,  Esq. 
Charles  Welford,  Esq.  New  York 
Rev.    Charles    Wellbeloved.       Loca 

Secretary  at  York 
Sir  Richard  Westmacott,  R.A.,  F.S.A. 
(c.)  The  Most  Noble  the  Marquess  ol 

Westminster 
His  Excellency  M.  Van  de  Weyen 

Belgian  Minister 
John  Welchman  Whateley,  Esq. 
William  Whateley,  Esq.  Q.C. 
James  Whatman,  Esq.  M.A.,  F.R.S. 

F.S.A.,  Vinters,  near  Maidstone 
Richard  Charles  Wheeler,  Esq. 
Rev.  William  Whewell,  D.D.,  F.R.S. 

F.S.A.  Master  of  Trinity  College 

Cambridge. 
Gordon  Whitbread,  Esq.,  M.A. 
Anthony  White,  Esq. 
Rev.   Robert  Meadows  White,   B.D 
Wm.    Archibald    Armstrong    White 

Esq.,  F.R.S.,  F.S.A.  [Died  Dec.  7 

1847.] 
Mr.  H.  A.  Whitehead,  Gloucester 
Charles  Shapland  Whitmore,  Esq. 
Mr.  Henry  Whitmore,  Manchester 
Right  Hon.  Sir  James  Wigram,  Vice- 

Chancellor,  M.A.,  F.R.S.,  F.S.A. 
Thomas  Willement,  Esq.  F.S.A. 
Charles  M.  WiUich,  Esq. 
Horace  Hayman  Wilson,  Esq.  M.A 

Professor  of  Sanscrit,  Oxf.  and  Di- 
rector of  the  Asiatic  Soc. 
(c.)  Rev.  John  Wilson,  B.D.  Fellow 

of  Trin.  Coll.  Oxford 
Sir  Giffin  Wilson,   F.R.S.  Master  ir 

Chancery 
Joshua  Wilson,  Esq. 
(c.)  Lea  Wilson,  Esq.  F.S.A. 
(c.)  Lestock  Peach  Wilson,  Esq. 
John  Wimbridge,  Esq.,  F.S.A. 
Benjamin  Godfrey  Windus,  Esq. 


MEMBERS  OF  THE  CAMDEN  SOCIETY,  1847-8. 


U) 


Thomas  Windus,  Esq.  F.S.A. 
William    Wingfield,  Esq.    Master    in 

Chancery 
Charles  Winn,  Esq.  Nostel  Priory 
Rev.     Robert    Wintle,     B.D.     Cul- 

ham 
Rev.  Thomas  Wintle,  B.D.,  Fellow  of 

St.  John's  College,  Oxford 
TDavid  Williams  Wire,  Esq. 
Mr.  John  Wodderspoon,  Ipswich 
The  Ducal  Library,  Wolfenbuttel 
Henry    Annesley    Woodham,     M.A. 

Jesus    College,  Cambridge.     Local 

Secretary  at  Cambridge 


William  Woodman,    Esq.    Morpeth, 

Northumberland 
Frederick  Woodward,  Esq.  Brazenose 

College,  Oxford 
Edward  WooUey,  Esq. 
William  Wordsworth,  Esq. 
Francis  Worship,  Esq. 
Rev.  Thomas  Worsley,  M.A.  Master 

of  Downing  College,  Camb. 
Rev.  John  Reynell  Wreford,   F.S.A. 

Local  Secretary  at  Bristol 
John  Francis  Wright,  Esq. 
Rev.  Godfrey  Wright,  Bilham  House 
Rev.  J.  Wright,  M.A.,  F.R.S.,F.S.A. 


Thomas  Wright,  Esq.  M.A.,  F.S.A. 

Corr.  Memb.  of  Inst,  of  France 
Wm.  Battle  Wrightson,  Esq.  M.P. 
The    Library   of  the   Writers    to  the 

Signet,  Edinburgh 
Rt.    Hon.   Charles   Watkin  Williams 

Wynn,  F.R.S.,  F.S.A. 
Rev.   Philip  Wynter,  D.D.   President 

of  St.  John's  College,  Oxford 
Francis   Wm.  Moseley  Wyvill,    Esq. 

Fingall,  near  Bedale 
Joseph    Brooks    Yates,    Esq.  F.S.A. 

West  Dingle,  near  Liverpool 
Rev.  Samuel  Wildman  Yates,  M.A. 


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